ORIGIN AND LANGUAGE OF THE MAASAI From their original dispersal point Sudan‚ the Maasai ancestors moved southwards settling first to the east of the Riftvalley‚ that is the area between Mt. Kenya and Mt. Kilimanjaro and the Taita hills. The Maasai were probably closely related to the proto- Kalenjin (original Kalenjin speakers) but they later developed separately and by 1500 there languages and cultures were quite different During the 17th century the Maasai were approaching the height of their
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Maasai Culture Maasai society is patriarchical in nature with the elders deciding most matters for each Maasai group. The laibon or spiritual leader acts as the liaison between the Maasai and God‚ named Enkai or Engai‚ as well as the source of Maasai herblore. The Maasai are mostly monotheistic in outlook‚ but many have become Christian under the influence of missionaries. Traditional Maasai lifestyle centers around their cattle which constitutes the primary source of food. They also believe
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BEADING FOR A BETTER FUTURE For many people‚ the elaborate beadwork made by Maasai women may seem nothing more than a colorful decoration that enlivens ceremonies and dancing. But for the Maasai Mamas working with Basecamp Maasai Brand (BMB)‚ these beads represent their deep devotion to creating a better future for themselves‚ their children‚ families and their communities. BASECAMP MAASAI BRAND Since Basecamp Explorer was founded in 1999 our approach to tourism has been encapsulated in the concept
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The Maasai Culture The group in cultural anthropology that I would like to study as a cultural anthropologist is the Maasai. From prior knowledge‚ I have learned that the Maasai are a cultural group that resides in vast open spaces in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa. The Maasai are found in countries such as Kenya and Tanzania‚ and their lifestyles are a reflection of the environment in which they live. One of the aspects that I find the most interesting about the Maasai is that they
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-Managing the environment to ensure I’s available for future generations -Economic development (Increasing urbanisation and bigger income due to tourism based employment specifically Mombasa in Kenya.) The Maasai Mara tribe The Maasai tribe have lived on the lands now known as the Maasai Mara game reserve for generations. Their culture‚ customs‚ and way of life remained very much unspoiled until the increase of tourism and global communication from the nineteenth century through to the twentieth
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Jen. "Maasai Music and Dance - Traditional Music & Cultures of Kenya." Maasai Music and Dance - Traditional Music & Cultures of Kenya. Accessed December 04‚ 2014. http://www.bluegecko.org/kenya/tribes/maasai/music.htm. 2. "The Culture‚ Music and Dance of the Maasai Tribe - Luxe Adventure Traveler." Luxe Adventure Traveler. Accessed December 01‚ 2014. http://jdombstravels.com/maasai-tribe/. 3. "Maasai American Organization - Dedicated to the Promotion of Education and Community Health." Maasai American
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masculinities change among the Maasai as a result of colonisation in Kenya. Many factors including environmental change and adapting to a different environment contributes to change. Hodgson (199) analyses the historical articulation of modernity with the shifting production of Maasai masculinities in Tanzania. Hodgson (1999) looks at the experience of two different maasai masculinities which depict the traditional/ modern periods and the colonial/ postcolonial periods. The term “Maasai” is a term that depicts
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Adapting to Modern Times Today‚ there are various radio stations that are broadcasted throughout Tanzania. However‚ from the 1950s until the mid-1990s‚ Radio Tanzania was the country’s sole station‚ consisting of music‚ poetry‚ drama‚ and speeches. There are currently more than 15‚000 reels of these tapes that are sitting on the shelves of the BBC building in Dar es Salaam. Reviving the Radio Tanzania Archives is a project that has a goal of digitizing and preserving these tapes before they
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Cynthia Moss‚ a former journalist and present director of the Amboseli Elephant Research Project in Kenya‚ has studied the same population of elephants for 44 years. She has born in 1940 in Ossining‚ New York‚ U.S.A. In 1972‚ she started the famous Amboseli Elephant Research Project at Amboseli National Park in Kenya. Since then she and her research associates have identified and recorded more than 1‚400 elephants belonging to 50 families at an immense of 400 square miles. For 14 years Cynthia Moss
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13. Mburu‚ J.N (2003)‚ Thematic Issues in African Philosophy.Acacia Publishers Kenya 14 15. Palsson‚ Gisli. From water to world-making: African models and arid lands. Scandinavia: Nordiska Afrika institutet‚ 1990. Web 16 17. Sankan‚ S.S‚ 1979. The Maasai. Nairobi Kenya Literature Bureau 18
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