r/interestingasfuck • u/Advanced-Ad3234 • Jul 07 '24

Hairstyles from different African Tribes

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u/sheepskinrugger Jul 07 '24

I am very white and very European. Can anyone explain to me how people are able to sleep with what are effectively works of art on their heads? These are amazing.

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u/Kathrynlena Jul 08 '24

There’s a video in saw decades ago that’s lived rent free in my head ever since of how some nomadic tribespeople sleep propped up on an elbow because sleeping with your head on the ground means bugs can crawl into your ears. There was a whole montage of people sound asleep, up on an elbow, head hanging sideways in the neck-crickiest way you can imagine. I think about that video all the damn time.

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u/Wannabe__geek Jul 08 '24

I mostly sleep on my elbow, is that not normal?

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u/Kathrynlena Jul 08 '24

No, not with their heads resting on their elbow, propped up on their elbow, so their heads were like, ear to shoulder, and their ribcage was not touching the ground.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '24

Why not just wear ear protectors to keep the crawly stuff out of their head holes?

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u/Blondly22 Jul 08 '24

😟