The Himba wear little clothing, but the women are famous for covering themselves with otjize, a mixture of butter fat and ochre. The mixture gives their skins a reddish tinge. This symbolizes earth’s rich red color and the blood that symbolizes life, and is consistent with the Himba ideal of beauty.

thepun-pun1:

thatsonofamitch:

periluna:

burrenbari:

fadeintocase:

helioscentrifuge:

Hey. Don’t just scroll past. Come back and watch this. You need it more than you know.

holy shit.

the time out of your day to watch this will not be wasted, I assure you.

Okay seriously, yall need to watch this. 

I’m reblogging this again because you gotta fucking watch it okay.

Oh my god

Holy shit this needs to be watched

quibbs:

hey all these cosplay of 2012s were going around so i thought i’d throw mine in

iamladyloki:

isaia:

ryandasmac:

danger-in-design:

Tha Mo Ghaol Air Àird A’ Chuain
Julie Fowlis

I heard this song in the trailer of Pixar’s upcoming movie Brave. So I searched around the net and found the title and meaning.

This song is a Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) song. The song is beautiful. And if you read the meaning, it’ll be much more.

Below I’ll post the translation. And of course, the link to the original lyrics.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION:

My Love Is On the High Seas

On a quiet evening at the beginning of May
When the bat was in the skies
I heard a tearful young maiden
Singing beneath the shadow of the green branches
The sun was setting in the sea
And no stars yet graced the sky
When the young girl sang sorrowfully
"My love is on the high seas"

The night's dew began to fall
Each bloom yielding softly to the droplets
The wind blew in a fragrant breeze
Bringing life and renewal to each field
The girl tunefully sang her song
Quiet and peaceful like the June dew
And this chorus constantly repeated
"My love is on the high seas"

Day darkened and the stars shone
Setting their course amongst the clouds
The maiden sat, burdened by her sadness
Her singing could not have been more soothing
I moved closer to the young woman
Singing of her love sailing on the sea
Oh sweet was her sad lament
"My love is on the high seas"

The music enticed me
Nearer to the brown-haired maiden of the warm eyes
And she prayed to the King of Heaven
"Protect my love on the high seas"
Her heart was breaking with love
When I took her by the hand
"Wipe your eyes, your love is safe
I have returned to you from the high seas."

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Original Lyrics

<3 I listen to this every day.

geisha-licious:

left to right: maiko Kanoka, probably an okaasan of an okiya, geiko Tsunemomo, maiko Ryouka, a shikomi, maiko Kanoyumi and maiko Masaho

pupukachoo:

amischiefofmice:

joshishollywood:

marththebland:

boltong:

robotverve:

bizarrejelly5:

onimoz:

br8kspider:

secretsbest:

8 month old baby hearing his mother’s voice for the first time with cochlear implant

This is the most beautiful thing ever.

thank you science 

this post always bothers me without fail

I just….

that’s a major operation and change in the infant’s life and they can’t even make the decision themselves to have it or not.

idk I just think things like that should wait until the child is at least old enough to say that it’s something they want.

 :/ wat?

what

why would you choose to be disabled

whatttt

SIOADHGODHFADOSIFH WHAT

as someone who PERSONALLY had their parents make the decision for me to get grommets in my ears so i wouldn’t be entirely deaf by age 21, i’d have to say you are a fucking idiot for thinking it’s bad for the parents to want to improve their entire child’s living standards as early as possible

but look at the baby, you can tell he’s fucking pissed

His first words are going to be “what gives you the fucking right”

first I awww’ed and smiled then I read the comments and what

That’s tumblr for you. I try to ignore people who suck the joy of life out of everything for the sake of being offended. that gifset is too sweet.

alfheimr:

i hadn’t originally intended to do a piece for 4/13 but then the album came out and it was very inspiring!! hence why this is a bit late for the party but w/e w/e

a2k2exy2ollux:

samletbird:

terminallyxsadistic:

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Kanaya Nudestuck pt.1
Kanaya:samletbird.tumblr.com
Photographer:terminallyxsadistic.tumblr.com
Part 2

Ohey.  I go to bed and when I get online the next day look at what I find. X3 Laura you take amaaaazing photos of me than you so much. <3

take note2 all of you. thii2 ii2 a real woman wiith real cla22 who know2 how two put the art iin artii2tiic nude.

turntech-tsuntsun:

chriskelly:

The Gay Rights Movement

This is great.

Yes good

Just wish there were more lesbian couples in the preview <3

Actually crying right now, what is this. All my feels.

itsjustabunchofhocuspocus:

kiraketeer:

When he died, his wife commissioned this sculpture, as an expression of her love for him:

Location: Mt Macedon Cemetery in Victoria, Australia

thats fucking beautiful.

Hades and Persephone 1 & 2 by Sandara