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Mundari, South Sudan 🇸🇸

Mundari men bleach their hair with regular applications of cow urine and then powder it with ash turning the hair reddish golden.

The reddish golden hair is considered a sign of beauty: to leave one's hair black indicates sadness and a period of mourning, according to the Mundari culture.

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