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Who are the Maasai? 🌳

The Maasai are a Nilotic ethnic group inhabiting Kenya and northern Tanzania. They are among the best-known Indigenous peoples internationally due to their residence near the many game parks of the African Great Lakes and their distinctive customs. The Maasai speak the Maa language and most Maasai people also speak Swahili and English. Maasai's total population is about 2 million.

Maasai lived originally in the region that is today Sudan. In the 16/17th century they migrated to the south searching for better lands to raise their cattle. Around 1750 CE they had arrived in the savannah grass plains of what is today southern Kenya and northern Tanzania.

Maasai were famed and feared as warriors. Searching for more lands, they faced other groups with the same intentions. Conflicts broke out about territories, protection or stealing of cattle. Carrying shields and spears warriors are also armed with throwing clubs (orinka).

The traditional Maasai way of life revolves around cattle. Cattle milk, meat and blood are key in the Maasai diet. They are nomadic pastoralists that move across the grazing plains of Kenya and Tanzania. Their village structure is thought to protect their cattle from the surrounding wild animals or enemies.

Maasai are famous for their crafting skills and colorful clothing. The traditional making of adornments from local materials evolved to glass or plastic-bead crafts since the 19th century. In the 1960s, with the availability of cotton, red, blue or black clothes replaced animal skins.

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Les Massaï sont un groupe ethnique qui vit au Kenya et dans le nord de la Tanzanie. Ils font partie des peuples autochtones les plus connus au niveau international en raison de leur résidence à proximité des nombreux parcs animaliers des Grands Lacs africains et de leurs coutumes particulières. Les Maasaï parlent la langue maa et la plupart d'entre eux parlent également le swahili et l'anglais. La population totale des Massaï est d'environ 2 millions d'habitants.

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