The Baherero dress: a stylish yet traditional garment

The Baherero are still holding on to their culture but it seems interest in it is waning.

The Herero dress is a typical example of how some of the tribe’s people don’t follow the rules of wearing it. Fredricah Ngoahoka told Mmegi that married women and elderly single women who have children wear the dress. “This is our culture. Certain women wear the dress. It should be accorded the respect it deserves but because we are now living in a changing society, there are marked changes in the current times,” she said. She further said unemployed Baherero women are expected to always be clad in the dress while those who are employed must wear it when they are off work. It’s standard expectation for the women to be wearing the dress during social occasions like weddings and funerals.