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Kenya,Masai Mara National Reserve. Children on a family safari visit a Maasai manyatta or village just outside the reserve.
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A Samburu warrior plays a homemade flute overlooking Poi,a prominent rock feature in the Ndoto Mountains of Samburuland.The Samburu of Northern Kenya are a semi-nomadic pastoral community related to their more famous cousins,the maa speaking Maasai.
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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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Two Samburu warriors resplendent with long Ochred braids and beaded ornaments relax in typical pose beside a river bank.
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The adornments of Samburu warriors change from generation to generation. In the 1990's cheap plastic flowers from China became fashionable.
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Old and new. Dressed traditionally and carrying familiar wooden staff,two young men give hints that the lifestyle of younger Maasai generations is changing gradually in Tanzania.
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A Samburu warrior gazes at the eastern scarp of Africa's Great Rift Valley at Losiolo,north of Maralal. From 8,000 feet the land tumbles away 3,000 feet into rugged country,the domain of nomadic pastoralists,before rising again 75 miles away. The views at Losiolo are the most spectacular in Kenya of the largest,longest and most conspicuous physical feature of its kind on earth.
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Service in the bush - kerosene lanterns light the pathway to your tent on a mobile safari.
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Two Samburu warriors converse,their long braids of Ochred hair distinguishing them from other members of their society. Samburu warriors are vain and proud,taking great trouble over their appearance. An ostrich feather pompom decorates the top of a spear.
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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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Maasai men ride camels in the dry bush country at Olorgasailie,situated between Nairobi and Lake Magadi.
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A month after a Samburu youth has been circumcised, he becomes a warrior.He will go to the nearest stream or Waterhole to wash off a months grime.He then decorates himself with a mixture of ochre and animal fat, and adorns himself with beads. The sudden change in his appearance is remarkable.
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Africa, Kenya, Narok County, Masai Mara. Masai men dancing at their homestead
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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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In their dances,Samburu warriors take it in turns to leap high in the air from a standing position without bending their knees. This is achieved by flexing their ankles in a seemingly effortless way. Their long Ochred braids distinguish them from other members of their society. The pompom on top of one of the spears is made of ostrich feathers.
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Kenya, Samburu District, Wamba.Immediately an initiate completes his lmuget loolbaa ceremony a month after his circumcision, he becomes a junior warrior of the Samburu tribe. From wearing a drab black cloak and carrying a bow and arrows, he proudly dons the ochred finery of a warrior, spear in hand. Overnight, he is transformed from a boy into a man, confident of his new role in tribal affairs.
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Samburu warriors sing in a circle during a wedding celebration. As they sing and dance,they twist their spears in unison. Soloists ad-lib words to traditional tunes,praising the bravery of certain individuals or the bulls of their families' herds.
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In their dances, Samburu warriors take it in turns to leap high in the air from a standing position without bending their knees. This is achieved by flexing their ankles in a seemingly effortless way. Their long Ochred braids distinguish them from other members of their society.
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Two Maasai men ride camels near Lake Magadi in Kenya's Rift Valley Province. Although the Maasai do not customarily keep camels,much of the semi-arid land of southern Maasailand is more suited to camels than cattle.
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A Samburu warrior resplendent with his long braids of Ochred hair. His round ear ornaments are made of ivory. Samburu warriors are vain and proud,taking great trouble over their appearance. They use ochre extensively; it is a natural earth containing ferric oxide which is mixed with animal fat to the consistency of greasepaint.
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The ritual sponsors and friends of a Samburu initiate make him a bow,blunt arrows and a club from the sticks,staves and gum he collected before he was circumcised. He will use these weapons to kill birds for a month following his circumcision. Initiates are forbidden to carry knives during this time.
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Maasai men,spears in hand,drive their laden donkeys across pristine volcanic grassland at the southern end of Lake Natron. Donkeys carry loads in leather panniers strapped loosely to their flanks.
