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Kenya,Kajiado,lpartimaro. Two Maasai warriors in full regalia. The headress of the man on the left is made from the mane of a lion while the one on the right is fringed with black ostrich feathers. Their traditional weaponry includes long-bladed spears and shields are made of buffalo hide.
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During an eunoto ceremony when Maasai warriors become junior elders,their heads are shaved and they daub themselves with white clay.
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Framed by an Acacia tortilis,Mount Kilimanjaro is Africa's highest snow-capped mountain at 19,340 feet above sea level.
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A large gathering of Maasai warriors,resplendent with long Ochred braids,listen to instructions from their chiefs and elders during a ceremony
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Two lionesses (Panthera leo) prowl beneath Mount Kilimanjaro,Africa's highest snowcapped mountain at 19,340 feet above sea level.
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A young Maasai girl wears a headband decorated with chains and cowrie shells that signifies her recent circumcision. Clitodectomy was commonly practiced by the Maasai but it is now gradually dying out.
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A herd of elephants (Loxodonta africana) strides out beneath Mount Kilimanjaro,Africa's highest snow-capped mountain at 19,340 feet above sea level.
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A herd of elephants (Loxodonta africana) pause beneath the snowcaps of Mount Kilimanjaro (19,340 feet) and Mawenzi (16,900 feet) in Amboseli National Park.
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A herd of elephants (Loxodonta africana) beneath Mount Kilimanjaro,Africa's highest snow-capped mountain at 19,340 feet above sea level. Cattle egrets (Ardeola ibis) catch insects disturbed by the elephants.
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A young Maasai girl wearing a wooden plug in her pierced ear to elongate the earlobe. It has been a tradition of the Maasai for both men and women to pierce their ears and elongate their lobes for decorative purposes. Her two lower incisors have been removed - a common practice that may have resulted from an outbreak of lockjaw a long time ago.
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A Maasai warrior resplendent with long ochred braids tied in a pigtail at the back,puts red ochre on his friend's plaits. Red ochre is anatural earth,which is mixed with animal fat to the consistency of greasepaint.
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A group of Maasai warriors,resplendent with long Ochred braids,chat outside their traditional houses. These squat houses with rounded corners have roofs plastered with a mixture of soil and cow dung,so need regular repairs during rain.
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During their dances,Maasai warriors take turns to leap high in the air from a standing position without bending their knees. They achieve this by flexing their ankles in a seemingly effortless way .
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A back view of a Maasai warrior resplendent with long ochred braids tied in a pigtail. This singular hairstyle sets him apart from other members of his society. His beaded belt is of a style only worn by warriors. The little copper bell-shaped ear ornament hanging from his elongated and decorated earlobe is also peculiar to the Maasai.
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Kenya,Kajiado,Maparasha. A Maasai warrior resplendent with long,ochred braids. This singular form of hairstyle distinguishes warriors from the rest of their society. This man has looped his elongated and decorated earlobes over his ears - a common practice when walking through thorn scrub country to prevent the loops being snagged by thorns.
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Maasai warriors draw water from a deep well. The depth of wells is measured by the number of men required to bring water to the cattle troughs at the top of them. A three-man well will be about 24 feet deep since the buckets are thrown between the men in a rhythmic chant.
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Maasai warriors resplendent with long ochred braids relax and wait for the start of a ceremony. Red has always been their preferred colour.
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In the late afternoon,a lone bull elephant (Loxodonta africana),strides beneath the snowcapped peak of Mount Kilimanjaro - Africa's highest mountain at 19,340 feet above sea level. Mawenzi,16,900 feet,is just visible on the left.
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The Uaso Nyiru delta from the air. This freshwater river flows through southern Kenya and enters the northern end of Lake Natron only to become alkaline in the closed basin of this Tanzanian Rift Valley lake.
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A hardy Commiphora tree thrives beside Lake Magadi,an alkaline lake of the Rift Valley system,situated in a vey hot region of southern Kenya. The pink-tinged mineral encrustation's are mined for a variety of commercial uses and are continually replenished from underground springs.
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In the late afternoon,storm clouds gather over Amboseli. The mountain in the background is Longido (8,625 feet) situated close to the Kenya/Tanzania border town of Namanga.
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A section of the Uaso Nyiru delta from the air. This freshwater river flows through southern Kenya and enters the northern end of Tanzania's Lake Natron only to become alkaline in the intense heat of this closed basin Rift Valley lake.
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Maasai cattle on salt flats near Magadi wait their turn for water. Cattle in this hot,semi-arid region of Kenya are watered every other day.
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A Maasai warrior resplendent with his long ochred braids tied in a pigtail watches over his family's cattle,spear in hand. The singular hairstyle of warriors sets them apart from other members of their society.
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One of the most important Maasai ceremonies is the eunoto when warriors become junior elders. Early one morning before the cattle are taken to pasture,their mothers shave their long ochred locks,which makes their appearance very different. One initiate can be seen blowing a Kudu horn trumpet.
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Framed by an Acacia tortilis,Mount Kilimanjaro is Africa's highest snow-capped mountain at 19,340 feet above sea level.
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A Maasai boy herds his family's cattle near a waterhole in the foothills of Ol doinyo Orok (the Black Mountain). Childhood is very short in Maasailand; children begin to help their parents at a young age and may never attend school.
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Maasai water their livestock at a water tank constructed by the Magadi Soda Company on salt flats. Until fresh water was piped from distant hills,the Maasai could only graze their livestock at Magadi during the bi-annual rainy season.
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Lake Magadi, an alkaline lake of the Rift Valley system, is situated in a vey hot region of southern Kenya. The pink tinged mineral encrustations are mined for a variety of commercial uses and are continually replenished from underground springs.Wild sisal, sansevieria, flourishes in poor soil in the foreground of the picture while the Nguruman Escarpment dominates the landscape in the far distanc
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Maasai cattle graze the grasslands near the foothills of the Chyulu Hills,a range of volcanic hills of recent geological origin.
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Two young Maasai girls help to herd their family's cattle near a waterhole in the foothills of Ol doinyo Orok (the Black Mountain). Childhood is very short in Maasailand; children begin to help their parents at a young age and may never attend school.
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Maasai cattle graze the grasslands near the foothills of the Chyulu Hills,a range of volcanic hills of recent geological origin.
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Mount Kilimanjaro with a Maasai manyatta (homestead) in the foreground. The large thorn trees are Acacia tortilis.
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A Maasai elder herds his cattle near the foothills of Ol doinyo Orok (the Black Mountain).
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Maasai cattle are driven to water across the hot,dusty flats of a seasonal lake near Amboseli.
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Lake Magadi,an alkaline lake,with Shompole - an extinct volcano - rising in the middle distance. Ol doinyo Lengai,the only active volcano in East Africa is just visible in the far distance on the right of the picture. Trona (Sodium sequicarbonate) has been mined at Magadi for nearly 100 years.
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