Watching people as they interact can show us so much about them. Who interacts with whom? What are their expressions? What do they share? Here are several images from various villages in Angola.

In this first image we see a young boy early in the morning interacting with the village dog and both warming by the fire.

I do not know if these two babies are siblings but it was so much fun to watch them together. It was also fascinating that the moms did not seem to be concerned about them playing with the cow poop on the ground.

The next set of images show a big group of kids and adults watching one of our group of photographers show them images (on the back of their camera) of people from another tribe. It seemed that they never saw anything like this before.

Note how older children care for the younger ones and even carry them on their back.

Often when our group (about 10 people) visited a village the people watched us as we watched them.

These two young girls wear the traditional two braids in front of their face. After they reach puberty, they will begin to adorn their hair in the more elaborate ochre style. Again, it is so noteworthy how the young girls (and boys) care for the toddlers.

The next set of images were taken in the very poor village we visited. These very young children are busy grinding grain (or pretending to) – copying their mamas. It seems to be the major activity of the people in the tribe.

Fortunately here we can see these kids having some fun.

These two Himba women are wearing the traditional hairstyles made with ground ochre and butter fat and coated on their hair. Also they wear the beautiful animal skins and elaborate beaded adornments.

It seems that most Africans can easily carry buckets and other parcels on their head. They do this from a very early age so it becomes easy for them.

A true friendship between young men.

Our gift to the tribal people. I do not see much opportunity for them to spend money but it is fascinating to watch the expressions on their faces.