Maasai People

Although I touched on the life of the Maasai people briefly, it has taken me far too long to post an entry on the look of the people themselves. In the Ngorongoro Conservation Area we made a stop at a Maasai village where we were given a proper tour of their way of life and given carte blanche to take pictures of them. As I mentioned earlier, it is illegal to take pictures of the Maasai without their knowledge and negotiating a payment, so being in the village and around that problem altogether I made sure to get some portraits.
This woman was selling beads and hand made jewelry. With herself and the man above (and many of the older villagers) I was struck by the fascinating differences in their fashion and personal decoration, as well as how differently people over there age compared to what we are used to in North America. Many people had irregular teeth from a more basic dental regimine and many of them had eye problems, likely as a mixture of the harsh sunlight and constant dust.
This fellow, named Mola, was our guide in the tour of the village and also arranged for us to buy a spear for Kathryn's brother from one of his friends. Being amateurs at haggling and with Kathryn so clearly wanting a spear I am sure he got a price he was more than happy with from us, but we got to buy a story out of the deal and walked away smiling, so it was money well spent.