Adventure Panorama Safaris - 4 Days Sacred Maasai Shrine

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4 Days Sacred Maasai Shrine - Namanga Hills

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Day 1 Nairobi- Namanga Hills

Depart Nairobi and drive south on to the great north road past the Kapiti plains past the Maasai administrative town naiad. Then proceed to bissil town and on to the campsite for lunch and prepare your walking gear on to the namanga hills. Dinner and overnight at the camp.

Day 2 - 3 Namanga Hills
After breakfast start walking/trekking with Maasai warriors and the resident guide with the equipment for the ritual and the slaughter goat/sheep. All meals at the shrine, one can participate with permission of the elders.

Day 4 Namanga Hills- Nairobi
Trek down to the camp and then rejoin your transport back to Nairobi either in the afternoon or in time for lunch.

More About Masai

The most famous of the tribes in Kenya. They total about 1.3 million, half of who live in Kenya (1.5% of the population) and the other half in northern Tanzania. They are semi-nomadic and have largely kept their traditional life styles. Maasai always wear red, with a simple blue cloth underneath. Both women and men wear wooden bracelets, the women also jewellery. Their language is called Maa. Their society is patriarchic: the male elders keep communication with the Masai god (Enkai or Engai) and make the important decisions.
The Masai - also spelled Masai - are with distance Africa's most famous tribe. Unlike most other Kenya tribes they, together with the Turkana and Samburu, who are closely related to the Masai in Kenya,have remained their traditional lifestyles - living like their ancestors have been doing for thousands of years. This is contrary to most other Kenya tribes, who have adapted more western life styles.
The Masai people are very independent and their society revolves around each generation of men becoming Kenya warriors. Their customs are very specific of all Kenya tribes, and involve many "coming of age" rituals, that include both the men and the women. The men protect the villages and the cattle, whereas the women build the houses, cook and maintain the households. The roles of the sexes are pretty balanced.
Their traditional lifestyle
The history of the Kenya Masai tribe stretches back hundreds of years, and today they are living much the same way as they always have. The Masai cattle are the most important thing they own, which is why they need so much land. They are nomadic people, who travel with their herds to find pasture. The Masai live almost exclusively off their cattle, eating meat, milk and even the blood of their cows. Agriculture and crop growing isn't normally part of their way of life, but is becoming necessary as their territory shrinks.
Masai Warrior tradition
Masai warriors are of crucial importance. Each Maasai man goes through the warrior stage: a period in their life between boyhood and becoming tribe elders. The duty of a warrior is protecting the village and their cattle, while the women do most household and farming work.
They can only become a warrior through several rituals, including being circumsized and living apart of their families for many years. Only then can they have their own family. Warriors prove their strength through killing a lion with only a spear.

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