Head Gear

While head shaving is optional, a majority of the Suri women have shaved heads. This is for practical as well as cultural and aesthetic reasons. They live in a hot humid climate, so a shaved head helps with cooling and reduces parasites such as lice, and is easier to maintain than long hair given their pastoral lifestyle. Among the women, a shaved head is the accepted beauty standard and they often decorate their scalps with painted designs or patterns using clay, chalk, ochre, flowers, beads or feathers.

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