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Three young girls, their bodies lightly smeared with a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs, wear round white-beaded necklaces, called ombwari, a tradition of all Himba people. Their other neck ornaments, eha, are made of leather decorated with metal studs. Their hair is styled in two plaits, which is customary for girls until adolescence.-ent-B;The Himba are Herero-speaking Bantu nomads who live in the harsh, dry but starkly beautiful landscape of remote northwest Namibia.-ent-B;
