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Preface
With the development of the times, technology is now inseparable from people's lives, but in some corners of the world, there are still some mysterious primitive tribes.
The humans in the tribe live the most primitive life, they are far from technology, and even their customs are incomprehensible, among which the Himba people in Africa are the most typical.
The women of the tribe never liked to wear clothes, and they never even bathed, and the men of the tribe lived a short life, how did they usually live?
Primitive tribes of Africa
In fact, there are many primitive tribes in Africa, and these tribes are very mysterious.
But under the exploration of the world, the customs of these tribes have also been exposed, and they have a certain popularity around the world.
For example, the lip disc tribe that once shocked countless people, the Karui tribe who painted various paintings on the body, and the Simba tribe who have a smaller and smaller population and are even in danger of disappearing.
Located in Namibia, the Himba people live in a small village far from contemporary civilization.
There, we can see the strange landscape of the primitive tribe 500 years ago, because all the people of this tribe maintained the way of life that was hundreds of years ago.
The pristine ecology of the Himba people is very well preserved, and the tribe lives on animal husbandry and planting, in addition to the men of the tribe also engage in hunting activities.
In general, the tribe is also dominated by men and women, and the men are all outside to earn money, while the women will maintain the housework at home, and the work of cooking and taking care of the children falls on the women.
In addition to the Himba people's love of beef and mutton, they also love to eat a unique and nutritious delicacy that is endemic to the region.
Although the Himba population is getting smaller and smaller, the number of people in each family is very large, because the tribe practices polygamy.
Every man has more than one wife, and this unfair system, to which neither man nor woman is opposed, is in their view nothing more than a necessary means of reproduction.
The cost of a Himba man's wife is also very small, as long as they can build a thatched hut that can accommodate people, they can marry her home.
The materials used to build their houses were very simple, mostly made of mud, cow dung, wood, etc., and they had a separate thatched hut for each wife.
Not to mention the other furniture in the house, there is not even a bed, only the skins of the animals are spread on the ground and serve as beds.
In fact, in the past, the Himba population was very prosperous, and they were even one of the richest tribes in the region.
But with the development of the times, the disadvantages of polygamy are also increasing, and many people are married by close relatives, and of course the children they give birth to are also problematic.
Over time, the life span of the tribe became shorter and the population began to shrink, but the more this happened, the more urgent the tribe's desire to reproduce offspring became.
In this way, in order to grow the tribe, many married women were also allowed to marry other men.
Of course, in our eyes, this is just a vicious circle, but in the eyes of the Himba people, it is a good solution.
Because of the drastic decline in the tribal population and the overabundance of women, the ratio of men to women was seriously imbalanced, and the cost of a man to marry a wife became smaller, and he only needed to take out three cows to be able to marry a wife.
But this does not mean that the status of women is low, the maintenance of a tribe, of course, must have a system, and the tribe's rewards and punishments, organizational planning, etc., a series of measures are all led by women.
In addition to polygamy, the women of the Simba tribe have other customs that are difficult to understand.
China.com2016-04-28"Namibia's Ancient Himba Tribe Was the Richest and Most Powerful Nomadic in Africa"
Incomprehensible unique customs
The women of the Simba tribe do not like to wear clothes, they are used to wearing their topless bodies, which they see as a symbol of beauty, and they are accustomed to it without any sense of shame.
Whether it is daily household chores or taking care of children, they will not cover their upper body.
And the lower body is just a simple covering, in their opinion, there is no clothing to cover, but it is more convenient for their daily activities.
In addition to this, it is even more unimaginable that from birth to the end of life, Simba women will not take a bath.
In our daily life, we may feel uncomfortable without taking a bath for two days, and we can't imagine what it would be like to go without a shower for the rest of our lives.
However, due to the severe shortage of water in the Himba people, the usual water is used to sustain life, and there is simply no more water to clean the body.
We can also see from the picture that the Himba woman is all red.
Because they grind a local red stone into a powder, and then mix it with a little milk fat, and form a red mud all over the body.
For them, this is an effective means of cleaning, and in addition to rubbing mud on their bodies, it also protects against mosquito bites and strong sun exposure.
In addition to the body, the Himba women even have to wrap their heads in red mud, which seems strange to us, but they think it is also a symbol of beauty.
Himba women smear their bodies with red mud every day to keep their bodies bright and lubricated, which is why they also have another name, called "red clay people".
Global Network2012-02-20《Exploring the Red Clay People Who Will Disappear in Namibia, Africa - Simba Tribe》
In addition to their bodies, some pots and pans and house door frames that passed through their hands were also stained bright red by the touch again and again.
Although we have experienced the baptism of modern civilization and find it difficult to accept the customs of this primitive tribe, their existence is also a symbol of civilization.
With the development of the Internet, the Himba ethnic group is also known by more and more people, and there are some people who like to travel to visit and experience the local cultural characteristics.
Today, the Himba people are still very poor and have a withered population, but the tribe has also received some financial subsidies for tourism, and hopefully they will continue to survive in the future.
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