Greetings form Niarobi.
I am here with Holly to pick up 2 more missionaries at the airport late tonight. Right now Holly is out looking at bicycles to possibly buy for her self. It would make it easier and cheaper than getting on the pekipeki (motorcycle)
I wanted to let you know what a typical day is like at the Angel House Orphagage for the high school kids. They get up at 4:00am, yes 4:00AM to start to get ready for school. The students leave around 5:15 and it takes 90 minutes to walk to school. Attendence is taked at 7:00 and school begins. They do not get a hot lunch at school, nor do they carry a lunch bag, the kids just don't eat until they get back home. School is out around 3:30 and they walk 90 minutes home THEN have lunch.
Another point of intrest for you is that to keep people from speeding they put huge speed bumps in heavily trafficed areas. There is no need for stop signs or stop lights.
On our way to Nairobi today we saw the tribe that looks like they came out of the National Geographic with the long ear lobs and many many beads and really colorful clothes. They also wear a blanket with a lot of red in it. This tribe raises cattle and wonders all over to feed the herd. I wish I had my camera!! drat! and double drat! The other thing I noticed on the way to Nairobi is that they use cactus for fence. Keeps cattle in and people out. I say zebrae again too.
Expect me to be much heavier when I get home our meals have been very heavy with carbs. Espically rice and beans which are good but tons of calories. The people of Tareme work literely 12 hours a day and 7 days a week. From sun up to sun down and I'm sure the burn off the calories pretty fast.
Don't have time to spell check. Have a good day. Pam
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Interesting - (now I can't enjoy the last piece of my Pagliai's pizza as much).
ReplyDeleteHere are facts on the Maasai (this is how it's spelled in Tanzania) tribe you saw:
Here are some interesting facts and traditions of the Masai tribe:
The Masai tribe is traditionally a seminomadic tribe. They live off their cattle almost exclusively.
The Masai have a reputation of being a fierce warring tribe.
Masai men may have more than one wife.
Masai women build their houses out of sticks and grass, then cover it with a mixture of cow dung and mud.
A Masai village is called an enkang.
The men put a thick wall of dried thorn-tree branches around the circle of houses to prevent wild animals from coming into the village.
The women do a lot of beading in their spare time. They bead necklaces, headdresses, gourds, and dresses.
The young Masai children sometimes play a game where they place rocks on a sleeping rhinoceros. The last one to place a rock on it before it wakes up is the winner. This, of course, is a dangerous game.
When a Masai boy leaves boyhood, he enters the morani or warrior class. He is expected to be brave enough to spear a lion. If a warrior holds the tail of a lion as it dies he is awarded with that lion's mane and gains great honor in his tribe. The ceremony for boys entering the morani is held every seven years.
Women and children keep their heads shaved while the morani wear their hair in long braids dyed with red clay.
The Masai eat custard made from the blood of their cattle. The blood is mixed with milk and curdled to make the custard.
The Masai pierce and stretch their earlobes and wear large metal hoops at the tops of their ears. This goes for both male and female members.
It is a sign of beauty for women to have long stretched earlobes. Decorative cuts are also made on womens' faces for beauty.
Their sun god is named Ruwa and lives on Mount Kilimanjaro.
When a moran has proven himself he can become an elder. Women can also become elders once their have given birth to four healthy children.
The language of the Masai is called 'Maa'.