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Herero girl


Herero girl
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Copyright: Andrzej Urbaniec (Deepforest) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 393 W: 21 N: 642] (5884)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-09-01
Categories: Daily Life
Camera: Konica Minolta Dimage Z2, King Circ. Polarizer 52 mm
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-12-17 10:54
Viewed: 866
Points: 32
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
We met that beautiful Herero girl near the road; she and her mother sold the dolls of Herero women... you can see those dolls on the right side of the picture. I bought one of course... :o))
The majority of the Herero live in Namibia, with the remainder living in Botswana and Angola.

after www.namibian.org/travel/
The Herero people of Namibia are a pastoral cattle breeding nation. It is believed they migrated from the east African lakes arriving in Namibia about 350 years ago. Their initial home was in Kaokoland near the Kunene River, but some 150 years ago a large portion of the Herero population moved southwards leaving the Himba and Tjimba tribes behind.

There are about 100 000 Herero people in Namibia, and today they are mostly found in the central and eastern parts of the country. The Herero can be divided into several sub-groups the biggest of which includes the Tjimba and Ndamuranda groups who live Kaokoland, the Mahereo who are found around Okahandja and the Zeraua who are found in the area around Omaruru. A group called the Mbandero occupy an area in eastern Namibia, around the town of Gobabis, which was formerly known as Hereroland.
Until the colonial period the Herero prospered in the central grassland areas, where there was ample grazing for their cattle, but a succession of battles with the northward migrating Nama, and more severely the German colonial troops led to about 75% of the Herero population been exterminated. Estimates are that of the 80 000 Herero in Namibia in 1900 only about 16 000 remained by 1905. During this period large numbers of Herero fled to the safety of Botswana, but since independence some of these people have begun to return to Namibia.

The Herero are proud cattle farmers who measure their wealth in cattle, the importance of cattle to these people is even evident in the Herero womens' dresses. The traditional dress is derived from a Victorian woman's dress, and consists of an enormous crinoline worn over a several petticoats, a horn shaped hat (said to represent the horns of a cow) made from rolled cloth is also worn.
The traditional Herero festival is held in Okahandja on Maherero day, which falls on the last weekend in August. The various paramilitary groups parade before their chiefs, and Herero women line the streets in their beautiful dresses.
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  • japiey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1615 W: 315 N: 2220] (8102)
  • [2007-12-17 11:03]

Hi Dear Andrzej .

BEAUTIFULL SMILES..
...TONES...........
and a lovely image,
the dancing dolls on the right gives life to the smiling doll on the left.. :)

EXCELLENT !!

Namasthe:)

jean paul

Hi Andrzej, A lovely portrait of this young lady, the colour in her clothes is beautiful & strong, the light is very good & throws a little cast shadow over her face, you have cropped the photo nicely to add in the dolls, a very good note &, TFS, kind regards Wilson.

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  • Ina Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 630 W: 51 N: 296] (2593)
  • [2007-12-17 11:19]

A fine smile and a very nice color-balance in this light and shadow land... TFS... Ina...

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  • Ber Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 361 W: 11 N: 289] (6028)
  • [2007-12-17 11:43]
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To stroj narodowy czy codzienny? Alez egzotyczna modelka, bardzo sympatyczna. Podobaja mi sie kolory bijace po oczach ;)
Pozdrawiam

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  • veve Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 505 W: 13 N: 587] (4213)
  • [2007-12-17 12:35]

Hello Andrzej,
Lovely portrait of this beautiful girl!
I like the vivid colors of her clothes.Wonderful light!
Excellent details!Good note!
Best wishes,
Veronica

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  • Fis2 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2241 W: 134 N: 1159] (29150)
  • [2007-12-17 12:40]

Witaj Andrzejku!
Urocza dziewczyna. To pewnie jakieś plemię miejscowe. Oj ta Twoja egzotyka jest powalająca. Dobry kadr i super kolor (stroju), słonko tez pomogło.
Pozdrawiam
Krzysztof

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  • emka Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 326 W: 12 N: 670] (4834)
  • [2007-12-17 13:03]

Jak ja lubię takie zdjęcia! Bardzo mi się podoba. Fajny ten zielony kolorek, a kapelusz bomba. Przyszło mi do głowy, że mozna by zrobic serię tego typu kapeluszy, byłaby interesująca. Nie mam niestety materiałów. Bardzo zalotne spojrzenie ma ta panienka, ciekawe, ile ma lat. A laleczki wzruszające. Małgorzata

Hello

An undoubtedly beautiful portrait, nicely composed, and a joy to see the subject happy to be photographed.

Martin

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  • mikeo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 919 W: 89 N: 829] (6234)
  • [2007-12-18 4:26]
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hej,

Fajny portrecik:) Nie do konca widac, ale czy te lalki sa podobnie poubierane jak sama sklepikarka? Jak tak, to fajnie to wyglada... Zreszta jak nie to tez fajnie:) Piekne, zywe kolorki, calosc wyglada jak jakis odpusc w sercu Czarnego Ladu:),

pozdro,

michal

Hello Andrzej. A wonderful photo of full intensive colors. At the same time a fantastic Portrait of this lady. And not to forget, the two small dolls: -)) Very beautifully. Best regards, Wolfgang.

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  • Gustaw Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2075 W: 647 N: 145] (16622)
  • [2007-12-18 11:24]

Hej!
Ależ się elegantka wystroiła! No, no... takie stroje nosi się w Afryce?! Kolejne ciekawe poznawczo zdjęcie.
Pozdrawiam.
Marek

Hello Andrzej,

You are really up speed with great postings lately! Love this one, because of the incredibly proud look of the girl. Just wonderful. Good note, funny when it comes to the history of the dress. There is a children's show here in the Netherlands called 'Kabouter Plop'. They wear almost the same heads :-).
Thanks for sharing!

Greetings,
Dennis

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  • sayat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 543 W: 4 N: 268] (2421)
  • [2007-12-19 4:59]

Very beautiful wnad warm portrait. Great capture of the surrounding details which tells us clearly their way of life. Excellent job my friend.

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  • pcp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 297 W: 107 N: 417] (2163)
  • [2007-12-20 4:07]

hi andrzej,

Beautiful picture and i love this pretty smile...welldone.

Senthil

Hello Andrzej, Beautiful Herero girl, nicfe colors and composition. You managed very well the deep contrast between the girl and the sun lit bacground. Well done. Rgds, Michael

what a happy face of a happy person!
her smile is a lesson in style to us all!
ciao
anna

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