Wednesday, October 3, 2012

An Afternoon at a Masai Village



After lunch, we were taken back to the Amboseli Sopa Lodge for a short rest. Pakdokter and partner chose to do a visit to a nearby Masai Village. Upon our arrival, we were welcomed by the village head. He told us that his village was made up of 2 families with about 110 individuals.
 
Pakdokter later learned that the Masais are polygamous - so pakdokter assumed that the two families were probably made up of  the two heads of households with their wives and children and grandchildren to make up the total of 100 or so individuals living in the compound.
 
Almost everyone from the village came out to welcome us. They all lined up in a row and performed their welcome song and dance and finally offered a prayer for our safe journey and tour of their country.

 Masai beauties
 
 Masai gentlemen
 



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