The Maassai Tribe

Autor:Radu Madalina clasa a IX-a A

Hy there everyone! My

name is Tikilum and I make part

from Maassai Tribe and today I will present you the rituals from

my village Guanatu, in the

estate of Kenia.Now I am a

old man, but I past thru a lot of stages in my life

and I will present you them step by

step

Firstly, I will tell you a few things about us. We believe in ,,Ngai”,

the god of the rain and we speak ,,Nilot”

language, called and ,,maa” language.

The women, after they get married and have children, they

become very respected and are called after their child’s name. The

women have the hair short, and they never eat at the same table with the warriors.The man can marry with

many women.

Now I begin with the ritual.Until the age of 6, the goirls and the boys

are growing up together with their mothers. Then

the boys join the men,and the girls remain under

the mother’s supervision.In this

moment they receive presents.

I received lambs,calfs and sticks as sign for my

future occupation.The girls learn how to sew

and to milk.Beeing at the age of the first

presents.The girls receive bracelets and necklaces

made from pearls.

After I had the circumcision, I could

consider myself a man because right after it I

was received in the warriors’s village, to

become myself a warrior.This ritual

reunite hundred of future warriors.Here

we had to bring animals.

The festivitation proceed around a

special village built by the women from clay, straw, branches and

cow dung because in these houses I lived with the anothers

warriors a few years, at distance from al the

community.

When the girls become majors,

they marry with a man around the

age of 30.

After I past the years of

Initiation, I had comebacked to

the civile life and I had to

take care of the animals

After the years I have been a warrior(10-15 years) it had

camed the time to past from

senior to junior.

In the first when day I

saw my familly, I weared

feather of peacock

In the 4th day I was blessed and I said a speech with

usefull advice.Then I was sprinkled with

milk .After that I was painted on my face and my body

with marks.The ritual ends with the sprinkle of the

seniors with a kind of beer made from honey.Then all

join the big party

These were the stages I’ve been thru.I hope you enjoied.See you

next time.

THE END