Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Maasai People in Portraits

The Maasai people are a Nilothic race in East Africa who primarily occupy the area around the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, which they call it their home. The Maasai are cattle-herders who are also known as fearsome warriors.

Traditional Maasai Attire
I got to meet the Maasai people in person at their manyattas (villages) on the fringes of the Maasai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya. Below are some portraits that I took during this meet-up.

Maasai woman carrying firewood from the forest to the village

Decked up Maasai warriors

Maasai women

Traditional Maasai dance called Adumu

4 comments:

  1. Backpacking tripsSeptember 20, 2012 at 12:51 PM

    Maasai are a Nilotic cultural group of semi-nomadic community located in Kenya and northern Tanzania. There follow a different tradition. Also they speak a different language which is called as “Maa”.

     

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  2. R Niranjan DasSeptember 20, 2012 at 3:57 PM

    Nice captures. Colourful and vibrant.

    http://www.rajniranjandas.blogspot.com

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  3. Sankara Subramanian CSeptember 21, 2012 at 3:09 PM

    Thank you Niranjan! Yes, they are really colourful.

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  4. Amy @ DampOctober 4, 2012 at 5:28 PM

     


    There are some particular parts of the world produce people like
    this, who really have their own culture, living style, food verity, cloths and
    languages. Maasai people are special among them.


     

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