| The life of a Masaai involves ceremonies from | | | | build endurance and courage. Once they reach the |
| birth until one becomes a senior elder. The dead | | | | age of 12 to 25 years depending on the last |
| are not highly regarded and they are thrown | | | | circumcision ceremony, they are circumcised and |
| away to be eaten by scavengers. Once a child is | | | | they become junior morans. This is a very painful |
| born, it is not fully accepted into the society until | | | | process that is done with no anesthetics. The |
| 3 moons pass. This is as a result of the high | | | | elders who circumcise the boys do it with a sharp |
| infant mortality rate. Once the 3 months are | | | | knife and use cow hides as bandages. The boys |
| over, a ceremony is performed where the baby | | | | take 3 to 4 months to heal. |
| is shaved and later named and accepted in the | | | | After the circumcision, they are adorned in black |
| society. Girls grow up beside there mothers and | | | | clothes for the next eight months. They live in a |
| they learn from an early age all the house hold | | | | manyatta build by there mothers. These shelters |
| chores such as cooking, cleaning, fetching for | | | | do not have a secure wall encompassing them as |
| water and milking. The woman is the one who | | | | most Masaai homesteads have. This is to |
| does most of the hard work in the Masaai | | | | emphasize on there role as the protectors of the |
| community. She even builds the shelters. | | | | community. The junior morans become the junior |
| The boy is not charged with much from the time | | | | elders and subsequently senior elders during the |
| they can walk. They spend most of the time | | | | next circumcision cycle which takes place after 15 |
| playing and looking after lambs and calves. Ritual | | | | years. |
| beating is a must for the boys to make them | | | | |