OLAIMUTIAI, Kenya — In the bracing morning cold in the forest highlands overlooking Kenya’s Maasailand, 900 teenage boys clad in traditional Maasai shukhas or blankets line up for a cup of hot ...

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OLAIMUTIAI, Kenya (AP) — Boys become warriors in an ancient initiation ceremony in Kenya’s Maasai community. This rite of passage is known as “Enkipaata.” It has been declared an ...

Children of the Maasai tribe perform a traditional jumping dance during the Enkipaata ceremony, a Maasai male rite of passage, specifically the initiation of boys, marking the transition from ...

It teaches Maasai cultural values, leadership skills — and how to be tough. Isaac Mpusia, a 16-year-old high schooler, was visited at home last March by a group of boys who asked for and were ...

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They have gone hungry. And they haven’t bathed in a month. It’s all part of learning to be a Maasai warrior. They have traveled to Olaimutiai in Kenya’s Narok county from all over the Maasai ...