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	BBC NEWS \| Africa \| Aids threatens Namibian tribe's traditions
		The Himba culture also encourages older men who are rich in cattle to monopolise the women - many of the men marry several young girls whose offspring help in the important task of raising cattle.
		Himba women often reside at distant cattle posts where grazing is good while the husband remains in the homestead.
		The Himba, who are estimated to number 46,000, have also in recent times been ignoring some of their age-old customs and traditions by intermarrying.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/3119766.stm (524 words)

	Hues and views
		In short, the range of stimuli that for Himba speakers comes to be categorized as "serandu" would be categorized in English as red, orange or pink.
		As another example, Himba children come to use one word, "zoozu," to embrace a variety of dark colors that English speakers would call dark blue, dark green, dark brown, dark purple, dark red or fl.
		Himba children were tested in their home village by an experimenter through an interpreter.
	www.apa.org /monitor/feb05/hues.html (1213 words)

	Himba People of Namibia
		The Himba are a tribe of nomadic pastoralists who inhabit the Kaokoland area of Namibia.
		The Himba are actually descendants of a group of Herero herders who fled into the remote north-west after been displaced by the Nama.
		As Himba men and woman wear few clothes apart from a loin cloth or goat skinned mini-skirt, they rub their bodies with red ochre and fat to protect themselves from the sun and also gives their appearance a rich red colour.
	www.namibian.org /travel/namibia/population/himba.htm (276 words)

	Himba Submission to Public Hearing, February 7, 1998
		For the Himba, a grave is not just the location of the physical remains of a deceased person -- it is a focal point for defining identity, social relationships and relationships with the land, as well as being a centre for important religious rituals.
		For the Himba in the Epupa area the destruction of ancestral graves constitutes a major objection to the proposed dam.
		The Himba live on both sides of the Cunene River and have families that are separated by the river.
	www.irn.org /programs/safrica/epupasubmit.html (3088 words)

	Himba
		The Himba are an ethnic group of about 12,000 people, living in northern Namibia, in the Kunene[?] region (formerly Kaokoland).
		Because of the harsh desert climate in the region where they live, the Himba were relatively secluded from outside influences, particularly during the colonial period, and manage to maintain much of their traditional lifestyle.
		The Himbas' history is wrought with disasters, including severe droughts and guerrilla warfare, especially during Namibia's quest for independence and as a result of the civil war in neighboring Angola.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/hi/Himba.html (191 words)

	Himba Tribe \| Herero \| Koakoland, Namibia... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Since Himba men and woman wear few clothes besides a loin cloth or goat skinned mini-skirt, they cover their bodies with red ochre and fat to protect their skin from the sun and to give their appearance a rich red colour.
		The Himba jewellery is made from iron or shell, and as a result of their unique designs have become very popular amongst western visitors.
		Himba dwellings maintain their ancestral style of domed or conical huts made from palm leaves, mud and cattle dung.
	www.krugerpark.co.za /africa_himba.html (716 words)

	Red Cross Red Crescent - News
		Himba women have one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country.
		Himba women suffer from the highest maternal death rate in the country.
		A child born to an unmarried woman is considered to be her brother or sister and remains the responsibility of her parents.
	www.ifrc.org /docs/news/03/03092301 (812 words)

	Black & White in benelux
		The Himba culture also encourages older men who are rich in cattle to monopolise the women - many of the men marry several young girls whose offspring help in the important task of raising cattle.
		Himba women often reside at distant cattle posts where grazing is good while the husband remains in the homestead.
		The Himba, who are estimated to number 46,000, have also in recent times been ignoring some of their age-old customs and traditions by intermarrying.
	groups.msn.com /BlackWhiteinbenelux/general.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=1232&LastModified=4675440118328162136 (514 words)

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		Pastori nomadi, gli himba vivono quasi esclusivamente del loro bestiame e abitano, con i loro greggi di capre e mandrie di mucche, nei"kraal", accampamenti disseminati in tutto il Kaokoland.
		Sistemare gli himba in città significa firmare una sentenza di morte perché un himba senza bestiame è niente." I sostenitori della diga ricordano che soltanto un migliaio di himba vive in permanenza nel settore minacciato.
		Le donne himba, truccate con una mistura di ocra e di grasso rosso, i seni nudi, coperte di pesanti gioielli in ferro e vestite con un assemblaggio complicato di gonnelline in pelle di capra, sono presentate dai tour operators agli occidentali in cerca di autenticità, come un ideale romantico.
	www.ilmanifesto.it /MondeDiplo/LeMonde-archivio/Luglio-1999/9907lm18.01.html (1658 words)

	Himba of the Kaokoland
		The Himba people share a common ethnic origin with the Hereros, having split from the main Herero group on the Namibia/Botswana border and moved west to present-day Kaokoland in search of available land.
		Cattle are central to their way of life, with the size of the herd an indication of wealth and prestige — but overgrazing of the poor soils is a major problem.
		The Himba are a minority group in Namibia (less than 1% of the population), and live almost entirely in their traditional areas in remote Kaokoland.
	www.gateway-africa.com /tribe/himba.html (126 words)

