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KINSHASA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - FEBRUARY 10: A Sapeur poses for a portrait with his designer label clothes while paying his respects to Stervos Nyarcos, the founder of the kitendi religion, at Gombe cemetery on February 10, 2017 in Kinshasa, DRC. Kitendi means clothing in local language Lingala. Nyarcos was known as the leader of the Sape movement. The word Sapeur comes from SAPE, a French acronym for Societe des Ambianceurs et Persons elegants, or Society of Revelers and Elegant People. It also means, to dress with ìelegance and style{quote}. Most of the young Sapeurs are unemployed, poor and live in harsh conditions in Kinshasa, a city of about 10 million people. For many of them being a Sapeur means that they can escape their daily struggles and dress like fashionable Europeans. Many hustle to build up their expensive collections. Most Sapeurs could never afford to visit Paris, and usually relatives send or bring clothes back to Kinshasa. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)

KINSHASA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - FEBRUARY 10: A Sapeur poses for a portrait with his designer label clothes while paying his respects to Stervos Nyarcos, the founder of the kitendi religion, at Gombe cemetery on February 10, 2017 in Kinshasa, DRC. Kitendi means clothing in local language Lingala. Nyarcos was known as the leader of the Sape movement. The word Sapeur comes from SAPE, a French acronym for Societe des Ambianceurs et Persons elegants, or Society of Revelers and Elegant People. It also means, to dress with ìelegance and style". Most of the young Sapeurs are unemployed, poor and live in harsh conditions in Kinshasa, a city of about 10 million people. For many of them being a Sapeur means that they can escape their daily struggles and dress like fashionable Europeans. Many hustle to build up their expensive collections. Most Sapeurs could never afford to visit Paris, and usually relatives send or bring clothes back to Kinshasa. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)