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The Himba submitted in February 2012 their protest Declaration to the United Nations, the African Union and to the Government of Namibia.
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Himba and February
February 2012, traditional Himba chiefs issued two separate Declarations to the African Union and to the OHCHR of the United Nations.
Himba and 2012
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The Himba people in the southeast of Congo-Kinshasa also dye their locks red, but their style is thicker than that of the Maasai.
Because of the harsh desert climate in the region where they live and their seclusion from outside influences, the Himba have managed to maintain much of their traditional lifestyle.
Since the 1990s, the Himba have been successful in maintaining their culture and traditional way of life, and have experienced a resurgence.
Many Himba now live on nature conservancies that give them access to tourism on their lands.
Even so the Himba have worked with international activists to block a proposed hydroelectric dam along the Kunene River that would have flooded their ancestral lands .. 2011, Namibia announced its new plan to build a dam in Orokawe, in the Baynes Mountains.
The Himba leaders complain in their declaration about the culturally inappropriate school system, that they say would threaten their culture, identity and way of life as a people.
While the Herero people later experienced German rule and drastically changed their lifestyle as well as their costumes, the Himba retained much of their traditional, nomadic and pastoral habits.
While this has partially affected the Himba culture, Himbas have essentially remained faithful to their tradition.
Groups in Angola include the Kuvale, Zemba, Hakawona, Tjavikwa, Tjimba and Himba, who regularly cross the Namibia / Angola border when migrating with their herds.
She also befriended the Bushmen and the Himba tribespeople of the Kalahari, who taught her how to survive on roots and berries, and to speak their language.
Himba and Declaration
The first, titled " Declaration of the most affected Ovahimba, Ovatwa, Ovatjimba and Ovazemba against the Orokawe Dam in the Baynes Mountains " outlines the objections from regional Himba chiefs and communities that reside near the Kunene River.
The second, titled " Declaration by the traditional Himba leaders of Kaokoland in Namibia " lists violations of civil, cultural, economic, environmental, social and political rights perpetrated by the Government of Namibia ( GoN ).
Himba and Namibia
As is customary in her culture, a bare-breasted Himba woman of northern Namibia wears a traditional headdress and skirt.
In some third-world cultures, like the Himba in northern Namibia, bare-breasted women are the social norm, while a woman's thigh is highly sexualised and not exposed in public.
The Himba people of Namibia construct " desert igloos " of wattle and daub for use as temporary shelters at seasonal cattle camps, and as permanent homes by the poor.
The Himba ( singular: Omuhimba, plural: Ovahimba ) are an ethnic group of about 20, 000 to 50, 000 people living in northern Namibia, in the Kunene region ( formerly Kaokoland ).
The government of Norway and Iceland funded mobile schools for Himba children, but since Namibia took them over in 2010, they have been converted to permanent schools and are no longer mobile.
File: Himba village. jpg | Himba village about 15 km north of Opuwo, Namibia.
File: Himba Woman and Family. JPG | Himba woman and some of her family standing in her father's homestead in Otutati, Namibia.
File: Himba woman ( Namibia, Southen Arica ). jpg | Himba woman ( Namibia, Southern Arica )
File: Himba girl oPEYRE. jpg | Himba teenager, north of Opuwo, Namibia
* Photographs of the Himba in Namibia
* Photos from Himba village near Opuwo, Namibia – Photographs and information.
* Africa on the Matrix: Himba People of Namibia – Photographs and information.
Some cultures do not embrace hugging as a sign of affection or love, such as the Himba in Namibia.
Women of the Himba ethnic group in Namibia are famous for using a mix of ochre and animal fat for body decoration, to achieve a beautiful reddish skin color.
Kaokoland was thus established as a bantustan for the Himba people, that in the 1920s had come back from Angola into Namibia.
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The principal groups are the Ovambo, Kavango, Herero / Himba, Damara, mixed race ( Coloured and Rehoboth Baster ), White Namibians ( Afrikaner, German, and Portuguese ), Nama, Caprivian ( Lozi ), Bushmen ( San ), and Tswana.
Records compiled for the Himba recall two droughts from 1910-1917.
They were recorded by the Himba through a method of oral tradition.
From 1910-1911 the Himba described the drought as " drought of the omutati seed " also called omangowi, which means the fruit of an unidentified vine that people ate during the time period.
A number of tribes remained in Kaokoland: these were the Himba people, who are still there today.
The Himba breed cattle and goats.
Himba Girls.
Himba boy.
The Himba wear little clothing, but the women are famous for covering themselves with otjize, a mixture of butter fat and ochre, possibly to protect themselves from the sun.
This symbolizes earth's rich red color and the blood that symbolizes life, and is consistent with the Himba ideal of beauty.
Himba clans are led by the eldest male in the clan.
In the 1980s it appeared the Himba way of life was coming to a close.
Since they live on the Angolan border, many Himba were also kidnapping victims in the Angolan civil war.
The Himba are a monotheistic people who worship the god Mukuru.
Some Himba believe that death is caused by omiti, or rather, by someone using omiti for malicious purposes.
Some Himba will consult a diviner to reveal the reason behind an extraordinary event, or the source of the omiti.
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