Meet The HIMBA - The most beautiful people in Africa

The Himba people are descendants of a group of Herero herders,they are normadic pastoralists kaokoland area of Namibia. The Himba women are noted for their hairstyles and traditional jewellery.The Himba wear lot of leather jewelry. They often combine it with shells. Western style of fashion appears too but only on men. Both men and women walk topless. They wear skirts or loincloths made of animal skin. Adult women wear beaded anklets. They are used to protect them from snake bites. Both boys and girls are circumcised before reaching puberty. During the circumcision boys should be silent and girls are encouraged to scream. The Himba believe that this act makes them ready for wedding. As soon as the girl is born, her future husband is decided. They get married when the girl is between 14 and 17 years old.

Himba women have a special way to make them smell nice,they slowly burn aromatic plants and resins and they use the smoke created to perfume and clean themselves.

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