Somewhere at core of Southwestern Africa lies a clan, two clans, truth be told, which are falling on our rundown of bizarre African cultures (Okay, there’s no list yet, but keep tabs with us!).
So you might be pondering, are there still places the good news of new age hasn’t gotten to? We live in the time of smartphones, innovation and everything computerized.
It’s miserable to say that as the world progresses, hospitality is slowly dying. Fortunately there is a clan that will go any length to please their visitors.
Meet The Ovahimba & Ovazimba Tribes of Namibia
The Ovahimba and Ovazimba tribes in the Kunene and Omusati districts in Northern Namibia have a maintained culture that has challenged western influence and agitation
With a populace of more than 50,000, the ladies participate in the every day activity of milking cows, taking care of their kids and other broad obligations.
Men go hunting leaving at times for long periods . These tribes abundance is determined by the number of cattle one owns.
There are polygamous people to, the Himba young ladies are offered to male accomplices chose by their dads once they reach puberty.
You can’t disregard the red skin they have. The red tone seen on their skin is called, the otjize glue (a mix of butterfat, omuzumba scrub, and ochre) and its function is to shield their skin from the sun and bug bites.
They are also guided by the belief that the colour red signifies “Earth and blood”. Rather than take their baths, the women take a smoke bath and apply aromatic resins on their skin.
Honor Is Relative
This adage is applied diversely in this tribe. At the point when a guest comes knocking, a man shows his endorsement and delight of seeing his visitor by giving him the Okujepisa Omukazendu treatment.
This practice in a real sense implies that his wife is given his guest to spend the night with him while the husband sleeps in another room. For a situation where there is no other available room, her husband will rest outside.
This handed down tradition has its “benefits” in the community: it reduces jealousy and fosters relationships.
The lady in this tribe has no right in decision making. submission to her husbands requests come first. She has the choice of declining to sleep with him but needs to sleep in a similar room as the visitor.
She is also entitled to give her friends to her husband when they visit but this rarely happens.
