Male Himba Hair

It s common amongst some groups to shave the hair of the girls leaving a small bush on top of the head.
Male himba hair. Her other neck ornament is made from metal beads backed onto leather. Single himba men make only one braid while after getting married they tie their hair in the form of a turban. They occupy themselves with cooking gardening milking cattle looking.
After she gives birth to a child there is another addition to her hairstyle which constitutes an ornamented headdress made of animal skin. Before reaching the puberty girls have only two hair braids. Single himba men have only one braid backwards from the crown of the head.
Himba village kaokoland namibia september 2013. Himba man with traditional hair. The ovahimba are also accustomed to use wood ash for hair cleansing due to water scarcity.
The hair is braided weaved and covered with the special ochre mixuture called otjize. Himba men having breakfast at dawn. Women spend the day close to their villages.
The hairstyle worn by himba women is quite unique. A young himba girl has her hair in two plaits the customary style of young girls until adolescence. A young women s hair changes once again though once she has been married for a year and or she.
The complexity of the himba s elaborate hairstyles begin from birth where an infant or child will have their head kept shaved or a small crop of hair on the crown of their head. The himba are a pastoral and nomadic people of northern namibia. When they get married keep their hair tied in the shape of a turban.