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Afar hair style

While most of us use branded leave-ins & conditioners to moisturize our hair, the Afar tribe of Ethiopia use a form of butter on their hair. They have mastered this act of moisturizing their hair such that their hair is kept protected from the harsh weather. The Afar tribe live along Ethiopia’s northeastern border with Djibouti and Eritrea in the eastern part of Africa & are mostly nomads. Let’s talk about the hair moisturizing lessons from this tribe.

The Afar tribe has two distinctive hairdos which they create using this ghee. The ‘asdago’ is very similar to what we know has the afro hairstyle while the second one is the ‘dayta’ which looks a lot like curlformers or straw curls


Aside from using the butter to style their hair, the Afar tribe also uses it for the following reasons:

• It protects their hair from the heat of the sun.
• It keeps their hair shiny & moisturized
• The Afar tribe believe that using the butter on their hair during wedding ceremonies is a way to invite blessings in their marriage. The brides older brother also spits on the bride’s head as a sign of blessing too.
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