Tribal

My first reaction to tribal was Africa, a country with a wide varity of tribal influeces...

The main things which i found stood out were:

• Vibrant Colours
• Simple shapes and interesting patterns
• Masks
• The spiitual approch to life
• Their individual approach to beauty

Numerous patterns clashing together seems to be the biggest aspect of African tribal culture

Examples of African style paintings....vividly coloured and simple in style

Another aspect of Afriacan culture which intriged me was their attachment to masks and the spiritual connection that they have to them

Certain tribes beleive that these masks embody the spirits of there ancestor

The part of researching tribal culture which I found most interesting was there very individual approach to beauty and the vast difference between what is considered beautiful to them compared to the western world



Some of these practices are done not just for baeuty reasons but also because some of them have religious

                 relevance

Another place were an unusally approach to beauty is taken is China were women and young girls try to elongate there necks by wearing a number of rings around the neck. The older the women is the more rings she has