Why do Africans like to braid their hair?

Why do Africans like to braid their hair?

The origin of African hairstyles

1, from the psychology of beauty.

2. Comb your hair and keep it cool

3. Express a hint of identity

African women's heads are curly. They can't comb them themselves and need help from others. Therefore, in urban and rural areas of African countries, mobile stalls dedicated to women's hair can be seen everywhere. Barbers in Africa are ingenious, and can design and comb out various beautiful and elegant hairstyles with national characteristics according to different ages, identities and occupations.

It is the practice of many black people in Africa to express a kind of identity hint with hair style. Black women in most countries in West Africa shave their heads to show widowhood. If the bun of a woman in Galbe exceeds her forehead, it means that her relatives have recovered from the disease. Women in Malindi will shave off a circle of hair after giving birth, leaving only a bunch of crown hair in the center of the head; Hausa children in Niger will leave one, two or three locks of hair on their heads to show that they have lost their father, mother or parents. Fang girls in the north and south wear braids, but when they get married, they can only keep short hair or a bun, while Peng De people in Congo are just the opposite: only girls can keep short hair.

African braids have other uses, such as Furlani, a nation famous for its nomadic industry in northern Nigeria, whose married women braid their braids to show off their husbands' wealth by wearing a lot of ornaments; The 80 pigtails of the Dogon women near Maribaktu symbolize the eight clans that make up this ancient nation, which is called "Hardingkai", meaning "home and prosperity".

How do Africans wash their hair with so many braids?

The origin of African hairstyles

1, from the psychology of beauty.

2. Comb your hair and keep it cool

3. Express a hint of identity

With the development of society, Africans' habit of not washing their hair has gradually changed, and some clean girls even wash it every day.

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Africans pay great attention to hairstyles, especially women. Besides wearing colorful clothes, they also like to comb new and elegant hairstyles.

African women's heads are curly. They can't comb them themselves and need help from others. Therefore, in urban and rural areas of African countries, mobile stalls dedicated to women's hair can be seen everywhere. Barbers in Africa are ingenious, and can design and comb out various beautiful and elegant hairstyles with national characteristics according to different ages, identities and occupations. Most of the little girls' hairstyles are light and lively, some are pigtails, which stand upright on the top of the head, and some are centered on the top of the head and combed into several neatly arranged pigtails from top to bottom; Young women like a round hairstyle, which consists of countless braids standing around, or woven into various patterns with black moss lines; Middle-aged women braid their hair with silk thread or put it on their heads or shoulders. Some pull short hair into pigtails close to the scalp, which are shaped like watermelons, while others divide the hair into small pieces of the same size and tie them tightly together like pineapples. In addition, there are "fish scale type", "snail type" and "shell pattern type" named after their shapes. Some women also decorate their hair styles with shells and beads, which look radiant. In recent years, African hairdressers have designed a new hairstyle, that is, combing out two rows of porous bridges with the same height and orderly intervals between the top of the head and the root of the neck, just like "small bridges flowing water", which is very unique.

It is the practice of many black people in Africa to express a kind of identity hint with hair style. Black women in most countries in West Africa shave their heads to show widowhood. If the bun of a woman in Galbe exceeds her forehead, it means that her relatives have recovered from the disease. Women in Malindi will shave off a circle of hair after giving birth, leaving only a bunch of crown hair in the center of the head; Hausa children in Niger will leave one, two or three locks of hair on their heads to show that they have lost their father, mother or parents. Fang girls in the north and south wear braids, but when they get married, they can only keep short hair or a bun, while Peng De people in Congo are just the opposite: only girls can keep short hair.

It is also a braid, and the focus is different. Some are single braids, some are full of braids; In some ethnic groups, only women can braid their hair, but in some tribes in West and Southwest Africa, both men and women can braid their hair. Unlike China girls who indicate their age by the number of braids, African braids have other uses, such as Furlani, a nation famous for its nomadic industry in northern Nigeria, where married women wear braids to show off the wealth of their in-laws. The 80 pigtails of the Dogon women near Maribaktu symbolize the eight clans that make up this ancient nation, which is called "Hardingkai", meaning "home and prosperity".

There are also all kinds of ornaments in African hair. People in Casana, Ghana, often wear metal hair clips engraved with their ancestors' heads and names to show that they "never forget their roots"; Old people in Tuco and Kana, northwest Kenya, will wear wooden hair covers to protect their hair styles from being messed up, because they are unable to tidy up by themselves and their children and grandchildren don't always have time; Malians who are good at printing and dyeing simply open a dye house on their heads and decorate their hair with colorful fuels.

In fact, African black hair is thin, curly and close to the scalp. It is not very convenient to comb the shape. It used to take six or seven hours to comb my hair. In order to keep his beloved hairstyle from being messed up, the black man invented a wooden pillow with a concave middle and two convex ends, so that although he was not comfortable to sleep, his hairstyle was easy to maintain; They also often use grease to set their hair and try to reduce the number of shampoos. After all, it is of course inconvenient.

