A Masai Village

A stop at a Masai Village is ALWAYS a fun and eye-opening experience! There will be dancing and singing and moments of OMG~are you kidding~NO way!! Especially when you need to use the 'Masai Washroom'...a hole in the ground with sticks around it, which is supposed to be the wall, but when you are squatting and doing your thing everyone can see and hear you through the stick wall and all you can do is laugh and wish you would have just @#$% your pants instead!! But a definate MUST! The Masai Tribe is a very colorful nomadic tribe of Tanzania proudly wearing their traditional plaid colors of of reds and purples. They herd cattle, goat and sheep and move every 2 years to find new grazing land and water. The more cattle you have the more powerful you are in the Tribe. They live solely off the herd~drink the blood & drink the milk and eat the meat. The woman do ALL the work (what else is new, that's what happens in my Tribe) including building their own house of cow dung and grass. The woman also make all the beautiful beaded art work that both the men and woman wear. The boys at age 14 become warriors and for 8 years they will herd and protect the cattle and protect their families. After being warriors for eight years they are MEN and will marry and do nothing but sing and dance for tourists and breed (similiar to some of our tribes). The men have up to 9 children with several wives and the children do go to school. The Masai live a very simple life and seem very happy! They have no mortgage and get a new house every 2 years; they don't buy soap, toothpaste or toilet paper~what's the point, they have no water! They only shower and wash when they find water~which is usually only once a month! They don't have alot of anything but one thing they all have~a cell phone!! Seriously, I do not understand that one! So, should you visit a Masai Village? ABSOLUTELY!! Just have lots of hand sanitizer handy when you leave because they are so grateful you visited that they will shake your hand and remember they don't use toilet paper and they don't wash for a month!!













~Some of the
beautiful beaded
bowls that the
woman made.


~The Masai men wear sandals made out of old used tires~so cool!

~The women with their colorful tribal attire~plaids of reds and purples.













~A young girl shows off her earrings.... wine corks??










~Hannah and Alex
are asked to join the woman in their traditional dance!











~Say 'cheese' ~ OMG what a smile!

Time to sharpen the machete~and time to hit the road!!