The old man is the leader of this tribe, he must not be called the chief, he is not qualified yet, he can only be regarded as a tribal leader under the chief, as for the level of the chieftain, and what level the leader is, the Dutch urine is not clear.

The three clothed in red cloth next to him were the village priests, second only to the chief, and relatively speaking, these sacrifices were the real managers of the village. Sometimes they are the villagers' doctors, sometimes they are the village's feng shui masters, and they have to preside over the villagers' weddings, coming-of-age ceremonies, circumcisions, samurai promotions, etc., in addition to acting as veterinarians to ward off diseases for their cattle.

The social makeup of the Maasai is simple, they have lived this way for thousands of years, and it seems that they have no intention of changing this habit. In the Maasai tribe, polygamy is practiced, and there is no prescribed limit on the number of wives, and the number of wives a Maasai can take depends entirely on how many cows he has in his family. According to the tribe's market, each wife is equal to about 10 cows, which means that if you want to marry one more wife, you must give the woman's family 10 cows as a dowry.

In addition, the Maasai are probably the most sexually disordered ethnic group in the world. In their tribe, men and women of the same age can have sex at will, without any restrictions, in the true sense of the word, even if the woman is married, she can still choose other Maasai men to have sex, but if pregnant, the child must be born to her legal husband. However, there is still a necessary premise for this custom, that is, the woman must choose the man. It is not up to the man to choose the woman, that is to say, only the wife can go out of the wall, and the husband is not allowed to take the initiative to seduce women other than his wife.

Speaking of this same age group, there is also a very interesting rule in the Maasai tribe, which is the promotion system. In each Maasai tribe, male and female, every 15 years is considered a class, and within the same class, men and women can interact freely, and it is impossible to cross classes.

The role of this class is not only reflected in the relationship between men and women. More importantly, it is reflected in the selection of ethnic samurai. When a Maasai boy grows up to 16 years old. He ushered in the ceremony of his promotion to the next level, which is the rite of passage. At this time, he could no longer dress indiscriminately, but had to drape himself with a black cloth and paint his forehead or entire face with a white pigment derived from plants. That is, the few Maasai youths who stopped Hong Tao's car just now.

These young men dressed in black can be promoted in two ways: one is seniority. When he turned 30. If nothing else, he will automatically be promoted to the low-ranking samurai of the tribe, and he can wear that red cloth; Or go hunting a male lion alone. Then he could be promoted directly to the rank of high-ranking samurai of the tribe.

In addition to restricting the class of the tribe by age, the Maasai also show their class in clothing, the Maasai basically do not wear clothes in our traditional sense, and they only have two pieces of cloth on their bodies. One is used to cover the lower body, a bit like a tube skirt in Southeast Asia, with random colors; The other is used to cover the upper body and indicate one's caste, the samurai are all red, the adults are black, and the minors and women are free to choose anything but red and black.

Since everyone is dressed in the same clothes, can you tell who is rich and who is poor? The answer is yes, but rich and poor cannot be distinguished by clothes, but by the necklaces, headdresses, and earrings they wear. The number of necklaces symbolizes the number of cattle in their family, and this cannot be carried randomly, like the Maasai woman with N multi-colored necklaces around her neck just now, she should be the wife of the chief, she is the richest person here.

All Maasai adult men grow their hair and comb a few pigtails, while all Maasai women have a shaved head, the younger the hair, the shorter the hair, and their youthful beauty must be bald, preferably with a razor to shave her scalp a few times to be beautiful!

Speaking of the question of beauty and ugliness, we have to emphasize the figure of the Maasai people, although at present, except for a few village elders, chiefs and other old people who come to greet Hong Tao, are women and children, but their figures are almost carved out of a mold!

Long neck, high waist, two straight and slender legs and muscular buttocks, almost no big belly and fat people, if you don't look at the looks, these people, including old men and old ladies, are all standard model figures, and the most inferior has to be a car model.

For their devilish figure, Holland also gives a general explanation. He believes that even though there is a genetic problem, it comes more from their lifestyle.

In the Maasai community, all people are required to participate in herding activities, regardless of gender, young and old, and many Maasai children start to graze with their fathers and mothers from the moment they can walk.

Moreover, the Maasai have a bit of a stupid way of grazing, unlike most nomadic peoples in the world, who live on water and grass, and their villages are fixed like those of the farming people. It is precisely because of the fixed village that their cattle or sheep have to travel farther to graze and drink.

As a result, the Maasai had to follow their livestock, often walking for dozens of miles like a walk after dinner, following the cattle for hundreds of miles, and even some Maasai went to graze like animals, and followed the cattle for a few months before returning.

It is precisely because of this way of life that walking, tracking prey, and surviving in the wild have become essential life skills for every Maasai person, just as we have learned to ride and drive in the city, which has been deeply integrated into their every cell.

To Hong Tao's surprise, although these Maasai people live in an almost primitive state, they spend all day in the company of wild animals, but they never hunt wild animals, not even eat fish, except for major celebrations, mainly due to their beliefs, their unique religious belief that they themselves are part of nature, and like other animals, they are all people of God, so they cannot kill each other.

The main source of food for the Maasai people is their sheep and cattle, and due to environmental constraints, in addition to these meats, they rarely eat vegetables, at most they collect a little wild fruit from the grassland to change their taste.

As a hunting guide, Holland Pee usually has to come into contact with Maasai hunters, so he knows some Maasai language, at least ordinary communication is not a problem. When they arrived here, Hong Tao, Wei Han, and Ms. Pan were all blind, and if the Dutch sold them to this chief, they would have to help count the money if they couldn't say it.

At the entrance of the village, a group of Maasai women performed a more authentic Maasai dance to welcome their friends from their group, namely Hong Tao and others. The reason why they became friends of the Maasai in an instant was entirely due to the little stick, and the black man who gave them the stick was the son of this chief, and in the case of hospitality, the Maasai were very similar to the Mongols of our country, and they were of the very warm kind.

Speaking of that little stick, although it looks ordinary and does not have too much decoration, that thing is the ID card of every adult Maasai man. There are three things that Maasai men must have when they go out: a red cloth cloak, a spear, and a small wooden stick.

The red cloth cloak is said to be used to ward off wild animals, and according to the Maasai people, fierce animals such as lions hate the color red, so they try to stay away from this color, so that the Maasai cattle and sheep will be safer.

There is nothing to say about the spears, although the Maasai do not take the initiative to kill, but when they encounter a guy who dares to spy on their livestock, it is still not ambiguous at all, whether it is a person or an animal, they must be greeted by a rain of spears.

The most important of these three things is the small stick, which is a magic stick that has been blessed by the chief or elder of the clan when the Maasai are adults! Every Maasai considers it an essential belongings throughout their lives and will only give it up after death. (To be continued......)