Safari Day 7 - Maasai Village Visit

After returning from our balloon ride we traveled to a nearby Maasai Village where we were greeted by the tribal chief and village warriors. We learned about some of their customs, ceremonies and rites of passage.



Inside the village I met this young man that gave me with a forceful fist-bump and high-five greeting.



He was also the cheerleader for the tribal women's greeting of our group.



Some of the village warriors performed the adumu ("jumping dance"). The higher the jump is, the stronger the warrior is and the more of respect and admiration from the tribe (and the women).



We visited this village during the middle of the day while most of the older village children were attending classes in the nearby public school. Kenya is currently installing high speed fiber optic internet lines to rural schools to provide online learning programs.



The village courtyard was surrounded by the villager's mud hut homes and the courtyard was used for grazing cattle and goats.





A demonstration on making fire with a simple hand drill fire starter.



Within a couple of minutes they had a fire started.



After the tour of the village and the demonstrations it was time to visit their version of an open-air gift shop.



Hand-carved items and bead-work were for sale and part of the proceeds was used to fund the village school.