(Goat'S) Hair Extensions: The Incredible Styles Worn By Women From Angola'S 'Lost Tri

These remarkable photographs show the fascinating hairstyles worn by tribes, women in rural Angola. The images were taken by london-based photographer Tariq Aziz, as he toured the southern African country in search of its lost tribes. In his quest, he captured insightful snapshots into the lifestyles and customs of the people living in these isolated rural communities. A prominent feature in the photographs is the tribes woman's incredible headgear and how it represents their status within their groups. The women are fiercely proud of their traditional hairstyles and clothes and are more keen than the men of the tribes to cling on to their ancient customs. The elaborate styles take hours to create and include bits of woven, hey, goat, hair and extensions. Oil-Rich Angola's rapid development has raised concerns that its isolated tribal communities are in danger of eroding the various tribes and ethnic groups tend to cluster in certain areas of the country, each with their own customs language. In history, there are more than 90 different ethnic groups in Angola which borders, Namibia and Botswana to the south. Zambia to the east, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the north, among the communities featured in the photographs are the Himba, Lila, Nicaragua and Lucas tribes. A woman from the Himba tribe, based in calculon in southern angola, he/him a woman's elaborate hairstyles, take hours to create and include bits of woven, hey, go, hair and even hair extensions him. The women are fiercely proud of their traditional hairstyles and clothes popular, particularly among married women or heavy necklaces, made from copper or iron wire. Both men and women wear large numbers of necklaces and arm bracelets made from ostrich egg shell beads cloth and copper a Himba woman wearing the Himba crown the ulema. This crown is made of cow or goat leather and is given to a girl when she reaches puberty. The hem, the woman's incredibly elaborate hairstyles that change depending on whether or not they're married and on how old they are him. The women are, remarkably famous for covering themselves with odd-eyes paste, a cosmetic mixture of butter, fat and ochre pigment. These pastes cleanse the skin over long periods due to water scarcity and protect the wearer from the extremely hot and dry climate of the Calculon, as well as against mosquito and other insect bites. After a year of marriage or following the birth of their first child Hema. Women add an elaborate animal skin headdress to their hairstyle, wila girls or muela me Michaela or Marilla. Returning from the town heading back to their village, then we are semi-nomadic. People who engage in subsistence agriculture in some form of livestock keeping wila women pictured left are famous for their ornate hairstyles to create them. They prepare a paste made from a red stone called ankhila. They then mix the paste with oil butter tree bark and herbs. Some even use cow dung before applying the concoction to their dreadlocks pictured right is a hand. A Treves woman with her hair decorated in the traditional style and wear white beaded decorated, necklace wheel, a woman in a headdress married tribes. Women wear an ostrich feather in their hair, while young girls wear of Ikea and necklace from puberty until marriage. I'M really, chief with his numerous wives, Louella people are a Bantu origin and are said to be one of the earliest Bantu people to undertake the great Bantu migration to settle in their present location in Angola. An initiated, mckee Roca also called Kirika girl, a subgroup of the new Keeble tribe. The new Quiroga live around the Karaka river, where they live among the mucus Tribe women from the Mookie Roca tribe. This tribe was probably one of the first Bantu groups arriving in this desert area in the 18th century. Here they met the mucus and intermarried niquist woman smoking, a pipe mucus, choose colored and patterned clothes in order to make it easier to recognize who belongs to the group. Yukkuri Kazan requests around the fire at their settlement. The images were taken by london-based, photographer, Tariq Aziz. As he toured the Central African country in search of its Lost Tribes, elaborate headdress of Amoco on a girl also called Hakuna Matata. The aboriginal maka wan na people aren't pervious to change as they still live and dress in strictly traditional ways.