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Baboons' ritual assembly draws man to Suswa caves

By JUMA KWAYERA

Every day, an hour or so after sunset and just before dawn, a phenomenal assembly of primates that reside in the remote reaches of the network that makes Mt Suswa caves, takes place. The caves, considered by the local Maasai as passages to the belly of the earth, the dwelling place of Enkai (God), have become hot tourist destinations as a result of man’s fascination with the incredible capacity of the animals to mobilise.

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