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Two Samburu warriors dress the braids of a colleague. Long braids of Ochred hair distinguish warriors from other members of their society. The warriors are vain and proud,taking great trouble over their appearance. Round ornaments,often made of ivory,adorn the pierced and extended earlobes of warriors.
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A Samburu warrior drinks blood straight from the fold of skin cut in a goat's neck.During every Samburu ceremony,livestock is slaughtered and meat is roasted over wood fires. Warriors will never eat meat in the presence of married women.
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A Samburu man looks out over a vast tract of unspoilt country as storm clouds gather in the far distant.
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An extensive network of huge caves and tunnels honeycombs the extinct volcano at Suswa. They were formed when lava continued to flow underground long after the exposed upper crust had cooled and solidified.
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A Colourful Maasai livestock market near the towering extinct volcano of Kerimasi.
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The adornments of Samburu warriors change from generation to generation. In the 1990's cheap plastic flowers from China became fashionable. This warrior is wearing several bracelets,which bear the Kenyan coat of arms.
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An extensive network of huge caves and tunnels honeycombs the extinct volcano at Suswa. They were formed when lava continued to flow underground long after the exposed upper crust had cooled and solidified.
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Maasai livestock watering at the seasonal Sanjan River,which rises in the Gol Mountains of northern Tanzania.
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At sunrise,a Samburu warrior leads baggage camels down the Milgis lugga - a wide,sandy seasonal watercourse. Water is never far below the surface of the Milgis and is a lifeline for Samburu pastoralists in this semi-arid region of their district.
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Two Maasai warriors,spears on their shoulders,leave the friable dusty banks of the Sanjan River after watering their cattle.
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A colourful Maasai livestock market near the towering extinct volcano of Kerimasi.
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A Maasai elder herds his cattle near the foothills of Ol doinyo Orok (the Black Mountain).
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Portrait of a Maasai warrior, Zanzibar Island, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
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A Maasai man,spear in hand,drives his laden donkeys across pristine volcanic grassland at the southern end of Lake Natron. Donkeys carry loads in leather panniers strapped loosely to their flanks.
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Young Masai morani or warrior with henna-ed hair and beadwork, Laikipia, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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A magnificent view from the eastern scarp of Africas Great Rift Valley at Losiolo, north of Maralal. From 8,000 feet the land tumbles away 3,000 feet into rugged valleys and a broad plain, the domain of nomadic pastoralists, before rising again 75 miles away.
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A Samburu warrior looks out over a vast expanse of inhospitable country from the eastern scarp of Africas Great Rift Valley at Losiolo, north of Maralal. From 8,000 feet the land tumbles away 3,000 feet into rugged valleys and a broad plain, the domain of nomadic pastoralists, before rising again 75 miles away.
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Mount Moran from Oxbow Bend, Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States of America, North America
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A Samburu warrior gazes across the South Horr Valley from the rocky course of a small permanent river that rises on the top of Mount Nyiru (9,030 feet).
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A Samburu warrior carries home a small calf to his family's manyatta (homestead) situated in the foothills of the rugged Ndoto Mountains. The Samburu of Northern Kenya are a semi-nomadic pastoral community related to their more famous cousins,the maa speaking Maasai.
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Two Samburu warriors pause on a huge lichen-covered rock alongside a cedar tree in the Kirisia Hills,close to Lodokejek.
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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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Kenya,Maralal,Lodokejek. Samburu warriors and young girls sing and dance during a wedding celebration. The long Ochred braids of the warriors distinguish them from other members of Samburu society. A black ostrich-feather pompom decorates the top of a spear.
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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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Maasai men park their bicycles under the shade of an acacia tree before going to a colourful open-air market in northern Tanzania.
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The vast expanse of inhospitable country from the eastern scarp of Africas Great Rift Valley at Losiolo, north of Maralal. From 8,000 feet the land tumbles away 3,000 feet into rugged valleys and a broad plain, the domain of nomadic pastoralists, before rising again 75 miles away.
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