The Maasai

(The story in pictures.)
(Part 1: Why did the guinea-fowl cross the road?)
(Part 2: "Roja, roja")

A group of Maasai were at our hotel. They were going to show us what a Maasai dance is all about. To sum up - there are dances for many occasions, but all of them involve monotonic chanting, and jumping up and down. Really high. Really really high - these guys have genetically derived springs in their feet. As per custom, the higher you can jump, the more likely you are to get a bride. So the motivation is there.

Maasai live in groups of huts, with some sort of a chief, who has some five or six wives, all of whom live in the group of huts. Within the huts, the Maasai also keep their cows. Traditional belief dictates that all the cows in the world belong to the Maasai. So the scene is roughly - hut, man, woman, child, cow. These days they also carry mobile phones and drink champagne, as we discovered.

Part 4: Nyama Choma Tayari