The Maasai are an indigenous African ethnic group of semi nomadic people located in Kenya and northern Tanzania. They have very unique customs especially in the way they dress, which is very tribal and alot of red, and both men and women wear wooden bracelets. They speak a language called Maa, and their population ranges to about 900,000. Their diet consists of meat and milk from cattle and most recently some crop foods. In their culture circumcision is a right of passage for all young boys to become warriors and young girls go through it too. Young boys take on great responsibilities in the community at a very young age. A mans wealth is measured in cattle and children the more you have the more wealthier your considered, if you have one but not the other you are considered poor. Houses are constructed by women made out of all natural resources.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maasai
2 comments:
good short story... strong supporting details.
I liked this paragraph because it tells how many people are Maasai. It also tells how in their culture the amount of cows you own determines wealth. It's also weird how the women are the one's making the houses.
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