Discovery Collection

Piece #81 of 100

Portrait of a Mundari child (South Sudan). The Mundari are cattle herders who live in symbiosis with their Ankole Watusi cattle, characterized by their large horns. In their cattle camps, kids are doing most of the daily work. They collect the fresh cow dung and put it into piles which are then set on fire to repel the (extremely) numerous and voracious mosquitoes of the area. The children with few guardinas are sleeping with the cows. The ash from dung fires, as fine as talcum powder, is often used as bedding.