In Africa, there is a primitive tribe called the Maasai, which still retains some of the most primitive customs, such as the cruel division in our opinion, every Maasai man, before reaching adulthood, must be circumcised, which is a very important ceremony for the entire tribe, and after the circumcision, the Maasai will also hold a celebration, today, let's take a look at how the Maasai circumcision ceremony is held.
On the day of the circumcision ceremony, all the people in the tribe will wear gorgeous costumes, just like our New Year, they prefer the bright red system, which symbolizes the festivities, so basically everyone wears a little red on their bodies, and more and more people come to participate in the circumcision ceremony, and they communicate with each other together.
In any celebration, the most important activity is to eat, in the circumcision ceremony, it is necessary to kill and injure 2 cows and 10 goats, which is a huge amount of money for any Maasai family, but it cannot be saved in any case, the preparation of food must also be solemn, usually the elders do this, the Maasai people have no cooking skills, just divide the meat into small pieces, directly on the fire and grill, as long as it is roasted meat, in their mouths is a symbol of deliciousness.
The women are on the other side, preparing other foods, after all, so many people, only meat must not feed everyone, modern living conditions are good, The Maasai people no longer live only by grazing and hunting, they will also communicate with the outside world, interviews, vegetables often appear on their tables, the remaining old people and children, as long as they wait to eat, women will also get together, with gifts to bless the master, the hostess is singing to welcome their arrival, women's clothing is much more gorgeous than men, Not only are the clothes beautifully dressed, the neck, ears, and hands are wearing beautiful jewelry, which is very ethnic, and the women are very happy while singing and dancing.
Maasai people also like a kind of food, that is, the blood of animals, we also eat the blood of animals, but the Maasai people eat much simpler and rougher, directly pouring coagulated blood on the rice, more importantly, without adding any seasoning, such a way of eating we don't say that we can't go to the mouth, the taste may not be able to stand, but this is a rare delicacy in the eyes of the Maasai people.
They are the protagonists of today's ceremonial style, beginning to dance the traditional dance of the Maasai people, a dozen people lined up, each holding a stick in his hand, dressed in gorgeous women, one by one to shake hands with them, welcome these dancing men, the men will put away their sticks to show respect for them, after the welcome is over, the heat will take turns to jump, which is also part of their traditional dance.
The women continued to sing and dance, asking for God's blessing, the rest of the men also joined in the dance, as if to the bungee scene, everyone's face was very happy, the Maasai people believed that the happier the dance, the luckier the future, the movement of the crowd with the frequency is getting higher and higher, the mood of the scene is getting higher and higher, the people who follow the dance are getting higher and higher, constantly repeating the half-squat, standing up such a dance action, this emotion has a huge appeal, let people unconsciously jump up.
The subsequent dance became strange, a man was put to the ground, doing all kinds of strange movements, still chanting words in his mouth, saying words that others could not understand, people who did not know thought that he was evil, and the person who was first put down seemed to be completely unconscious, as if he was completely unconscious, and was at the mercy of others, presumably this was a special prayer ritual of the Maasai people, and the core role may be the same as that of our dancing gods.
The whole circumcision ceremony will feel inexplicable, do not know what they are doing, and not everyone is active together, or there are specific ritual steps, several groups of people do their own thing, men are separated from women, and some people who have nothing to do, the whole event has done nothing, maybe just come to eat a meal.
It is not easy to preserve the circumcision ceremony, and now the Maasai people have gradually integrated with modern society and given up a lot of the original way of life, but such activities, in fact, have become more and more in recent years, because many people who travel to Africa are going to this primitive tradition, and many people hold such an event to welcome tourists.
Tourists pay, the Guide of the Maasai people, will take you to participate in this activity, in order to cater to tourists, they also prepared different tour packages for this, you can only participate in the daytime, you can also spend the night in the Maasai ethnic group, so that tourists can experience the best Maasai culture, such a special tourism project, the attraction of tourists is very large, I believe that people who travel to Africa, do not want to miss the opportunity to experience this culture, the most important thing is that the safety is very high.
Before the African travel project was launched, many people would go on their own adventures, looking for primitive tribes, sometimes accidents, or conflicts with locals without understanding customs, which was very dangerous for tourists, and the same was true for primitive tribes, and now with this tourism project, locals can make money, they can also experience different cultures, it is a win-win situation, of course, holding activities is not entirely for money, even if no one comes to visit, They will also hold such an event on the day of the circumcision, just to earn a little extra income, which makes it possible to improve the living standards of the Maasai people, why not, if there is a chance, everyone is willing to participate in this ceremony?