The Maassai Tribe
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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