	Himba people in Kaokoland, northwestern Namibia
		The Himba are herdsmen, breeding mainly cattle and goats while leading a semi-nomadic life.
		For the Himba, clothes, hair and jewellery hold a special meaning and form an important part of their tradition and culture.
		Although many demand better control of Himba tourism and to declare the entire region a conservation area, the Namibian government are reluctant to take action and actually accuse the Himba people of being uncivilised and a hinderence against progress.
	www.namibia-travel.net /northnamibia/himba.htm (228 words)

	The Himba and the Dam: Scientific American
		Tjiuma is a counselor to one of the headmen for the Himba tribe, an essentially self-sufficient band of 16,000 people who eke out an existence from the barren, rocky terrain of northwest Namibia, living off the milk and meat of their cattle and goats, along with the occasional pumpkin or melon.
		The Himba are sometimes called the Red People because they traditionally cover their bodies, hair and the animal skins they wear with a mixture of butterfat and a powder ground from the iron ore ocher.
		More recently, the Himba's main contact with outsiders has been with soldiers during the fight for Namibia's independence from South Africa (which was won in 1990), with marauding combatants spilling over from Angola's ongoing civil war, and with the occasional caravan of hippie Americans or Europeans.
	www.sciam.com /print_version.cfm?articleID=0005596A-DE68-1C6F-84A9809EC588EF21 (868 words)

	The Himba People and their traditional life in Kaokoland - Namibia
		The entire body is rubbed with a cream, which consists of rancid butterfat and ochre powder.
		The cream lends the body an intense reddish shine, which corresponds to the Himba ideal of beauty.
		Clothes, hairstyle and jewellery are all of particular significance to the Himba and are part of their tradition and culture.
	www.southafrica-travel.net /namibia/ehimbas.htm (177 words)

	Chameleon Safaris - Himba Experience
		The North Western region of Namibia, also known as Kaokoland, is home to the nomadic groups of proud Himba people who still choose to live a nomadic and traditional lifestyle.
		Chameleon Safaris includes a himba village experience on the Namibia Kaiedoscope fully accommodated safari where we collect a local guide from Opuwo and visit a local village.
		The true benefit of visiting a local village is the opportunity to give something back such as an insight into your own life, or to purchase the locally made crafts from the village women.
	www.chameleonsafaris.com /himba_experience.asp (430 words)

	Africa on the Matrix: Himba People of Namibia
		Unlike many indigenous groups in Africa, the Himba have managed to maintain much of their traditional lifestyle, perhaps owing to the fact that the land they occupy is so harsh and unyielding that it has been rarely coveted by the colonialists and commercial farmers that have affected so many other regions of the continent.
		The Himba (together with the Herero) moved into present-day Namibia and Botswana as part of a larger migration of Bantu-speaking peoples from east Africa several hundred years ago.
		Today, the Himba live as they have for centuries and manage to eke out an existence by following their herds of goats and cattle to new grazing areas and waterholes as existing areas become depleted.
	www.on-the-matrix.com /africa/himba.asp (489 words)

	AEGiS-IFRC: Remoteness no protection from HIV/AIDS for Namibia's Himba people
		Himba women suffer from the highest maternal death rate in the country.
		A child born to an unmarried woman is considered to be her brother or sister and remains the responsibility of her parents.
		Even if some Himba grasp the catastrophic implications of HIV/AIDS in their community, it remains a daunting challenge to convince everyone of the urgency of the problem.
	www.aegis.com /news/ifrc/2003/IF030910.html (951 words)

	Afrique Virtuelle / Virtual Africa - GÉNIE ET POUVOIR DE L'EAU - PORTRAITS OF THE HIMBA
		The Himba of northern Namibia are striking people, not only because of the dark red ochre they paint on their bodies, but for the way they have chosen to preserve their own unique ways.
		Keeping alive this holy fire, the umbilical cord between the Himba and their ancestors, comes as naturally to him as the daily ritual of covering himself with a layer of butterfat and red ochre, a trademark which he shares with fellow semi-nomadic Himba living in the arid, rocky region of north-western Namibia.
		Himba leaders, environmentalists and anthropologists who are opposed to the project see it as economic exploitation.
	www.olats.org /africa/projets/gpEau/pouvoir/contrib/contrib_retief.php (3478 words)

	The Himba
		A Himba with 100 head of cattle is considered to be fairly well off, and Elizabeth said most of the Himba in the area have at least that many, some more.
		And as long as Himba society dictates that a widowed woman be taken in by her next of kin, the welfare of all women and children is ensured.
		Probáltunk érdeklődni a Himba életmód iránt, de vagy nagyon gyengén beszélt angolul vagy már érezte a sör kostolózása hatását, mert nehezen értettük a válaszát.
	members.shaw.ca /csistok/himba.htm (4010 words)

