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Maasai In A Pastoral Society

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After reading, Maasai people I notice the people of Maasai are in a Pastoral society. Pastoral societies rely on domestication of animals as a resource for survival. Within this group, many of the people were able to breed livestock for food, clothing and transportation. The people of Maasai economy have livestock’s being sold to other groups in Kenya for beads, clothing and grains. While reading, I did notice the town of Maasai is a counter cultures environment. Maasai’s way of living is totally different from the typically mainstream or pop culture. Popular culture consists of what’s accessible like baseball games and concerts. The contrary Maasai have their young boys herd their livestock, and they don’t have access to your typically grocery store for food, or TV for entertainment. …show more content…

Women on the other hand constructed the houses from the ground up using many resources they could find in their reach for example mud, sticks, and grass. For the warriors and the boys they would herd the livestock. Within the reading they did undergo social transformation. Maasai is transforming from a Pastoral society to an agricultural society. In Massai, the reserves are now being considered protected areas set aside for conservation, wildlife viewing, and tourism. I did find that there is a subculture within Maasai that differs in many ways from what’s considered a normal society. Just how the women work and how the drink blood alleviates intoxication, and it being just one of many smaller towns in

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