History of the Maasai Culture

     Located in Kenya and northern Tanzania, is where the Maasai people can be found. The Maasai culture us one of the oldest cultures in Africa.  They originated in northwest Kenya and migrated south to southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. The population grew and covered almost all of the Great Rift Valley. These people lived nomadic lives meaning they moved from place to place, but they still stayed around the same area.
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    The men that are part of this culture are known as the Maasai warriors. In order to become a warrior the men must get initiated at the age of fourteen. One gets initiated by having a circumcision in front of the whole community. Once one is  fully healed, they are officially a warrior.  These men are in charge of raising and protecting the cattle, and that is there main job.

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    The women are in charge of building and taking care of their homes, taking care of everything belonging to their husband, and taking care of children. They do not have an initiation like the men do but they still are supposed to have circumcision. They must do it so they can get married. The marriages are arranged and a women is not allowed to divorce unless there are severe conditions like abuse. If a women becomes divorced, she is not allowed to marry again.
    People in the Maasai culture are almost destined to live in poverty.  There houses are made out of mud and other materials like cow dung. Just recently, people were able to enroll in school but not many. It is hard for these people to get out of poverty.