Stanford Milinga: The Masai living the nomadic life, and then they have a permanent place where they can stay like here, but we need serious dry season and then they have to live with the cows to look for the green grasses. So what’s happening on the permanent areas they just live their children and the mothers and then those young boys will take for the cows. So it might be three months or two months depending how long is the dry season.
They will be away from home, the things is just taking care for the cows, make sure the cows are getting enough grasses and also they can get water. After that if they hear that rains starting again here they have to drive back their cows up here. And this jobs is done by certain group of the people in the Masai family which we call them the warrior, like men who are speaking with them there. You see those big guys and then there another small children’s, so small children their duty is just taking the cows, if it’s green like this now, nearby areas then bring them back.
So if it’s really has a dry season and the cow have to drive them far away the warriors they have to take that responsibilities. Because they just walking in the bush so sometimes they meet with this wild animals, like lions or leopards, so you have to fight with that. For the small baby the cannot do anything so all this warriors they are responsible to take the cows to the great pastures.
Narrator: Stanford Milinga is a Professional Safari Guide who grew up in Tanzania. He spent two weeks with the producers of Discoveries Africa, sharing his knowledge of and insight into the magic and magnificence of East Africa.
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