The Maasai

GEOGRAPHICALLOCATION

• The Maasai people are found in North Africa

FOOD

• The Maasai people drink cows blood. The blood is drawn into a skin gourd and later mixed with milk to be drunk by the gathering. The animal is not left to bleed but is carefully tended to, till it fully heals.

CLOTHING

• They wear traditionally dressed in animal skins, today, typical Maasai dress consists of red sheets, (shuka), wrapped around the body and loads of beaded jewelry placed around the neck and arms.

DAILY LIFE

• For the Maasai, cattle are what make the good life, and milk and meat are the best foods. Their old ideal was to live by their cattle alone – other foods they could get by exchange – but today they also need to grow crops.

ARTS & CRAFTS

• Nowadays, Maasai (Masai) boost their income by selling beads, masks, and carvings to tourists. In a curious way, tourism helps the Maasai (Masai) to retain and develop the Maasai (Masai) culture by transforming their believes into a business.

RELIGION, TRADITIONSAND CUSTOMS

• In their monotheistic traditional beliefs, the Maasai god (Enkai or Engai) was manifested in two forms: the black god, who was benevolent; and the red god, who was vengeful. Today most of the Maasai tribe are Christians and a minority are Muslims. hough they traditionally dressed in animal skins, today, typical Maasai dress consists of red sheets, (shuka), wrapped around the body and loads of beaded jewelry placed around the neck and arms. These are worn by both men and women and may vary in color depending on the occasion.

PROBLEMS

• One of the most immediate threats to the Maasai comes from game hunters in the Loliondo region of northern Tanzania….

Solutions

• If you educate a woman: She will know her rights and have the confidence and independence to stand up for them. She will choose whom to marry and when to marry. She will have fewer children, and they will be healthier and better educated than the previous generation. She will not circumcise her daughters

Thank You!

• Thank you for your patience• We are Wild Teens: • Kountouras Duke• Kesisis John• Kemanetzis John • Mpampaxmidis Philippos• Parmakis Dimitris