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Maasai: see Masai Masai or Maasai (mäsī`), a largely nomadic pastoral people of E Africa, chiefly in Kenya and Tanzania. ..... Click the link for more information. . Masaior MaasaiNomadic herders of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. They speak a language (usually called Maa) of the Nilo-Saharan family. Numbering some 900,000, the Masai subsist almost entirely on the meat, blood, and milk of their cattle herds. A kraal, consisting of a large circular thornbush fence around a ring of mud-dung houses, holds four to eight families and their herds. Polygamy is common among older men. All men are grouped into age sets. Young men traditionally live in isolation in the bush for varying lengths of time in order to develop strength, courage, and endurance. See also Nilot. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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At their first opening night in New York, in 1971, "muscular African American men stood at the door dressed in towering feathered headdresses worn by Masai warriors for lion hunts" (p. Tanzania safari: Trekking Mount Kilimanjaro, hiking through the African bush with Masai warriors and a night on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater are part of a a tour sponsored by Alaskan Wilderness Journeys World Wide Adventures. |
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