Describe the social organisation of the Maasai

      

Describe the social organisation of the Maasai

  

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John
1. Oloiboni was their political and religious leader

2. Offered sacrifices to their God in Shrines

3. Had medicinemen and rainmakers

4. Celebrated life in various ways by way of songs and dance e.g. intiation, childbirth and death

5. Were involved in sporting activities such as archery and wrestling

6. Divisions among the Pastoral Maasai alllowed other people like the Nandi to take advantage of them

7. Wars between pastoral and Kwavi Maasai reduced their number

8. Disease outbreak e.g. small pox, rinderpest and locust invasion seriously

9. Rivalries and succession disputes existed after 1800

10. Organised into five clans each with its own name and cattle band

11. They believed in existence of God called Enkai whom they worshiped through ancestral spirits

12. Circumcised both boys and girls at puberty

13. Allowed to marry after eumoto ceremony which marked their joining junior elder's class

14. Boys joined warrior class (moran) and lived separately in manyattas with their spokesman

johnmulu answered the question on January 30, 2017 at 10:25


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