Masai is a Nilotic people of Kenya and Tanzania

Masai is a Nilotic people of Kenya and Tanzania who speak a Sudanic language. They are nomads with little centralized political organization.Age sets are the basis of social organization, with three principal stages for every male: boy, warrior and elder. Tis system allowed the Masai to form large raiding parties to increase their stock of cattle, which are the basis of their economy. Tall & active, the Masai highly value courage in their warriors.

No.they are not.They are a group of people.

The Maasai are an indigenous African ethnic group of semi-nomadic people located in Kenya and northern Tanzania. Due to their distinctive customs and dress and residence near the many game parks of East Africa, they are among the most well-known African ethnic groups internationally. The Maasai maintain many of their cultural traditions while engaging contemporary regional and global economic, social, and political forces. They speak Maa. As of 2007, the Maasai population in Kenya was estimated to be 650,000 while the Tanzanian Maasai population was estimated at 646,000 yielding an estimated Maasai population of 1,296,000

Maasai society is patriarchical in nature with the elders deciding most matters for each Maasai group. The laibon or spiritual leader acts as the liaison between the Maasai and God (the Masaai are either monotheistic or Christian in communities), named Enkai or Engai, as well as the source of Maasai herblore. The tradi ...more

The Maasai are an indigenous African ethnic group of semi-nomadic people located in Kenya and northern Tanzania. Due to their distinctive customs and dress and residence near the many game parks of East Africa, they are among the most well-known African ethnic groups internationally. The Maasai maintain many of their cultural traditions while engaging contemporary regional and global economic, social, and political forces. They speak Maa. As of 2007, the Maasai population in Kenya was estimated to be 650,000 while the Tanzanian Maasai population was estimated at 646,000 yielding an estimated Maasai population of 1,296,000. Estimates of the respective Maasai populations in both countries is complicated by their nomadic nature and their being the only ethnic group allowed free travel over the Kenyan-Tanzanian border.

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