Your pure magnificence is you

Photograph by Kristen Staker

Photograph by Kristen Staker

In Papua New Guinea, Celia Omae mentioned she simply needed her hair to mix in. She would put in extensions and would loosen up (completely straighten hair) till she mentioned to herself, “I really like my pure hair as a result of it’s lovely the best way it’s. Why would I need to attempt to be one thing I’m not?”

Celia Omae, a sophomore, learning biology, and her sister Elaine Omae, a freshman additionally learning biology, mentioned they each have aspirations to turn into docs.

Elaine Omae mentioned she has at all times thought-about her hair lovely as a result of it’s thick. She mentioned she likes to place it in numerous kinds, combing it out to an afro or tying it up, however she likes to put on her hair in braids.

Celia Omae defined the tradition in Papua New Guinea favors a pure magnificence normal. Elaine Omae mentioned, “Pure magnificence is the perfect. … even for those who put [in] extras… God created us the best way [we] are, and if we don’t settle for that, we’re not accepting His love, and [this is] His manner of displaying that he cares for us. He desires us to simply settle for that pure magnificence.”

Photograph by Kristen Staker

Photograph by Kristen Staker

Celia Omae mentioned she continues to have an excellent relationship along with her hair however she added she is usually too lazy and doesn’t need to do something with it, as a result of in depth upkeep her hair requires.

Elaine Omae mentioned, “Once I was little my mother [used coconut on her hair]. Most instances after we need to deal with our hair, we don’t use chemical substances. We truly simply get the coconut, scrape it [inside], after which we squeeze the milk out and use the dry [insides].”
She continued, “We use that to scrub our hair after which we pour the coconut milk [on our hair]. …it retains the hair moisturized … and oily.”
In Papua New Guinea, hair texture and shade differs from province to province, mentioned Elaine Omae. She defined the 4 provinces are the Highlands, Momase, the Coastal area and the New Guinea Islands the place hair is often ginger.

Photograph by Kristen Staker

Photograph by Kristen Staker