Sunday, July 12, 2009

A Maasai Shuka: Tarditional dress of the Maasai ethnic group found in East Africa


The Maasai Shuka is admired by many people across the globe! The Maasai tribe is found in Tanzania and Kenya, in the Maasai land. Traditionally they survived on meat, milk and blood from livestock. They practised wild animal hunting as part of their culture. However, they lived together with wild animals for years!!! It is one of the strongest tribe that has retained mantained its traditional culture. Recently they have started to supplement their life style with farming and small curios business. People from this ethinic group who managed to attend schools have attained the high ranking political posts and other jobs in governments and other insitutions.


The photo taken in July 2009 at Seoul National University, Korea: From left is Bolor Bold (Mongolian), Jasson John (Tanzanian) and Soumia Sadok (Algerian)

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