 Xhosa face painting of South Africa
Xhosa Face Paint The local Xhosa tribes called the Hogsback area Qabimbola (‘red clay on the face’) as this is where they obtained the clay for their face painting
“In all my guidebooks, it talks about traditional Xhosa face painting and shows people with white on their face. What does it mean?” He smiled and replied “Home-made sunscreen, of course” as if it were a silly question. Why HAD the guidebooks romanticized this simple custom? I could relate to needing sunscreen!
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