Igbo people are endowed with numerous dance music performances which portray the culture of the people. Traditional music is so much a part of Igbo culture that the majority of the people who live in big cities and other places outside their hometown organize traditional music ensembles as a mark of identity, to preserve their culture, and to serve as a unifying factor that binds them together. Dancing takes precedence over other forms of entertainment in Igbo culture, as expressed by its involvement in many of the local festivals that take place in the region. Among all the traditional dances in Igbo land, Atilogwu is the most popular, widely performed, and one of the oldest. #africanroots #travelafrica #wanderlust #adventureseeker #Doyoutravel #travelmore #goexplore #wonderfulplaces #openmyworld #lovetotravel #adventurethatislife #roamtheplanet #africatravel #soultravel #blacktravelmovement #blackgirlstraveltoo #travelnoire #nomadnesstribe #upintheairlife #blacktravelfeed #blacktravelista #blackdigitalnomad #blacktravelhackers

For thousands of years, Pygmies have lived in harmony with equatorial Africa's magnificent jungles. They inhabit a narrow band of tropical rain forests about four degrees above and four degrees below the Equator, stretching from Cameroon's Atlantic coast eastward to Lake Victoria in Uganda. Pygmies are the largest group of hunter-gatherers left on earth. 🎥 @arina_travels #africanroots #travelafrica #wanderlust #adventureseeker #Doyoutravel #travelmore #goexplore #wonderfulplaces #openmyworld #lovetotravel #adventurethatislife #roamtheplanet #africatravel #soultravel #blacktravelmovement #blackgirlstraveltoo #travelnoire #nomadnesstribe #upintheairlife #blacktravelfeed #blacktravelista #blackdigitalnomad #blacktravelhackers

In traditional Ghana, the title of “queen mother” relays a rank of authority within the community. Queen Mothers are responsible for designating the next chief, providing wise counsel to the chief and his elders, rallying all women together, and keeping an eye on the social conditions within the society. @tallyby100 #africanroots #travelafrica #wanderlust #adventureseeker #Doyoutravel #travelmore #goexplore #wonderfulplaces #openmyworld #lovetotravel #adventurethatislife #roamtheplanet #africatravel #soultravel #blacktravelmovement #blackgirlstraveltoo #travelnoire #nomadnesstribe #upintheairlife #blacktravelfeed #blacktravelista #blackdigitalnomad #blacktravelhackers #imetgjbodshelivesinafrica #awaytoafrica

Did you know? The Wodaabe, also known as the Mbororo or Bororo Community are among a few communities in the world that allow women to marry two husbands at the same time, a practice commonly referred to as ”sigisbesim” That old cliché that only women are high maintenance? Well, meet the tribesmen who spend an incredible amount of time, energy, and money to get attention. Their costumes have taken a year in the making; colourfully embroidered and decorated with shiny objects and attention-grabbing accessories. Yellow ochre and kohl is used as make-up to contour the face, elongate the nose and coat the skin. When they’re finally ready, the “pageant” can begin and the men, ancient warriors by tradition, begin parading, dancing and singing in the desert sun to impress tribeswomen– who also happen to be the contest’s judges,the ladies are looking for the most beautiful face, the tallest and most graceful, the best dressed, flashing the brightest eyes and the biggest, whitest smile in the line up.    @lili_yanko 🎥 #africanroots #travelafrica #wanderlust #adventureseeker #Doyoutravel #travelmore #goexplore #wonderfulplaces #openmyworld #lovetotravel #adventurethatislife #roamtheplanet #africatravel #soultravel #blacktravelmovement #blackgirlstraveltoo #travelnoire #nomadnesstribe #upintheairlife #blacktravelfeed #blacktravelista #blackdigitalnomad #blacktravelhackers #imetgodshelivesinafrica

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Walking In the streets of Lubango Angola you will find beauty at its own Kind. The mumuila dominates the province of Lubango, they are said to be the most Original culture in Angola.   #africanroots #travelafrica #wanderlust #adventureseeker #Doyoutravel #travelmore #goexplore #wonderfulplaces #openmyworld #lovetotravel #adventurethatislife #roamtheplanet #africatravel #soultravel #blacktravelmovement #blackgirlstraveltoo #travelnoire #nomadnesstribe #upintheairlife #blacktravelfeed #blacktravelista #blackdigitalnomad #blacktravelhackers #imetgodshelivesinafrica #awaytoafrica

The Umhlanga, a Swazi cultural tradition that celebrates chastity and virginity, attracts tens of thousands of women from across the country. On the final day of the festival, the young women, or “maidens”, parade bare-breasted at the royal village. Traditionally, the king is allowed to choose one of the women as a wife, but in recent years the festival has been more about preserving a cultural heritage. - @litiko_lam 🎥 #africanroots #travelafrica #wanderlust #adventureseeker #Doyoutravel #travelmore #goexplore #wonderfulplaces #openmyworld #lovetotravel #adventurethatislife #roamtheplanet #africatravel #soultravel #blacktravelmovement #blackgirlstraveltoo #travelnoire #nomadnesstribe #upintheairlife #blacktravelfeed #blacktravelista #blackdigitalnomad #blacktravelhackers

