Maasi Village

Before we left the Mara on Sunday, I had some more questions for Richard.  "Which is your favorite park?" " The Mara because there is a wide variety of animals." 
"Do you think this ecosystem is healthy"   "Yes. There is  basically no poaching on the Mara.  There is more poaching in some of the other parks.  The Chinese seem to be feeding the poaching activity." 
"Is this ecosystem in balance?"    " I think there is balance.  There is enough food for all the animals  and they are healthy."
"How  come we didn't see any rhinos?"  "If you do not see all the animals then you will have to come back." 
I hated to leave this  incredible beautiful place.  Thanks, God for Nature.  Amen


                 We had  one more important  stop to make. The Maasai Village. 

 

These young Maasi warriors danced for us.  Very cool.  They also showed off their  jumping skills.

 

The Maasai men take  care of cows. They believe the more cows your village has, the richer you are.  The men must  marry women from another village to get more cows. 

 

 

The women build the huts and do the  work.  The village is built in a circle and the cows are herded into the center of the circle at night for protection against  wild animals.  The huts are made of cow dung. 

This is a very interesting and colorful African tribe.