Discovery Collection

Piece #92 of 100

Portrait of a Mundari child rubbing on himself with ash (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 ash from the dung fires is used to rub on theirselves and the cattle as a further protection against mosquitoes.

Published by: The Daily Mail