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Thousands of Maasai men gather for once-in-a-decade ceremony in Kajiado

Maasai men of Matapato attend the Olng'esherr (meat-eating) passage ceremony [Photo: Thomas Mukoya]

Thousands of Maasai men clad in red and purple shawls and with their heads coated in red ochre gathered this week for a ceremony that transforms them from Moran (warriors) to Mzee (elders). 

 Around 15,000 men from all over Kenya and neighbouring Tanzania congregated in Maparasha Hills in Kajiado County, 128 km from Nairobi, to feast on an estimated 3,000 bulls and 30,000 goats and sheep.

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