Masai Visit Tanzania Africa

They let us go see a Masai village on the trip. For $7, of course. When we got there we were greeted by dozens of young Masai whipper-snappers. I came to find out that they were all related. It seems that a Masai village is one man and his wives and children. In this case, the number of wives was five. A Masai warrior can have as many wives as he can afford. What that means is that he can buy all the wives he wants as long as he has the requisite dowry. This dowry is usually paid in cattle. I was told that the standard asking price was around 10 cows. All this gets a little complicated. The point here is that a Masai male may have lots of wives and lots of children. Notice the huts. They are made out of mud and have no modern conveniences. I make this comment for all the American women who might want to rush out and find a Masai male to marry them. If you want to live the traditional Masai life you’ll have to get your dad to come up with a little dowry. Plus you’re going to have some competition for your guy’s attention. 20120603