The ceremony includes rituals, such as the iconic Maasai jump, and symbolises the preservation of their unique culture amidst changing dynamics.
For many, it is a matter of survival to preserve the traditions and culture of the most famous of Kenya's 45 tribes.
"Today we are becoming men," 22-year-old medical student Hillary Odupoy says proudly, wearing sunglasses and a string of pearls across his bare chest. This rite of passage brings together the families of the morans as well as local inhabitants and officials, in all several thousand people. For centuries, Maasai men have gone through three rites of passage which have been inscribed since 2018 on the UNESCO list of intangible heritage in need of urgent safeguarding.
The morans no longer spend two years in an isolated village, called"emanyatta", but meet there during school holidays to learn Maasai history and traditions, as well as the rules of life in society."Apart from having the Western education, traditional education also matters," says agriculture student Peter Ledama Ntuntai, 24.Olerina Karia is one of the elders teaching these life lessons to the young Maasai.
"The dynamics of society have changed. When they go to school, sometimes they meet their fiancées there, they marry," says Olerina Karia.For many, it is a matter of survival to preserve the traditions and culture of the most famous of Kenya's 45 tribes.
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