Alata(a lot of) Designs & Stuff
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Still alot to do, but here’s a sneak peak of a commission I’m working on.
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Anonymous asked: Yo, I'm a white dude and the other day, I wanted to complement a black girl on her hair, but then remembered white people are always getting themselves in the business of touching/criticizing/talking about black peoples' hair. Any general advice?
Yo, just be like “your hair looks nice” and then act like a normal human being about it.
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LOVE this. Diplo and Switch are fucking legends, and Amber Coffman’s voice is so beautifully sincere and the lyrics are very powerful. Get with it....
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Mortal Kombat Vita teaser stars live action Kitana
Warner Bros. have revealed a live action trailer showcasing Mortal Kombat for PlayStation...
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Long Wave by David Rokeby
Albino Alien — Check it out! (Taken with instagram)
Tall, dark, and… (Taken with instagram)
City sights (Taken with instagram)
Tweegram: Life
#tweegram (Taken with instagram)
I like skulls and I like Mickey Mouse… therefore I like this
Black Widow
Artist: Olly Moss
Don’t know what I’m making but I like the eyes so far. (Taken with instagram)
Mwila tribe women backs - Angola by Eric Lafforgue on Flickr.
Hairstyle of Mwila little girl - Angola by Eric Lafforgue on Flickr.
Mwila (or Mumuhuila, or Muhuila) women are famous for their very special hairstyles. Hairstyles are very important and meaningful in Mwila culture. Women coat their hair with a red paste called, oncula, which is made of crushed red stone. They also put a mix of oil, crushed tree bark, dried cow dung and herbs on their hair. Besides they decorate their hairstyle with beads, cauri shells (real or plastic ones) and even dried food. Shaving the forehead is considered as a sign of beauty. The plaits, which look like dreadlocks, are called nontombi and have a precise meaning. Women or girls usually have 4 or 6 nontombi, but when they only have 3 it means that someone died in their family. Mwila Women are also famous for their necklaces, which are central and meaningful as for each period of their life corresponds a specific type of necklace. Young girls wear necklaces, heavy red made with beads covered with a mix of soil land latex. Later girls wear yellow necklaces called, Vikeka, made with wicker covered with earth. They keep until their wedding which can last 4 years. When married they start to wear a set of stacked up bead necklaces, called Vilanda. Women never take their necklace off and have to sleep with it.
© Eric Lafforgue
www.ericlafforgue.com
Digging the hightops.
I need to find this helmet. I have always wanted one and that has not changed.
