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What an adventure. We were privileged to be invited to accompany Clamian and Josephine to visit family about 2.5 hours away from Arusha. Clamian's family member is gifting him a Bull to allow his herd and Maasai community to begin transitioning to a different breed. Clamianj explained that this was a gift of a young bull, and that he needed to visit, see and mark the bull. Once marked the bull he chose would continue to grow or possibly die, however if he didn't visit and make his mark, the gift would always be honoured but with a "young" bull no matter how long it took him to collect it.
It was an amazing drive through the Tanzanian countryside, some of Clamian's family live in a ruby mining area. The drive was mainly on dirt roads with gorgeous wildflowers everywhere. Clamian's family were waiting for us with a huge welcome. As always we were warmly welcomed and the community had even slaughtered a goat in honour of Clamian's visit. It was a unique glimpse into Maasai family connections and community. So much tradition, sharing and community sharing in this culture. We even got to see the raw rubies that the mining community profits from. To add some context - Clamian's family is large - his father has four wives and he has 36 siblings.
On our return to Arusha we Clamian and Josephine invited us into their (Arusha) home for dinner. Lovely to meet their niece, Witness, re-aquaint ourselves with Steve (warrior studying to be a guide) and Lomomo joined us. Lomomo, another family member, is a trained Maasai guide who's doing very well and was our driver for the family trip.
It was an amazing drive through the Tanzanian countryside, some of Clamian's family live in a ruby mining area. The drive was mainly on dirt roads with gorgeous wildflowers everywhere. Clamian's family were waiting for us with a huge welcome. As always we were warmly welcomed and the community had even slaughtered a goat in honour of Clamian's visit. It was a unique glimpse into Maasai family connections and community. So much tradition, sharing and community sharing in this culture. We even got to see the raw rubies that the mining community profits from. To add some context - Clamian's family is large - his father has four wives and he has 36 siblings.
On our return to Arusha we Clamian and Josephine invited us into their (Arusha) home for dinner. Lovely to meet their niece, Witness, re-aquaint ourselves with Steve (warrior studying to be a guide) and Lomomo joined us. Lomomo, another family member, is a trained Maasai guide who's doing very well and was our driver for the family trip.
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