Maasai Tribe Interview

Interview

This is an interview with a Maasai Tribe member found in a tribe in Kenya. The Maasai are a tribe located in southern Kenya and their way of life is much different from the rest of Kenya.

What is your definition of Culture? Maasai are known for being powerful warriors. We are taught since we are young that we need to protect our people and our cattle. To be in the Maasai tribe is to be part of close community that work together and rely on each other. Our culture is much different than the Kenya’s culture. Our way of life is very traditional and we have our own ways.

How do you define Family? Family is very important. We have many wives and many children and we are very close with all members of the family. It’s important for

Cattle is very important and the bigger your cattle is the more successful you are. Being a powerful warrior is important as well. The more wives you have mean syou are a successful man as well.

Do you consider your parents to be successful? It’s hard for a son to say if his family is successful. The way for someone to become successful is for them to want to be successful and if they want it they have to work for it. Everyone also defines successful differently so my parents definition of success is different from my definition of success. I personal think my parents were successful because they worked hard and my father was known throughout the village.

How important is education in your family and why? Education isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when we think about teaching our children. Ou rboys are taught to be warriors and can endure anything they come in contact to. They are taught to be cattlers and take care of their families. Girls are taught to do chores around the home and to fear men. The learn to cook and to clean and make the things we need to survive. In recent years education has grown within tribe and more tribes are starting to sen the young kids to

We don't have the technology and devices like the rest of the world have so for us to be exactly on time is hard. We just the sun as our time and if someone calls you you go to them. You leave to go places when you leave and you get to a place when you get there. You start to learn how long it takes you to get places the more you go there. So it's not the most important agenda for us but it's some what important.

What is the most important meal of the day for you?

We normally eat two meals a day. One in the morning and one out night. So both meals are important but our morning meal is probably our more important meal because it gives us our energy.

Do you eat foods that are indigenous to your culture? Yes. We eat a lot of meat and foods that can grow in the areas we live. We eat organic food. We don’t have fast foods and restaurants like modernized places do. 10.) If you do what are those foods and if you don’t what do you eat