THE NAMIBIAN TRIBE WHERE GUESTS ARE OFFERED WIVES
The Ovahimba and Ovazimba tribes of Northern Namibia’s Kunene and Omusati regions have a strong culture that has resisted western influence and agitation. With a population of over 50,000 people, the women go about their everyday lives milking their cows, caring for their children, and other responsibilities, while the males go hunting, sometimes for extended periods of time. The amount of animals owned by these nomads determines their prosperity. The Himba are a polygamous people that marry off their daughters to male partners chosen by their fathers once they reach puberty.
The fact that they have red skin is unavoidable. The red color on their skin is known as otjize paste (a mixture of butterfat, omuzumba scrub, and ochre), and it protects their skin from the sun and insect bites. They’re also influenced by the idea that red represents “Earth and blood.” The women take a smoke bath and apply aromatic resins to their skin instead of bathing.
Give credit where credit is due: This adage is used differently in this tribe. When a male visitor comes knocking, the husband gives him the Okujepisa Omukazendu treatment to express his acceptance and delight in seeing him.
This practice entails giving his wife to the visitor for the night while the husband sleeps in a different room. In the event that no room is available, the husband sleeps outside.
In the community, this passed-down ritual offers “benefits” such as reducing jealousy and fostering partnerships. In most cases, the woman has little or no say in the decision-making process. First and foremost, she must submit to her husband’s requests. She has the option of declining to sleep with him, but she must sleep in the same room with the guest.
She also has the right to give her friends to her husband when they come to visit, but this rarely happens.
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Source:
https://guardian.ng/life/the-namibian-tribe-where-sex-is-offered-to-guests/
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