alainloss: During the dry season Mundari travel long distances with their prized cattle in search of better grazing grounds.
alainloss: Mundari herders are known for their Ankole-Watusi long-horned cattle
alainloss: Mundari keeping an eye on his precious cattle
alainloss: With its gigantic curved horns Ankole-Watusi is the king of cattle
alainloss: Every morning Mundari kids, who are doing most of the daily work, collect the cattle dungs by hand and form mounds
alainloss: The collected cow dungs are warmed up and dried during the midday scorching heat
alainloss: Mundari kid forming a pile of dried dung for burning
alainloss: In a haze of smoke Mundari kid squatting next to a bonfire of dungs
alainloss: The burning of the cow feces produces peach-colored ash as fine as talcum which is applied to the cows
alainloss: The ash from dung fires is a natural antiseptic, mosquito repellant and sunscreen
alainloss: Mundari use the orange-colored ash to rub on themselves and their cattle
alainloss: With the consistency of talcum powder the orange Kurok is used as a coating on the face and body of Mundari
alainloss: Face rubbing session with the peach-colored ash from the burnt dung
alainloss: Mundari tribesman enjoying a face and body coating with ash from cow dungs
alainloss: Rubbing session with Kurok powder
alainloss: Skull massage with the peach-colored ash from cow dungs
alainloss: Mundari kid applying ash from burnt dung on his skin as a protection against tsetse flies, mosquitoes and sunlight
alainloss: Lanky Mundari kid washing himself in the ash of a dung fire
alainloss: Young girl carrying her sibling in a thick haze of fire smoke and dust
alainloss: The 4500-strong herds of Ankole-Watusi cattle come back to camp before sunset after crossing the Lurit river, an affluent to the White Nile
alainloss: A sea of huge curved horns half-swims to the Lurit river bank
alainloss: Mundari tribesman with an orange face make up mainly used as a sunscreen
alainloss: Mundari dye their hair with cow urine which gives it a yellow-orange color. It is a fashion statement and a way to woo a girl
alainloss: Mundari boy with a chalked face sporting the distinctive V-shaped scars symbolizing the horns of cows
alainloss: the scars on the forehead represent the rite of passage to adulthood for young Mundari
alainloss: The typical pattern of the Mundari scar consists of three V-shaped lines on the forehead
alainloss: Young Mundari wrapped in his blanket at dawn
alainloss: Mundari tribeswoman cleaning her teeth with a stick
alainloss: Mundari tribesmen dressed in blankets resting on a wooden bench
alainloss: Mundari take special care of their cows and at night sleep among their prized asset