The objectives of celebrating an International Men’s Day, set out in “The Six Pillars of International Men’s Day”, include focusing on men’s and boy’s health, improving gender relations, promoting gender equality, and highlighting male role models.
The celebration this year is focusing on open talks of depression affecting men. However men are are also being appreciated in their areas of merit and distinction differently all over the world. One of those areas includes fashion which on twitter has recognised Samburu men as one of the most stylish men on the planet.
Samburu fashion is world renowned and totally distinctive.For the warriors it’s the pinnacle of beauty and strength, nothing impresses more than big healthy bulls, a big herd of cattle, striking and colourful bead work, and stories of great courage to back it all up with.
Samburu men, often considered to be some of the most stylish men on the planet. #InternationalMensDay pic.twitter.com/8zOTBGHdDO
— KENYA Pics (@kenyapics) November 19, 2018
Samburu bead work originates from about four centuries ago when trade brought colourful beads from Eastern Europe. This has spawned an obsession with bright colour that flows through clothing and jewelry and into storytelling; the greatest channels of Samburu self expression
Amazing! we visited Samburu village in 2007 the women were amazing too along with their beautiful bead crafts.
— Sue Ravers #FBPE (@NanaRavers) November 19, 2018
To generalise a moran’s fashion you have a kikoy, a Kenyan sarong that is the main clothing, a beaded belt that will hold a long knife, and strings of beads that will crisscross his chest (an important sign of being a moran).
He will wear numerous beaded bracelets on his wrists, on his elbow a beaded leather strap (another important mark of a moran).
Notched body markings will be made with thorns and a knife. These are a show of strength and a moran will never flinch as a girl makes these on his skin.
They are beautiful
— Simon W Ⓥ (@WaldramSimon) November 19, 2018
Yes! The butterfly people. So lovely. pic.twitter.com/c9kb1F210y
— KiraguTK (@KiraguTK) November 19, 2018
It’s hard to find a culture where such a large portion of any demographic focuses so heavily on, and (more importantly) succeeds, with their desire to self-express through fashion
Amazing! we visited Samburu village in 2007 the women were amazing too along with their beautiful bead crafts.
— Sue Ravers #FBPE (@NanaRavers) November 19, 2018
You can see the link between beauty and strength when the morani dance. Their spears are as much a part of dancing as fighting, often decorated with a fluff of black ostrich feather or a hand painted flag. The noise their clothing makes alone is so distinctive, with a heavy weight of beads all moving together, punctuated by the thump of feet on earth
Pretty amazing. I’ve met the guy on the left in the first picture. I was on a safari in Samburu in February 2017.
He is as fearless as they come.— F. Mutua Munavu (@mutua_munavu) November 19, 2018
Do you agree that Samburu men are the most stylish in the planet?