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alainloss: Kuvale villagers next to their makeshift hut
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alainloss: Kuvale men have mostly abandoned their traditional dress except for the wax sarong
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alainloss: The Kuvale Ompota hat consists of a wicker frame filled with cow tails and covered with a colourful scarf
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alainloss: Kuvale woman adjusting her large Ompota headdress
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alainloss: Group of Mucubal in flamboyant Ompota hats and wax clothes
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alainloss: Kuvale woman with a baby in her back, holding a pair of hand-made sandals
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alainloss: Reddish Mupeque oil is rubbed on Kuvale women's necks as a symbol of beauty
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alainloss: Kuvale people are good leather tanners and make ingenious baby carriers
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alainloss: The Oyonduthi string is meant to keep the breasts from moving about
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alainloss: Kuvale woman wearing a leather Ngombe pendant around her neck signifying that she owns cattle
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alainloss: Young Kuvale wearing a spectacular square Ompota headdress
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alainloss: Young Kuvale girl with a wax scarf
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alainloss: Kuvale baby carrier belt coated with Mupeque oil
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alainloss: Kuvale woman holding a container of Mupeque oil used to rub her neck
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alainloss: The Ompota contains tied cow tails decorated with buttons and colorful beads
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alainloss: Kuvale tribeswoman lighting her pipe called Opessi
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alainloss: The future generation of Kuvale will soon find its feet
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alainloss: Young Kuvale spectator with braided hair
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alainloss: Mucubal cheering and clapping enthusiastically
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alainloss: Kuvale couple engaged in a frenzied dance
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alainloss: Kuvale couple dancing in unison
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alainloss: Traditional Kuvale dance performed before a jubilant crowd
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alainloss: Distantly related to the Maasai, Kuvale people love jump-dancing
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alainloss: Kuvale dancer enjoying a break
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alainloss: Traditional Kuvale hut made of a wood structure covered with mud
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alainloss: Makeshift door or air-conditioned hut
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alainloss: Kaleidoscope of colourful wax clothes
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alainloss: Kuvale women with Ompota hat and scarf
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alainloss: Kuvale woman carrying a toddler in her back
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alainloss: Kuvale woman with an Othingo iron armlet