Maasai games

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Use Angama Mara as the cornerstone for a grand East African safari including the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater or gorilla trekking, or simply take advantage of one of our offers to book your stay in the Maasai Mara. When Angama Mara received a request for a team-building event for 40 very competitive Australians, we turned to the Maasai Olympics for inspiration. A program of spear-throwing, rungu-throwing and Maasai jumping was planned and the encouraging and congratulatory cries heard in Maa and Aussie English proved the day a great success.

A dozen red-and-blue shuka-clad Maasai warriors stand side-by-side, with their ominously tapered spears stuck forcefully in the ground beside them, and their club-like rungus clenched in their fists. Taken out of context, this is an intimidating sight, and not that long ago would have been one that preceded a traditional rite of passage to manhood: the lion hunt.

For centuries, the lions that roamed Maasailand in East Africa were under threat as age groups of young Maasai warriors approached graduation. Originally warriors hunted male lions solo but with time, elders encouraged group hunts, as the Maasai population grew while the lion population dwindled.

They drink it pure or mixed with milk during special ceremonies or when they are sick. The cows are the most valuable things in the lives of the tribe so not killing your livestock is very important to them.

So to obtain blood the Maasai precisely hit the jugular artery of a cow so enough blood comes out without killing the animal. Nowadays, many Maasai people live an urban lifestyle so they eat a more varied diet than just milk, blood and meat.

The women make the huts with mud, sticks, grass, ash and also cow dung and human urine. The cow dung is needed to make the roof waterproof. Only 1. They also keep small livestock within the huts to protect them from wildlife. The Maasai use the hides and skin of the slaughtered animals to sleep on. The Maasai build their homes within kraals. A Maasai village can have multiple kraals.

The cattle will stay in the inner kraal during the night time to prevent lion and leopard attacks. Everyone in the world recognizes the Maasai through their red cloths and high jumps. Traditionally the Maasai dressed in animal skins but now they wear red cloths wrapped around their body. With also a great amount of beaded jewellery around their neck, arms and head.

The women shave their heads and are dressed in colourful clothing. They also pierce their ears and stretch their earlobes. Maasai jewellery plays a big part in their culture and also has meaning to it. Also, Maasai men can recognize a single lady or someone who is married by the way the women are dressed. And Warriors are the only members of the tribe to wear long hair. If you think of Kenya, big chance you will have the Maasai Tribe coming forward as a mental picture.

They are one of the very few tribes of Kenya and Tanzania who has kept most of their traditions and lifestyle. Of course, there are more and more modern Maasai living an urban lifestyle. The majority is still sticking to their old traditions. As tourism in Kenya progressed the Maasai tribe has turned into a brand itself. You can buy Maasai jewellery everywhere on the streets of Kenya and Tanzania. Their jewellery and carvings are an inspiration to even high-end fashion labels like Louis Vuitton.

Also, a lot of Maasai people jumped into the chance of earning money through the booming tourism industry. They welcome guests at hotels and work as tour leaders and rangers within the game reserves and national parks. As a warrior tribe, they know their lands and wildlife very well and love to explain tourists about wild animals and their own culture. Visiting a Maasai Tribe has become one of the most popular things to do in Kenya and the Maasai very well know how to take advantage of this opportunity.

And the prices what tourist pay are sometimes shocking. I experienced myself that because of the overwhelming experience and the pressure to give something back you will end up with a very expensive Maasai souvenir.

At the spot, you probably miscalculate the currency as well. The Maasai speak Maa. This language originated from the Nile region in northern Africa where the Maasai came from. Maasai are also educated in the official languages of Kenya and Tanzania, Swahili and English.

For the Maasai, Ngai is the creator of everything. They believe that at the beginning of time Ngai was sky and earth together and owned the cattle that lived on it. As one day the sky and earth got separated the Maasai believe that Ngai was no longer on earth and sent the Maasai to earth to prevent the cattle from dying.

The Samburu tribe are the cousins of the Maasai Tribe. They look very similar to the Maasai, they speak the same language, believe in the same god and have similar traditions.

The Samburu lifestyle is more traditional than the Maasai culture nowadays. They live more remotely in northern Kenya south of Lake Turkana. The Samburu tribe also moved south years ago from the Sudan Nile Valley just as the Maasai tribe did, but they stayed in the north part of Kenya as the Maasai moved further south. The Maasai are a warrior tribe so becoming a great warrior is the ultimate goal in life for young boys.

From a very young age, boys are trained to become a great warrior and an excellent herder. Big and brave warriors who have earned their respect are celebrated throughout their lives. The Maasai culture workes with age-sets. Maasai in Tanzania were forced out from their fertile lands between Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru and most of their fertile mountainous regions near the Ngorongoro in the s.

More land was claimed to create national parks and wildlife reserves. Maasai are traditionalist and have resisted the urging of the Kenyan and Tanzanian governments to adopt a more modern lifestyle.