While some parts of the world are immunizing their bodies with effective antibiotics against infections via a scientific method, the Mundari tribe of south Sudan uses the cultural practice of bathing with cow urine to prevent them from infectious diseases. The Mundari tribe is made up mostly of cattle breeders and fierce warriors. Nothing is more important to them than their cows. They bathe in the urine of their cows to avoid all kinds of infections. To stay mostly clean, Mundari men will squat under streams of cow urine, which they consider a natural antiseptic to fight infection. The act is also a bonus: it will dye their hair black to orange. 🎥 @anibal_bueno #africanroots #travelafrica #wanderlust #adventureseeker #Doyoutravel #travelmore #goexplore #wonderfulplaces #openmyworld #lovetotravel #adventurethatislife #roamtheplanet #africatravel #soultravel #blacktravelmovement #blackgirlstraveltoo #travelnoire #nomadnesstribe #upintheairlife #blacktravelfeed #blacktravelista #blackdigitalnomad #blacktravelhackers #imetgodshelivesinafrica #awaytoafrica

The Sega is a cry from the soul trying to transcend the miseries and heartaches of life, while at the same time expressing the universal human desire for joy and happiness. It tells the joys and sorrows of the peasants and the fishing folks. It is a nostalgic heritage of the villagers. Its beats, gripping in intensity, now provide entertainment to Mauritians of all walks of life in towns and villages. Today Sega and its beat are a part of every Mauritian's life. #travelafrica #wanderlust #adventureseeker #Doyoutravel #travelmore #goexplore #wonderfulplaces #openmyworld #lovetotravel #adventurethatislife #roamtheplanet #africatravel #soultravel #blacktravelmovement #blackgirlstraveltoo #travelnoire #nomadnesstribe #upintheairlife #blacktravelfeed #blacktravelista #blackdigitalnomad #blacktravelhackers #imetgodshelivesinafrica #awaytoafrica

Setapa is one of the traditional dances that originate from the Tswana people of southern Africa. Other common dance styles include Borankana, Phathisi and Selete. 🎥 @d_i_t_a_k_k_i #africanroots #travelafrica #wanderlust #adventureseeker #Doyoutravel #travelmore #goexplore #wonderfulplaces #openmyworld #lovetotravel #adventurethatislife #roamtheplanet #africatravel #soultravel #blacktravelmovement #blackgirlstraveltoo #travelnoire #nomadnesstribe #upintheairlife #blacktravelfeed #blacktravelista #blackdigitalnomad #blacktravelhackers #imetgodshelivesinafrica #awaytoafrica

The Himba don’t count their years from when they were born, nor from when they are conceived, but from the day that the child was a thought in his mother’s mind.     According to tradition, when a woman desires to have a baby, she goes off the village and sits under a tree by herself, and she keeps silent until she can hear the “birth song”, or the “song of the child”.     After hearing the melody she comes back to her village to physically conceive the baby, although it is already a reality in her mind.   When the woman is ready to give birth, she is accompanied outside the village by a group of elderly women who assist her during the labour.   After the child is born, the mother and child spend a week inside a special shelter, used solely for the occasion. It is built to the side of the headman’s hut, near the sacred fire, under the special protection of the ancestral spirits. 🎥 @arina_travels #africanroots #travelafrica #wanderlust #adventureseeker #Doyoutravel #travelmore #goexplore #wonderfulplaces #openmyworld #lovetotravel #adventurethatislife #roamtheplanet #africatravel #soultravel #blacktravelmovement #blackgirlstraveltoo #travelnoire #nomadnesstribe #upintheairlife #blacktravelfeed #blacktravelista #blackdigitalnomad #blacktravelhackers #imetgodshelivesinafrica #awaytoafrica

For tribes that use face-paint as part of their daily Attire, different designs may be used simply to convey a different mood that day, just as some of us may do with clothing, hair or makeup. The Suri tribe paint themselves as a form of camouflage when hunting, or as decoration at special ceremonies, festivals and when outsiders visit. @omoadvisor #africanroots #travelafrica #wanderlust #adventureseeker #Doyoutravel #travelmore #goexplore #wonderfulplaces #openmyworld #lovetotravel #adventurethatislife #roamtheplanet #africatravel #soultravel #blacktravelmovement #blackgirlstraveltoo #travelnoire #nomadnesstribe #upintheairlife #blacktravelfeed #blacktravelista #blackdigitalnomad #blacktravelhackers #imetgodshelivesinafrica #awaytoafrica