Around the Masai Mara Nature Reserve, more than 50 Masai villages are scattered. When I left Nairobi, John told us a few things: don’t shoot at the Masai by accident, they don’t like it, don’t shoot at government buildings, be sure to drink bottled water. He also said that if we want to visit the Masai villages, we can let SUMMER contact in advance. So, as soon as we arrived in Masai Mara, SUMMER helped us get in touch with the village near the hotel where we stayed that day. Visiting the Masai villages will incur an additional fee of $ 20 per person, as well as adults, and pay directly to the Masai.
The car drove into this small village, just got off the bus, and the smell of cow dung came out. The village is surrounded by dry branches to prevent animal attacks at night, the land is covered with a layer of dry cow dung, and the son of the village leader is adopted.
First, let's see how to build a house. Behind him is a rude house: first you need to build a frame with wooden sticks, and then mix the soil with cow manure and a little wood on a wooden frame, and the canopy uses straw.
The built house is very dim even in the daytime, so take a photo in a rough room. There are usually four rooms in a house. Entrance reserved for the calf. The calf must be safe to live with him at night. The cow is very important for the Masai. This shows that the cow will be mentioned later. importance. There are rooms for children and parents on both sides of the left hand, in the middle there is a kitchen, where it is written that the kitchen is just a hole on the ground that can be used for cooking. There is one window on the wall to prevent mosquitoes, the windows are small, only weak light penetrates them, and air can be ventilated.
In the Masai villages, one can rarely see chubby people like him, most men have thinner legs than mine. Men's dresses basically look like this: a brightly colored cloth wrapped around the body, a stick in your hand to drive the animal, and a thing like a woman’s chest at the waist, which is used during a meeting if you want to talk. Just pick it up and say: “I have something to say.” If the scene is too noisy, slightly increase the height of the waist, which means “quiet”. It's fun
Marseille men can marry four wives. The leader’s son has only one wife. He asks him how to marry one. He said he was only 30 years old and still young. Perhaps in a few years he will be jealous again. He then organized the men to begin performing high jumps.
The school was funded after a group of German tourists returned to China in the past few years. Compared to Masai houses, school buildings are more beautiful. Children in neighboring villages have only this school. Children learn English, mathematics, etc. At school. courses. After receiving the $ 60 we paid, the leader’s son said the money was for school. I think this is not all, because when we left, I saw that he secretly put some money in the hand of SUMMER. It is like a discount that our guide leads the passenger to the place of purchase.
During the visit, we traded souvenirs. They carried out the necklace. The shape of the pendant was the cheetah's teeth. It was made of stone and sold for 2,000 shillings ($ 1 for 80 shillings). When I saw the processing of the necklace, I realized that it was definitely not made by them. This turned out to be my conclusion. Later, on a street in the center of Nakuru, a merchant sold the same to us through a window, asking for a price of 6. The US dollar, which he saw on his neck every day, fell to $ 2. Seeing that we were not being touched, we took the initiative to reduce up to $ 1. Although I objected to the purchase, but I liked it every day, my husband went through the trade and finally sold it for 1000 shillings. The leader’s son also took out the so-called real cheetah teeth, which was expensive, but we could not judge for authenticity, because it looks like this. The stone is exactly the same. Therefore, it is not recommended to buy souvenirs in the village.
This is one of the most interesting and fascinating travels that I have had. I remember everything. Some moments were intimidating, but everything was interesting. I wanted not to leave, but to study everything in more detail.
