Sunday, March 11, 2012

Namibia Xin Ba: Africa's oldest naked tribe

Namibia, 1990 is just independent, isAfricaOn the mainland, the young nation, has the oldest tribe -- Zimbabweans, they came to Namibia, we are the mostDaliBy.

ZimbabweansZimbabweans

In February, Namibia is the rainy season, the grass beauty, just back from the dusty Ethiopia we, have a strong visual divide, rich green, covered with a mesh can be full of joy and of the place, from the capital, Wen Dehe gram to the northern town of Opuwo, more than 1000 kilometers, in the green fields in two days we will gallop, came to this city.

The road is not bad, most are asphalt roads, speed basically can be maintained at the speed of 80 kilometers per hour, but feel a bit lonely, this road is sparsely populated, even pass by car can be counted on one's fingers, face is just another in an unbroken line of heavy rain, there are a few unwilling lonely small wild boar, from the jungle went to have a look lively street.

The primitive tribeThe primitive tribe

Gradually, a few houses in the windows on both sides, the customs, be not too good to be true, Opuwo, is Cunene Province, so, here is developed and the modern concept of far, still has a large supermarket, restaurant, gas station, clothing stores and so on, to maintain the city life.

In the supermarketIn the supermarket

But walking and active in the meantime, the dress dress Herero (Herero), half-naked Himba (Himba women), and as we wear black people, so they have to get along, that moment, we just feel that time rapid retreat of grammaticalization, not clearly defined, or, you feel to a movie set.

Picture / text:Come fromQianyangSina blog

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