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In Maasai culture, the rungu is an important emblem of warrior status for young males. A special one is held by the designated speaker at important tribal gatherings. Although utilitarian examples are made of simple hard wood, ceremonial rungus may be elaborately carved or made of other materials.
A seme, [1] [2] simi [3] or ol alem [4] or Njora is a type of dagger or short sword used by the Maasai and Kikuyu peoples of Kenya in East Africa. [3] [5] They have a distinctive leaf-shaped blade, with a relatively rounded point. Scabbards are generally made of wood covered with rawhide, and dyed red.
Maasai warriors confronting a spotted hyena, a common livestock predator, as photographed in In Wildest Africa (1907) The monotheistic Maasai worship a single deity called Enkai, Nkai, [13] or Engai. Engai has a dual nature, represented by two colours: [13] Engai Narok (Black God) is benevolent, and Engai Na-nyokie (Red God) is vengeful. [37]
The Masai warriors easily overcame the Long'ole warriors and by sunrise they were at the center of the clan, having killed indiscriminately each and every enemy in their way. — Cherop Chemwetich, Tugen (approx. 90 years old in 1991) [ 22 ]
Kanembu warriors. African military systems before 1800 refers to the evolution of military systems on the African continent prior to 1800, with emphasis on the role of indigenous states and peoples, whose leaders and fighting forces were born on the continent, with their main military bases, fortifications, and supply sources based on or deriving from the continent, and whose operations were ...
Maasai warrior Kamunu Saitoti had been hunting for the better part of a day when at last he came across lion tracks in the dusty soil. It was 2007 in the Maasai-owned territory of Eselenkei in ...
The critics write that her book simplifies the Maasai culture and trivializes the process of becoming a Maasai warrior. [6] [1] Becoming a Maasai warrior is a process that takes an average of 15 years, but Budgor writes that she completed the process in three months. [7]
Traditionally, Samburu men wear a cloth which is often pink or black and is wrapped around their waist. They adorn themselves with necklaces, bracelets and anklets, like other sub tribes of the Maasai community. Members of the moran age grade (i.e. "warriors") typically wear their hair in long braids, which they shave off when they become elders.