User:ANT2011ANT2011/Hairs styles of the Himba people

Hairstyles are of an importance in the life of individuals. In Himba tribe, one can be identified by the hairstyle they wear.

For the Himba people hair is also a source of pride and a person's social position in the society is denoted by the way she/he wears his/her hair.

Young Himba boys also wear plaits like young girls. However once a young Himba man is close to marriage age, he wears two parallel plaits running from the top of his head to the back of his neck.

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