Mundari tribesman (South Sudan).
The Mundari are cattle herders who live in symbiosis with their Ankole Watusi cattle, characterized by their large horns. In a cattle camp, everyone plays their role. The men lead the cows into the fields during the day.
The cattle disperse from the banks of the White Nile river into the long grasses of the alluvial floodplain and they return at dusk instinctively before the sunset, when the dust lift by the herd and the smoke of the fires intermingle to create an evocative atmosphere.
The fresh cow dung is put into piles which are then set on fire to repel the (extremely) numerous and voracious mosquitoes of the area. They use the ash created by the fires to rub on themselves and their cattle, creating a protection against mosquitoes.
Mundari massage their bovines twice a day.
Men squat under streams of cow urine, which they see as a natural antiseptic to fight infection to largely keep themselves clean.
The act also tinges their hair orange.
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