Who We Are
With an estimated population of nearly 1.3 million, the Maasai are one of the oldest standing indigenous ethnic groups of Kenya and northern Tanzania. The Maasai people hold fast to many of their rich cultural traditions and to the basic ways of life. They are a cattle-herding pastoral people who prefer bartering for necessary goods rather than the exchange of commodities through a cash economy.
The males of the Maasai tribe are classed by age into boys, warriors and elders. Maasai girls generally have their marriages negotiated by their fathers. Both boys and girls are subjected to circumcision ceremonies. During those parts of the year when the Maasai are not migrating, they live in manyattaf, cow-dung huts built by the women.
"Mama Nelson"