The Masai Are Probably the Most Colourful of All the Tribes in East Africa

Over the past 30 years the Masai have been evicted from much of their land. The rich white tourists arriving in Kenya and Tanzania on safari, want "to see wild animals", not the Masai. Today throughout Kenya and Tanzania the Masai are being hired as security guards to work in expensive hotels. Many to entertain visitors with traditional dances in hotels and theatres. Increasingly, you see people dressed in red clothing complete with shields and spears, guarding the perimeters of many of the new luxury hotels which have sprung up over recent years. Meanwhile, tourists expect to find the Maasai safe in a peaceful country, without bandits, without poaching, or cattle on the reservations. This is of course an impossible scenario, and can only be achieved by forcing the Maasai to become something similar to employees of Disneyland. Imagine hamburgers and young cowboys who dress in the evening to interpret the ancient dances of the masai tribe. Only in the remote corners of Savannah will you find a few nomadic people whose life still remains in its original form, following the ancient ways of life of the once formidable and very well-known tribe in East Africa - the Masai tribe.

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