View from above the Olpul (medicinal goat sacrifice) site near Eluai

Maasai beehive

Beaders

Beaders

Beaders

Maasai Beaders. The Massai women from the area gather in this place everyday to sing and bead jewelry for themselves, their husbands or lovers, and to sell.

We spent a full day working and learning from these women and learned (sort of) how to bead some of the maasai jewelry and what the colours mean.

Sunset at Eluai

View from Eluai

The source of water for the village of Eluai (Maasai) about a three hours walk from the village.

View toward Ngorongoro crater from Eluai

Eluai

Maasai building a fire boyscout style (George and Lesikar)

Grazing Maasai cattle

Medicinal soup made of wood, water, and goat intestines and blood. Soup made with sacrificed goat the the Maasai ceremony Olpul to aid recovery of people after stresses such at childbirth or circumcision

Skinning the goat

Maasai (Arusha style) houses in Eluai.

Eluai is the Maasai homestead we took a three day field trip to following our trip to Machame (Kilimanjaro foothills). Eluai was around the same elevation as the previous village but an entirely different environment (obviously). From here you could see the eyes and hear hyenas howling around your tent at night. The Maasai from the area would gather here at night and have dances which we we lucky enough to participate in even, and the view was absolutely beautiful.

Man hauling straw on road between Machame and Arusha

Chagga man climbing up road

View from campsite in Kilimanjaro foothills, near Machame

River gorge bridge