A ring of huts where young boys called morans live till they go through the last rites of passage and become men.
A ring of huts where young boys called morans live till they go through the last rites of passage and become men. The you boys live up to 3 years away from the main village while they prepare themselves to become men which include hunting lions. The Morans are you men almost ready for the coming of age ceremony held every 10-15 years. It is mainly Maasais who live in the Loita Hills up above the Serengeti plains. They live in small villages and communities called bomas and live mainly of raising and selling live stock such as cattle and goats. Its a very remote region in Kenya, hard to get to without a four wheel drive with very little infrastructure and up till 2010 no mobile phone network. The Maasais are well known though out Kenya and the world for their colorful clothing and their way of keeping their old traditions alive. It is also a tradition to perform Female Genital Mutilation, an extreme form of circumcision when the girl hits puberty. The Kenyan charity is involved in eradicating this brutal tradition and works to promote alternative rites of passage for the girls.
Size: 5120px × 3413px
Location: Maasai Mara,Loita Hills, Kenya,Africa
Photo credit: © Kristian Buus / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: africa, enclave, hills, huts, kenya, loita, maasai, mara, morans, plains, ring, traditional, traditions
