Herero People Costume
To this day, the men pride themselves in Calvary cadets, a uniform they claimed for each German killed. The women, in the scorching summer heat or the coldest winter, adorn themselves in Victorian dresses paired with a cow horn shaped headscarves. To the Herero, cows are a revered symbol of wealth and this is also seen in their traditional dance, where they shuffle in imitation to its movement.
In 2011, Jim Naughten, set out to explore the Herero culture, beautifully capturing their colourful, yet very symbolic traditional wear in his book Conflict and Costume.