Monthly Photos　Jun 2024

Photos taken by ILCAA staff and associates are posted here once a month; most of them are taken during their field research in Asia and Africa.

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Greeting for hairdressing

The sisters are skillfully braiding hair extensions with their own hair. They never miss to trim with scissor in the final hairdressing cycle.
They don’t wash and dress their hair every day due to their hair type and hairstyle, but they spend time and money on dressing their hair every two or three weeks.
People greet women who are braiding one's hair or who is having her hair braided by saying “Ẹ kú ẹwà o” when seeing them in a residential area or at the store. It's a specific greeting for them meaning well done in Yoruba and could also be translated as "how beautiful you are!".

1st September, 2023
Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Photograph by Shirabe OGATA