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Pushed away by their neighbours, Rendille henceforth inhabit a vast territory in one of Kenya's most arid regions: the Kaisut Desert. It is located between Lake Turkana and the Chalbi Desert. They are semi-nomadic, both nomad and pastoralist. Clans live in temporary settlement called gobs. Gobs are usually near wells dug and are given the name of the clan, subclan or the elder of the family. They never stay long at the same place to look for water sources and pasturing areas. They have to move 3 to 5 times a year. Villages are typically made of two dozen houses with about 120 individuals. They are composed of a group of semi-spherical huts made of branches and covered with leather or canvas. Women are in charge of taking the houses apart and putting them back in the new location. Near them, an enclosure of crabbed branches protects camels for the night. Each kind of livestock (camels, sheep, goats, cattle) have a separate camp that is taken cared of by people of a different age-set. Unlike other pastoral tribes, the Rendille favour camels rather than cattle, because they are better suited to the environment. They depend heavily on these animals for many of their daily needs: food, milk, clothing, trade and transport. They are skilled craftsmen and make many different decoration or ornaments. Rendile warriors often wear proudly a distinctive visor-like hairstyle, dyed with red ochre. As for the women, they wear several kilos beads. The Rendille receive empooro engorio beaded collars for marriage, made of palm fibers, girafe or elephant hairs. Like the Maasai with cows, camels are bled in order to drink their blood. They are closely aligned with the Samburu, by economic and kinship's ties. They have often adopted their language. Marriage is not allowed within one's own clan, and is arranged by parents as for most tribes. Each wife live in her own home with her children, and mothers have a high status. Society is strongly bound by family ties. They still believe in their God, called Wak or Ngai. They also have fortune-tellers who predict the future, and perform sacrifices for rain. Special ceremonies take place at a child's birth. A ewe goat is sacrificed if it is a girl, a ram if a boy. The girl is blessed 3 times while 4 for the boy. In the same way, mother drinks blood for 3 days for a babygirl, 4 days for a babyboy. The weeding ceremony takes time. The prospective groom must give the bridewealth (gunu) to the bride's family: 4 female and 4 male camels (half for the father, the remaining camels for the rest of the family). One of them is eaten at the ceremony. The bride wears jewellery made of glass and metal, necklaces of beads and wire, headbands, and a large circular earings. She will join her husband's family after marriage. The elders discuss problems in a ritual circle called Nabo, in which women are allowed to enter. They also meet there to pray, receive guests and perform ceremonies. © Eric Lafforgue www.ericlafforgue.com
Handmade African Tuareg Bridal Headband Headdress, Ethnic Tribal Sahrawi women headdress, Wedding Headband, Boho headband This is a handmade headdress, it takes servals hours and more concentration to be finished in a long work process. It is known as Al Dhafra This Headdress is a piece of Tuareg and Sahrawi women jewelry, they wear it in their special occaisons like marrige to attract men's attention and show their beauty. The front of this jewelry contains a stunning colored agate beads and piece of metal jewelry with gold color.
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photo from here Yesterday I posted a few pictures of the Mongolian wedding dresses that impressed me with their uniqueness and beauty. Today, too, the post is dedicated to the Mongolian women, or rather to their traditional headdresses, which impressed me no less. The most impressive, perhaps, was the head ornament of the married Khalkha women. The main element of their headdress is a special hairstyle, designed to mimic cow's horns. A cow for the Mongols has been the symbol of freedom and nomadic life (I wonder why, because for me there is no more domestic animal than a cow). According to another version, the hairstyle does not imitate horns, but the wings of some mythical bird. In my opinion however, it looks more like horns after all. photo from here As you can imagine, the structure of this hairstyle is very complicated. The basis of it is a small silver cap with filigree, to which numerous silver, coral or turquoise ornaments are attached. The combed back hair is divided into two parts and formed into the "horns" with the help of several silver or bamboo pins. The lower part of the strands is braided in plaits. Rich women allow themselves to further decorate this part of the hair: the plaits are put into embroidered brocade covers with rows of coral and silver bands. For special events or for travelling a pointed hat (malagay) which looks like a crown is worn over the small cap. The hat is usually made of velvet and has colourful ribbons attached at the back. The top is sometimes decorated with a big coral or other stone. photo courtesy Steve Zarate The women of other Mongolian tribes, such as Ordos, wear a luxurious headdress consisting of a felt band or a cap, with many beads of coral and turquoise, silver plates and pads sewn on its front and back. Numerous long strands of coral and turquoise beads and silver bells are attached on perimeter. The hair is divided in two plaits and again, velvet or brocade covers decorated with silver plates are put over them. To the ends of each braid small silver bells are attached. Braids are left on the chest, and their ends are tied to the sides of the dress. A headdress of the Ordos women, Art Institute of Chicago The back of the Ordos women's headdress, The National Museum of Copenhagen As many tribes there are in Mongolia, as many different designs of headdresses you can find. Look at these postcards. postcards source Aren't they just amazingly beautiful? And as you can see from these postcards, although the design of the headdresses is different for different Mongolian nationalities, but they all have some similar elements - silver ornaments, turquoise and coral beads, little caps. photo from here Previously, such headdresses were worn every day by all married Mongolian women. Now they do it only on special occasions or for weddings. How about you? Did these traditional headdresses of the Mongolian women manage to impress you? If you enjoyed this post, please like my page on Facebook. Thank you You might also like
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You won’t find them on the front row or posing for the street style photographers during fashion week, but in my mind, these are the real heroes of fashion… 1. Khampa beauty’s hair braided and adorned with amber chunks Khampa lady resplendent in traditional headdress adorned with amber chunks at Litang Horse Festival’s costume parade. Photo…
Going to the market... we joined them! The Hoang Lien Mountains are home to a rich variety of plants, birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and insects, many only found in northwestern Vietnam. For this reason, the Hoang Lien Nature Reserve was designated in 1986, covering much of the mountain range to the immediate south of Sa Pa. Forest type and quality change with increasing altitude. At 2000 meters the natural, undisturbed forest begins to be seen. Above 2500 meters dwarf conifers and rhododendrons predominate in the harsh “elfin forest”, so called because a lack of topsoil and nutrients means that fully mature trees grow to measure only a few meters in height. Higher still, only the hardiest of plant species are found. At over 3000 meters, Fan Si Pan’s summit can only support dwarf bamboo.
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This teenage bride is wearing traditional Fezzi golden robes and head pieces to her wedding in Fez, Morocco, in 1984. Fezzi weddings are considered the most elaborate... It is custom that two days before the wedding, the bride spends an entire day with her girlfriends in a sauna where they serenade each other with their favorite songs. Above a Moroccan Berber, or Amazigh girl wearing a kaftan. Above, 1968. Though becoming increasingly rare, Berber women decorate their faces with tattoos. Historically they were meant to differentiate tribal affiliations among Bedouins. They could also indicate whether the young woman was married or not. Above, January 1980. Above, 12 year old H'dda at the annual "brides fair" where she may catch the eye of a suitor. If her parents approve, a prolonged courtship begins. Girls are technically not allowed to marry until they are 16, but the Berbers don't always observe this law. Imilchil village, Morocco, 1995. Above, a Berber teen from Ait Atta, Morocco. Above, Berber nomad, 1979. Berber girls of Imilchil village, of the Ait Haddidou tribe, during a wedding in 1980. Above, 1968. Below, 2008.
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