	Commentary on the Environmental Assessment Report of the Feasibility Study on the Proposed Lower Cunene Hydropower ...
		The Himba have informed themselves about the scope and nature of the Epupa Dam project, in spite of a good deal of confusion and misinformation circulated by various parties, and have consistently made themselves available to present their views at numerous meetings.
		The Himba have a very good assessment about the amount of damage that the dam will do to them as a people: that is precisely the point of their participation in meeting after meeting.
		For example, without consulting the Himba, NAMANG set up a large camp in the middle of their traditional lands, counted their gravesites, disturbed their herds with low-level helicopter flights and, in short, actively defied the traditional rights of the Himba, then complain that the Himba were not available for consultation.
	www.irn.org /programs/safrica/epupareview/social.html (4050 words)

	Himba (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Himba women have a distinctive plaited hairstyle and headdress.
		A young Himba girl’s ondato (plaited hair) is usually divided into two to four plaits.
		Himba was inspired by photographs from Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher from African Ceremonies.
	www.michaelcgibson.com /Himba.php (97 words)

	Publications : Profiles of Healing - Further Interviews - Himba
		The Himba are semi-nomadic pastoralists who live in northwestern Namibia.
		They still live a traditional lifestyle and follow their herds of goats and cattle to grazing areas and waterholes in a harsh land that is difficult to traverse.
		Himba women cover themselves with a mixture of rancid butterfat, red ochre, and the aromatic resin of the Omuzumba shrub, giving their bodies a smooth and reddish feature.
	www.ringingrocks.org /www/pubs_shorts_himba.php (4196 words)

	Himba girl (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Their culture and way of life is currently under threat as western values and commercialism are encroaching into their remote, inhospitable tribal lands, the last frontier, where just 30 years ago most Himbas had not seen a car.
		At this crossroads of choice brought on by tourists, missionaries and various other interest groups, many Himba men especially are increasingly abandoning their cultural attire and the use of ochre on their skin, while the elderly and the women continue to adhere to them.
		The erembe, the headdress of this young Himba girl, shows she is married.
	www.onime.com /Africa/peopleandculture/himbas.htm (125 words)

	PlusNews Global \| Southern Africa \| Namibia \| NAMIBIA: HIV/AIDS brings change in Himba communities \| Care/Treatment - ...
		"Faithfulness to one partner is unheard of to the Himba," said Kakarandua Mutambo, the Red Cross Society manager of the Kunene region in northern Namibia, as she explained the difficulties AIDS workers faced in accessing the group.
		The Himba culture encourages men who are rich in cattle to have more than one wife - many older men marry several young girls, and women are often married to cousins or other relatives in pre-arranged marriages, with most falling pregnant very young.
		According to Mutambo, the Himba will "tell you that AIDS is not a disease of their tribe," though they acknowledge it exists in the outside world, and while "they have heard of the disease, they have never seen anyone succumbing to it in their villages.
	www.plusnews.org /AIDSreport.asp?ReportID=5859 (827 words)

	namibia, himba
		The Himba are a tribe of semi-nomadic pastoralists who live in the remote northwest corner of Namibia known as Kaokaland.
		We are inherently nervous about any kind of interaction between foreign visitors and this kind of vulnerable culture and indeed the Himba are subjected to some disgraceful examples of poverty tourism.
		Nevertheless, when done properly a visit to a Himba village can be positively fascinating and educational for all involved.
	www.africatravelresource.com /africa/namibia/01/highs/04.htm (116 words)

	Himba Tribe of Namibia
		The Himba ethnic group, who have kept their ethnic individuality and culture in the seclusion of Kaokoland.
		The Himbas (who are relatives of Herero) are an extraordinary people who have resisted change and preserved their unique cultural heritage.
		The Himbas were impoverished by Nama cattle raiders in the middle of 1800's and then forced to be hunter-gatherers.
	www.safaris-namibia.com /html/Tribes/Himba.htm (412 words)

	Namibia: The Himba - Travel Africa Magazine
		The popular perception that the Himba are the most "traditional" of Namibia's people relates to their adherence to a socio-economy that predates the cash economy.
		A Himba homestead, onganda, is a simple cone-shaped structure of saplings, bound together with palm leaves and plastered with mud and dung.
		At the heart of a Himba family's existence is the sacred fire, okuruwo, at which the lineage head officiates, and which is moved between camps by herders.
	www.travelafricamag.com /content/view/210/56 (1191 words)

	Himba
		This is a picture of a Himba man from North-Eastern Namibia.
		Himba people belomg to the Herero tribe, however they have a different dialect and they are more of pastoral livestock farmers.
		Himbas are often nomadic especially during drought years.
	lrs.ed.uiuc.edu /students/jbryant2/postcards/nimibia3.htm (96 words)

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