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Furthermore, parents of both sexes could, with a reliability of 72 and 73% percent, tell which ones of their children were fathered by a man outside of the marriage. [8] Among the Himba people, it is customary as a rite of passage to circumcise boys before puberty. Upon marriage, a Himba boy is considered a man.
Early Europeans to visit modern-day Namibia, including anthropologists, ethnologists and priests, reported "same-sex marriage ceremonies" among the Ovambo, Nama, Herero and Himba peoples. German anthropologist Kurt Falk reported in the 1920s that "the Ovambos' habitual tribal custom supports same-sex relationships, and so almost every Ovambo ...
The Himba of Namibia live under a tribal structure based on bilateral descent. Bilateral descent is a system of family lineage in which the relatives on the mother's side and father's side are equally important for emotional ties or for transfer of property or wealth.
In the 1920s, German anthropologist Kurt Falk reported homosexuality and same-sex marriage ceremonies among the Ovambo, Nama, Herero and Himba peoples. Ovambo men taking the passive role in sex with other men are called kimbanda or eshengi.
Despite sharing a language and pastoral traditions, the Herero are not a homogeneous people. Traditional leather garments are worn by northwestern groups, such as the Himba, Kuvale, and Tjimba, who also conserve pre-colonial traditions in other aspects: for example, they do not buy bedding, but rather sleep in bedding made of cow skin.
National Marriage Week’s spokesperson, Arlene Pellicane, just released a book that speaks directly to this issue. Her book, "Making Marriage Easier; How To Love (and like) Your Spouse For Life ...
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A Himba man and woman, wearing red otijze and herding in the Kunene region. Okujepisa omukazendu (lit. ' offering a wife to a guest ') [a] is the polyamorous sexual practice of hospitable "wife-sharing" among the nomadic OvaHimba and OvaZemba peoples of Namibia's Kunene and Omusati regions.