. Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring. DISTINCTIVE APPELLATIONS OF MASAI 245 warrior, wlio develops into a moruo or married man. A young- unmarried girl is a doje, the plural of wliich is ditto; a married woman is a sjangihi, an old woman a gogo, and a very old one a gogo olaj. Boys between twelve ' and fourteen jesirs old undergo the rite of circumcision, after which they go with their fellow- sufferers to the woods for two or three weeks, where they shoot little birds with bows and arrows. The doje does not escape an operation of a similar
. Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring. DISTINCTIVE APPELLATIONS OF MASAI 245 warrior, wlio develops into a moruo or married man. A young- unmarried girl is a doje, the plural of wliich is ditto; a married woman is a sjangihi, an old woman a gogo, and a very old one a gogo olaj. Boys between twelve ' and fourteen jesirs old undergo the rite of circumcision, after which they go with their fellow- sufferers to the woods for two or three weeks, where they shoot little birds with bows and arrows. The doje does not escape an operation of a similar kind to circumcision, after which she goes into the world, so to speak; in other words she leads a free life in the warrior camp for a few years, when she is married, that is to say, sold to a hus- band. It is the custom of the country for the married and unmarried to live in separate kraals. If we had paid a visit to the two bumbas or kraals near our camp at Masi- mani, we should have found in them only old married men, women, and little children, the young people living in villages of their own, known as the bumba a moran, often several days' journey from their parents. When a barnoti is fifteen or sixteen years old, he becomes a moran or warrior. Hitherto he has lived with his parents. A MASAI BARNOTI, OR YOUNG Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Höhnel, Ludwig, Ritter von. London : Longmans, Green & Co
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