Children of the Maasai tribe perform a traditional jumping dance during the Enkipaata ceremony, a Maasai male rite of passage, specifically the initiation of boys, marking the transition from ...

One such group of people are the Maasai of Kenya. At Sekenani Camp in Maasai Mara, the Maasai continued with their daily lives during the celebration. The Maasai community is one of the oldest ...

Maasai traditional religion, practices and values, led by a laibon, or spiritual leader, have conserved the Loita Forest in Kenya for generations. However, the spread of Christianity and ...

Detailed beadwork can be seen in this traditional Maasai headpiece. Photograph by Eric Lafforgue, Art in All of Us/Getty Images The Maasai, a semi-nomadic people who breed predominantly cattle ...

Ever since pictures of Ranbir Kapoor proposing to Alia Bhatt at Maasai Mara came to light, the national reserve made it to every Indian traveler’s bucket list. The golden savannah, the soulful rolling ...

This place is sacred to the indigenous Maasai people, of whom around 25,000 live in and around it. Despite being just 70 or so miles southwest of the capital Nairobi, a lack of roads means these ...

Four years after a group of Kenyan Maasai herders touched the hearts of Americans by donating 14 head of prized cattle to the US to help ease the pain of the 11 September attacks, a new home has been ...

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A New Generation of Maasai Warriors Is Born in Kenya OLAIMUTIAI, Kenya (AP) — In the bracing morning cold in the forest highlands overlooking Kenya’s Maasailand, 900 teenage boys clad in ...