Mwila girl (also called Mwela, Mumuhuila, or Muhuila). Angola
Mwila women are famous for their ornate hairstyles, which are held in place using a mixture of ochre mud, cattle dung and butter. The tradition goes that when a girl is prepubescent, she wears a massive red collar which will become later become a yellow one - the vikeka. She is given the vikeka when she gets her first period. Once she is married, she wears a set of necklaces called the vilanda, which she will never again take off. Once put on, it’s impossible to take off, with wearers protecting it at night by sleeping on wooden headrests, many of which are passed from mother to daughter.