Masai tribe is one of the few tribes in Africa
maintain their traditional culture
and remain as a symbol of East Africa.
The
Masai people are among the best known local populations due to their residence
near the many game parks of East
Africa, and their distinctive customs and dress.
Maasai society is strongly patriarchal
in nature, with elder men, sometimes joined by retired elders, deciding most
major matters for each Maasai group. Traditional Maasai lifestyle centres around their cattle which
constitute their primary source of food. The measure of a man's wealth is in
terms of cattle and children.
The men in the Maasai tribe are
born and raised to be warriors. They don‘t marry when they are young but
instead they stay in the woods. This is the reason why there is a great age
difference between husbands and their wives, because they are not allowed to
marry until they are older (when they have become "elders“) while the
women marry when they are young.
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