In recent years, a large number of wigs imported from China, South Korea and other Asian countries have become popular in Zimbabwe and other regions. The wig is long and straight, which is convenient for multiple modeling and easy to comb and maintain. The time to comb a hairstyle is shortened to one or two hours. With the help of hair gel and styling water imported from abroad, the hairstyle is not afraid of washing and can be preserved for a long time. As a result, the habit of Africans not washing their hair has gradually changed, and some clean girls even wash it every day. In women's words, you are very old-fashioned now if you don't have a wig in your closet.

The old problem has been solved, and new problems have emerged: at first, I was afraid that my hairstyle could not be maintained, but now I am afraid that my hairstyle will be "maintained" all the time, and I always hope to change it every once in a while. ......

Why can Africans braid their hair with such short hair?

In fact, everything has extremes, such as hair. African blacks like to curl their hair into wicker, which is an extreme; At the other extreme are monks in China, who don't want hair at all. One stands for super complex, and the other stands for super simple. From the Chinese point of view, it may be difficult for Africans to understand such a tangled braid, but if a monk goes to Africa to preach, Africans may also think that this monk is wonderful enough. Therefore, this problem does not lie in the African people's clothes and living habits, but in our own eyes to measure other people's lives.

Why do Tibetan women like braids as much as Africans?

They are all short of water, so they don't often take a bath.

And it turned out that I saw on a program that their hair was too fragile to be washed and blown like us, so I had to braid it.

They are all braided and washed directly, and then spread out after a month or two. If it's just tied, just wash it.

If it takes a long time, untie it and wash it, and then tie it in other ways.

It takes a long time to tie this, so it is impossible to untie the shampoo every time.

Why do black people braid their hair so much?

1, related to black hair: black hair, whether male or female, is compact and thin, and very soft, layer by layer, but the total length of each hair will not exceed two or three centimeters. Once this kind of short curly hair grows out, the tip of the hair begins to curl back and forth, as if it had to get into the skin before it would stop, making the scalp itchy and stinging, as uncomfortable as being bitten by a bug. Especially sweating, it was uncomfortable to stick it on the scalp, so I made it up.

2, related to the climate: Africa has hot weather and long black hair. After braiding, it is well ventilated and not hot.

3, black hair is very fragile, unlike Asians, you can often wash and blow, to braid. Black people braid their hair and wash it directly, and then tie it after a few months.

What do Africans call braids?

It's called Mohican.

African hair looks like braids. Is it natural or made up?

This is a fabrication. African women's heads are curly. They can't comb them themselves and need help from others. Therefore, in urban and rural areas of African countries, mobile stalls dedicated to women's hair can be seen everywhere. Barbers in Africa are ingenious, and can design and comb out various beautiful and elegant hairstyles with national characteristics according to different ages, identities and occupations. It is the practice of many black people in Africa to express a kind of identity hint with hair style.

Black women in most countries in West Africa shave their heads to show widowhood.

If the bun of a woman in Galbe exceeds her forehead, it means that her relatives have recovered from the disease.

Women in Malindi will shave off a circle of hair after giving birth, leaving only a bunch of crown hair in the center of the head;

Hausa children in Niger will leave one, two or three locks of hair on their heads to show that they have lost their father, mother or parents.

Fang girls in the north and south wear braids, but when they get married, they can only keep short hair or a bun, while Peng De people in Congo are just the opposite: only girls can keep short hair.

African braids have other uses, such as Furlani, a nation famous for its nomadic industry in northern Nigeria, whose married women braid their braids to show off their husbands' wealth by wearing a lot of ornaments;

The 80 pigtails of the Dogon women near Maribaktu symbolize the eight clans that make up this ancient nation, which is called "Hardingkai", meaning "home and prosperity".

Why can foreigners' hair be braided so thin?

Their hair is naturally curly, Very soft and sparse. Generally, the hair of African girls in ..................................................................................................................................................................... is a wig, as long as a braid is real. They braid their hair mainly for stretching. ...

Excuse me, foreigners, especially Africans, have a hairstyle with a lot of braids. What's this hairstyle called? Braiding is no trouble. How was your day?

It's called a dirty braid. Braiding is very troublesome, and it hurts when you pull your hair. You sleep directly at night, only once every few weeks. I can't put it down in the shower, and I may not be able to wash my hair that clean every day.

African women's hairstyles, I really don't know how they make them up.

Just watching the black braids on movies and TV looks good! ! ! Exotic.

There is no specific number of braids for black women, because they all use fake braids, so it mainly depends on the quality and quantity of wigs.

There are shops and barbershops selling wigs in various markets in African countries, which are actually knitting shops. If the wig is of good quality and the barber is skilled, it will look better, but you will also see some black women's braids are terrible!

Especially in the rainy season, it often rains and the wig gets wet. ...

And black women's wigs and braids are not often changed. Personally, I think it's economic. After a long time, the scalp itches, and black women shave with sharp things such as hairpins. That smell! ! !