2014年10月7日 · One of those tribes was Namibia’s Himba people, and these images explore the Himba girl’s ascent into womanhood as well as aspects of her everyday life. A young Himba girl plays with one of her short plaits of hair.

2024年2月29日 · Amidst the extreme topography of Namibia, the Himba women are like living symbols of a special cultural tradition. Their lives are closely connected to nature, traditions, and their community, showing how strong and adaptable their tribe is in today's world.

Women in the Himba tribe perform highly intensive labor. This includes carrying barrels of water and chopping and carrying fire wood. They’re also in charge of preparing the majority of the meals cooked daily. The elder women play a fundamental role in keeping the sacred fire burning, which protects the village against evil spirits.

2022年5月11日 · Deep in the heart of Kaokaland in the Namibian desert live the Himba people – a group of semi-nomadic pastoralists who have lived there for hundreds of years. But climate change, combined with a lack of government support and ongoing marginalisation, is forcing this iconic tribe to choose which parts of modernity to claim, and which to reject.

2012年5月11日 · The Himba women of northern Namibia are famous for their use of otjize, a paste of butter, fat and red ochre, which they apply to their hair and skin.

Young Himba women in northern Namibia. The Erembe headdress indicates that they are no longer children. Both the Himba men and women are accustomed to wearing traditional clothing that befits their living environment in the Kaokoland and the hot semi-arid climate of their area.

2022年11月3日 · The indigenous people have a population of 50,000, living in northern Namibia. They are the last semi-nomadic people of Namibia. And why are they red? Well, the reason is a simple one. It is otjize, a paste of butter, fat, and red ochre. scented with aromatic resin, this is a mixture Himba women apply each morning to their skin and hair.

They are the OvaHimba, a semi-nomadic, pastoral tribe of northern Namibia. Despite their resilience, the “Himba” seem unable to slow their surrender to the modernization of the country. And now...

2011年12月13日 · The Himba women of northern Namibia perform daily rituals in which they anoint themselves with a mixture of ochre, oil, and ash to protect themselves from the harsh desert climate. They...

2023年4月24日 · Around 50,000 OvaHimba continue to live in the Kunene region in Namibia and across the Kunene River in Angola. There is a hunter-gatherer offshoot of the Himbas known as the OvaTwa but the OvaHimba are Namibia’s last semi-nomadic pastoralists. There are Three Distinct Aspects of a Himba Woman’s Look