Maasai tribesmen shuttling between tradition and modernity

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The Maasai people are brave and good at hunting. According to logic, the Maasai people live in grasslands and jungles, associate with wild animals, and are good at hunting. But in fact, everyone in Marseille not only does not hunt, but even only eats meat during celebrations, and never eats wild animals, including fish. Their worship of nature kept them away from hunting. The daily needs of Maasai people are provided by the milk and blood of livestock. When their mouths are dry, they pull out sharp knives at their waist, poke them at the neck of cattle, and take a straw tube to suck, just like we drink drinks. The Maasai believe that herd of cattle It is God's gift. They despise farming life and think that farming makes the earth dirty. The Maasai people regard the cattle as life. At night, the cattle are locked in the village and even live in a cottage with their owners. In the daytime, children look after the calves, while older children drive the cattle to the far pasture. It is because the Maasai people do not hunt and eat game that this land becomes a paradise for wild animals.

The people of Marseilles have settled down, but their unique folk customs have been preserved.

Masai's dress is very conspicuous, and men criticize “ Bundle clamp ” In fact, they are two pieces of cloth with red background and black stripes, one is to cover the shame and the other is to drape on one shoulder. This kind of dress is like a fire, which is exactly the effect they want to achieve. On the grassland with wild animals “ A mass of fire ” It can effectively drive away wild animals. Masai women wear “ Kanga ” , put a big round shawl on the neck, and a circle of white beads on the top of the head. Their ears are very big. Some of them have big earlobes and shoulders. Marseille girls pierced their ears and eyes when they were born. Later, they gradually increased the weight of ornaments, making their ears longer and longer and their holes bigger and bigger. Most Maasai people lack two lower incisors, which were extracted from childhood for the convenience of filling medicine.

The village head and his two wives took a group photo. The first wife and the second wife stood together. Later, we asked the village head to stand in the middle, and the village head heard that he stood in the middle of the first wife and the third wife. Where is the first wife?

Hehe, this beautiful is the first wife!

While countless tourists have traveled thousands of miles to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the East African grasslands, they are also attracted by the Maasai people living here. As one of the most representative tribes in Kenya, the Maasai people have always continued their nomadic tradition. For hundreds of years, they have been herding water and grass on the vast land of Africa, living by hunting, and living the life of nomads. But in recent years, with the change of natural ecology and social environment, more and more Maasai people began to shuttle between traditional and modern. Our companions talked with the village head, and we know that the village head also knows English.

Relevant information is taken from Baidu two thousand and sixteen year seven month