Celebrating Rites of Passage with the Maasai

Rites of Passage day toursare experiences about as grassroots as they can ever possibly be and One Horizon are honoured to invite you to special days to celebrate important life events with our Maasai friends.

The Maasai are proud semi-nomadic pastoral people who have age-old traditional cultural practices and rituals. The core values embedded in their rites of passage are respect and responsibility, safe guarding the lineage of their clan, transferring powers from one age set to the next, and teaching of indigenous legends, traditions and life skills. Important occasions could include:

• Maasai weddings
• coming-of-age events that mark the transition from a young boy to a moran, or warrior
• naming ceremonies