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«حمامات الزبدة».. عالم غينيا الغامض (صور)

الثلاثاء 29-07-2014 00:24 | كتب: غادة غالب |
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داخل أدغال كينيا توجد عادة غريبة ربما لا نعرف عنها أي شئ عند قيبلة «توركانا».. هذه العادة اسمها «حمامات الزبدة».

وهي عبارة عن قلائد وزنها 5 كجم ولها طقوس تتطلب أن يدهن الشخص نفسه بروث الحيوانات، الأمر، الذي يجعلها عادات غريبة لا نعرف عنها شيئا داخل عالم بدو قبيلة توركانا في كينيا، حسبما ذكرت صحيفة «ديل ميل» البريطانية.

وعرضت «ديلي ميل» مجموعة صور لبدو قبيلة توركانا، التي تتكون من 250 ألف شخص يعيشون في المناطق النائية في شمال كينيا في منطقة يحدها جنوب السودان وإثيوبيا.

Striking: A Turkana woman shows off her traditional beaded collar. The red colour of her skin comes from a mix of ochre, butter and perfume which is used instead of water to bath

وذكرت الصحيفة أن المنطقة التي يعيشون فيها قاحلة ومليئة بالصخور البركانية، لذلك فهم يعتمدون على الثروة الحيوانية من أجل البقاء.

Beads: All women wear beads, with men refusing to look at them if they fail to do so. They never take them off unless they're ill or in mourning for a relative

وأوضحت الصحيفة أن سكان هذه القبيلة يستخدمون الزبدة أو الدهون الحيوانية للاستحمام وغسل ملابسهم، كما يستخدمون براز الكلاب، لتثبيت القلائد في أعناقهم وفوق رؤوسهم.

Elaborate: Men and women wear Nakaparaparal or ear ornaments

وقالت الصحيفة إنه الرجل يخرج من مرحلة الطفولة إلى مرحلة المحارب عبر حفل يتم فيه قتل حيوان، ثم يلطخ الصبي بالكامل بروثه.

Craft: Nakaparaparal are made by men from aluminum

وأضافت الصحيفة أن القلائد المصنعة من الخرز تدل على الوضع الاجتماعي للفتاة، ولا يلتفت الرجال إلى النساء اللواتي لا يرتدين هذه القلائد.

Important: For Turkana men, ostrich feathers are a sign of adulthood and are thus hugely expensive - two ostrich feathers are worth the same as a goat to the tribe

Protection: Women use animal fat to protect their bodies from the sun

Uncomfortable: They also use animal fat (and dog poo) to stop their necklaces from chafing

Adults: Women are considered adults as soon as they hit puberty but boys have to go through an initiation ritual before they are considered men

Family affair: Fathers give children different jobs depending on their age with boys in charge of herding while girls do things like collecting firewood and water

Traditional: Older women wear labrets which pierce their lower lips

Elaborate: A man shows off his emedot hairdo

Elaborate: Turkana women all wear beaded necklaces - women who don't are shunned as 'being like animals' by the men of the tribe

Painful: All Turkana people have their lower incisors removed in childhood - a practice thought to have begun as a way to make nursing people with TB easier

Toothbrush: A man uses an esekon stick to clean his teeth

Useful: The Turkana's corodat finger hook is used to knock out lower incisors - and as a weapon if needed

Threatened: Because oil has been discovered on Turkana land, many are worried that their way of life and traditions could come under threat

Man's best friend: Because of their many dogs, the Turkana have one of the highest incidences of echinoccocus in the world. According to them, the disease is caused by a spell cast by the Toposa tribe

Remote: The Turkana live in an inhospitable part of northern Kenya, bordered by South Sudan to the north and Ethiopia to the east

Lunar landscape: The Turkana - and their neighbours, the El-Molo - live in an area dotted with volcanic rocks and where daytime temperatures regularly climb to 45 degrees

Home: Most Turkana live in small dwellings made from wood, animal skins and palm leaves that they call an 'awl'. Inside the homes live a man, his wives and children

Initiation rite: Boys of the Turkana tribe aren't considered men until they have killed an animal with a single spear throw, after which dung is smeared over their bodies

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