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Masai warriors doing the traditional jump dance, Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Kenya, Mara North Conservancy. A couple enjoy a sundowner on the plains of the Mara North Conservancy.
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Africa, Kenya, Narok County, Masai Mara. Masai men dancing at their homestead.
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Masai man with traditional dress jumping in front of Mount Kilimanjaro, Amboseli, Rift Valley, Kenya
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Africa, Kenya, Narok County, Masai Mara. Maasai Man dressed in traditional attire.
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Maasai beadwork at the Predator Compensation Fund Pay Day, Mbirikani Group Ranch, Amboseli-Tsavo eco-system, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Maasai warriors perform a welcome dance at a lodge in the Masai Mara, Kenya.
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The colourful beaded anklets and decorated skirt of a Maasai woman at Magadi, Kenya
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A young Maasai girl at Magadi. The circular markings on her cheeks as well as her white beaded ornaments denote that she is a Kisongo Maasai, Kenya
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Maasai girls gather to celebrate a wedding. Their broad beaded necklaces with predominantly white glass beads mark then as Kisongo Maasai,the largest clan group of the tribe which lives either side of the Kenya-Tanzania border.
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Maasai men ride camels in the dry bush country at Olorgasailie,situated between Nairobi and Lake Magadi.
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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 Maasai woman wearing a very fine beaded necklace. The predominant white colour of her glass beadwork marks her as a Kisingo Maasai,the largest clan group of her tribe living either side of the Kenya-Tanzania border.
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Maasai men lead a camel caravan laden with equipment for a 'fly camp' (a small temporary camp) close to Lake Magadi in beautiful late afternoon sunlight.
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Masai giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) and safari jeep in the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, Africa.
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Maasai man at the Predator Compensation Fund Pay Day, Mbirikani Group Ranch, Amboseli-Tsavo eco-system, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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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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A young Maasai girl wears face paint and numerous beaded ornaments in preparation for a dance with warriors.
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A Maasai warrior resplendent with long ochred braids. His body has been smeared with red ochre mixed with animal fat while parts of his face have been covered with ochre powder.
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A Maasai warrior blows a trumpet fashioned from the horn of a Greater Kudu. The strap is decorated with cowrie shells. Kudu-horn trumpets are only sounded to call men to arms or on ceremonial occasions.
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A young Maasai girl in all her finery pauses at the entrance to her mother's home. The wall and roof of the house are plastered with a mixture of cow dung and soil.
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A young Maasai herdsboy drives his family's herds to grazing grounds close to the Sanjan River in Northern Tanzania.
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Black clothing and the intricate white patterns on the face of this Maasai youth of the Kisongo section signify his recent circumcision.
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Maasai schoolgirls practise for an inter schools song and dance competition at Magadi. Kenya
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A Maasai schoolboy in traditional attire sings during an inter schools song and dance competition, Kenya
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A Maasai girl from the Kisongo clan wearing an attractive beaded headband and necklace.
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Kenya, Narok County, Masai Mara. Game spotting in Masai Mara National Reserve.
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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 Maasai warrior,his face and body decorated with red ochre and clay,wears an ostrich feather headdress. This singular adornment was once worn by warriors going into battle and was likely designed to frighten an enemy.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A Maasai herdsman drives his cattle home at twilight.
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A Maasai schoolgirl sings during an inter schools song and dance competition at Magadi, Kenya
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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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A Maasai warrior with his long braids and body coated with red ochre mixed with animal fat. He has put ochre dust round his eyes to enhance his appearance ready for a dance. The singular hairstyles of Maasai warriors sets them apart from other members of their society.
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A young Maasai girl at Magadi. Her white beaded ornaments denote that she is a Kisongo Maasai, Kenya
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Tanzania, Olduvai. A Maasai boy sporting a fancy watch bathed in evening light.
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Africa,Kenya,Kajiado District,Ol doinyo Orok. A large gathering of Maasai warriors dance in line as they return from daubing themselves with white clay during an Eunoto ceremony when the warriors become junior elders and thenceforth are permitted to marry.
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A Maasai warrior with his hair styled in a most unusual way. His long braids have been wrapped tightly in leather,decorated with beads and tied in an arch over his head. A colobus monkey tail sets this singular hairstyle apart from the more traditional warrior styles.
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Kenya,Masai Mara National Reserve. Family on a game drive in a Toyota Landcruiser in the open grassy plains of the Masai Mara.
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Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) and safari jeep in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, Africa.
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Africa, Kenya, Narok County, Masai Mara. Masai men dancing at their homestead
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Kenya. Traditionally dressed junior Maasai elders leave their home near the Masai Mara Game Reserve.
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Africa,Kenya,Kajiado District,Ol doinyo Orok. A large gathering of Maasai warriors during an Eunoto ceremony when the warriors become junior elders and thenceforth are permitted to marry.
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Detail of a Maasai warrior's ear ornaments and other beaded or metal adornments. The Maasai practice of piercing ears in adolescence and gradually elongating the lobes is gradually dying out. This warrior's body and his long braids have been smeared with red ochre mixed with animal fat.
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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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Two Maasai men stride through acacia woodlands in their traditional red attire,Masai Mara,Kenya
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Kenya, Narok District. Maasai men walk home across the short grassy plains near Maasai Mara Game Reserve
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A Maasai girl in traditional attire. The predominant white colour of her beadwork and the circular scar on her cheek denote that she is from the Kisongo section of the Maasai,the largest clan group,which lives either side of the border in Kenya and Tanzania.
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In the early morning,Maasai men lead a camel caravan laden with equipment for a 'fly camp' (a small temporary camp) along the shores of Lake Magadi.
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Kenya,Masai Mara National Reserve. A young boy on a family holiday dressed up and painted with ochre in the style of a Maasai warrior .
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Maasai pastoralists water their livestock at the seasonal Sanjan River,which rises in the Gol Mountains of northern Tanzania.
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Masai warriors performing jumping dance, Serengeti Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
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Africa,Kenya,Kajiado District,Ol doinyo Orok. A large gathering of Maasai warriors daub themselves with white clay during an Eunoto ceremony when the warriors become junior elders and thenceforth are permitted to marry.
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Africa,Kenya,Kajiado District,Ol doinyo Orok. Three Maasai warriors with long ochred hair wearing the traditional beaded belts of warriors.
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Young Maasai girls decorate their faces with ochre and clay in preparation for a dance.
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Masai man with traditional dress watching stormy clouds over the savannah, Amboseli, Rift Valley, Kenya
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Kenya, Masai Mara. Safari guide, Salaash Ole Morompi, guiding young boys on a family safari.
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