The Maasai build their houses out of shit.
Everyone wanted to see a Maasai!
Many Maasai have also adopted Christianity.
Maasai society is strongly patriarchal in nature,
The Maasai population has been reported as numbering
The Maasai are mainly herders although agriculture is also practiced.
The Maasai in Tanzania is slowly integrating into mainstream social
and economic life amidst great reluctance.
The central human figure in the Maasai religious system is the laibon whose roles include shamanistic healing,
Il Ngwesi Lodge, Kenya:
Ecolodge and rhino sanctuary in northern Kenya, run by the Maasai who own and manage the land.
He serves as president of the American branch of the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust
and is a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador.
Maasai society is strongly patriarchal,
with elder men, sometimes joined by retired elders, deciding most major matters for each Maasai group.
Maasai society is strongly patriarchal in nature,
with elder men, sometimes joined by retired elders, deciding most major matters for each Maasai group.
He serves as president of the American branch of the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust,
and is the United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for Biodiversity.
Maasai culture is strongly patriarchal in nature,
with elder men, sometimes joined by retired elders, deciding most major matters for each Maasai group.
On the Il Ngwesi Group Ranch, in northern Kenya, you will learn to shoot with a bow,
throw clubs and engage in Maasai repartee.
For the Maasai of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania, burial is reserved for
chiefs solely as a sign of respect and given to no one else.
Other more famous parks like Maasai Mara(Kenya), Serengeti(Tanzania),
or Ngorongoro Crater(Tanzania), can cost upwards of $60 per day, depending on whether it's high or low season.
On most safaris in Kenya you're likely to meet Maasai warriors,
and soon realise this is no dressing-up club but a part of every Maasai man's life.
The central human figure in the Maasai religious system is the laibon whose roles include shamanistic healing,
divination and prophecy, and ensuring success in war or adequate rainfall.
When Biswas-Diener found that the Maasai in Kenya, and slum dwellers in Calcutta, were relatively happy, one
key factor was that they had a strong sense of their place in a social network.
If you're after Maasai crafts(whether traditional beaded jewellery
or items made up for the tourist industry), or carvings and crafts in general, the city's various Maasai markets are excellent- though they are no longer the cheap, hot tip they once were.