A woman, from the Himba tribe in Opuwo, Namibia, was pictured popping into her local grocery store to pick up a few of life’s essentials.
What made the woman remarkable was that she was scantily clad, enough that she had her breasts in full view. She was only partially covered but didn’t seem to mind as she just carried on with her shopping.
The woman’s tribe, Himba, are generally rural folk who dress that way wherever they go as it is their tradition.
The woman, thought to be in her early 20s, was pictured by Swedish wildlife and documentary photographer Bjorn Persson.
The 44-year-old said: ‘The lady took me completely by surprise, as I was just doing my grocery shopping in a local supermarket while filming a documentary about the Himba tribe.
‘She did not notice me at first, but after a while she realised what I was doing.
‘The Himba women always dress like that, no matter if they are at home in their village or visiting the big, modern cities.
‘It’s for their own beauty and tradition. They don’t just dress up for tourists as some other tribes do.
‘The hair and whole body is covered with a certain kind of mud to protect them from the sun, and the clothes are mostly made of goat skin.’
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