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The Maasai Mara National Reserve ( also spelled Masai Mara ; known by the locals as The Mara ) is a large game reserve in south-western Kenya, contiguous with the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.
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It is named after the Maasai people ( the traditional inhabitants of the area ) and their description of the area when looked at from afar: " Mara ", which is Maa ( Maasai language ) for " spotted ," an apt description for the circles of trees, scrub, savanna, and cloud shadows that mark the area.
The Maasai Mara National Reserve is only a fraction of the Greater Mara Ecosystem, which includes the following Group Ranches: Koiyaki, Lemek, Ol Chorro Oirowua, Olkinyei, Siana, Maji Moto, Naikara, Ol Derkesi, Kerinkani, Oloirien, and Kimintet.
Maasai Mara, " spotted " with bushes, animals, cloud shadows, and umbrella acacia trees.
The Maasai Mara National Reserve ( MMNR ) covers some in south-western Kenya.
" Big Five " ( lion, leopard, African elephant, African buffalo, and Black Rhinoceros ) are found in the Maasai Mara.
As in the Serengeti, the wildebeest are the dominant inhabitants of the Maasai Mara, and their numbers are estimated in the millions.
An aerial photograph of a herd of Wildebeest following a few leading zebra in Maasai Mara
Unlike most other National Parks in Kenya the Maasai Mara National Reserve is not administered by the Kenya Wildlife Service, but by local authorities.
The more visited eastern part of the park is managed by Narok County Council and the western part, known as the Mara Triangle, by the Trans-Mara county council, which is contracting management to the Mara Conservancy, a local nonprofit organization formed by the local Maasai that contains several anti-poaching units.
The outer areas known as Maasai Mara Conservation area is administered by the Group Ranch Trusts of the Maasai community who also have their own rangers for patrolling the park area.
Some 250, 000 wildebeest die during the journey from Tanzania to Maasai Mara Reserve in lower Kenya, a total of.
Some west, Acacia woodlands appear suddenly and stretch west to Lake Victoria and north to the Loita Plains, north of the Maasai Mara National Reserve.
* Information and Research on wildebeest movements in Maasai Mara
Hot Air Balloon Safari in Maasai Mara
Cheetah at the Maasai Mara National Reserve
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* Fairmont Mara Safari Club in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Amboseli National Park, formerly Maasai Amboseli Game Reserve, is in Kajiado District, Rift Valley Province in Kenya.
South of the capital city Nairobi, Amboseli National Park is the second most popular national park in Kenya after Maasai Mara National Reserve and the visit can easily be done in a weekend.
The Isiolo town is also becoming a centre of interest because of the of its newly acquired status as a resort city cashing in on the popular Samburu and Shaba Game reserves and the Meru National Park, which have become preferred destinations after the famed Maasai Mara.
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Amboseli was set aside as the ' Southern Reserve ' for Maasai in 1906 but returned to local control as a Game Reserve in 1948.
Kisii municipality sits right at the centre of the Western Kenya tourist circuit that includes the Tabaka Soapstone Carvings, Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Lambwe Valley Game Reserve and the entire Lake Victoria basin.
From Kisii, it is easy to get to Tabaka Soapstone quarries, the Maasai Mara Game Reserve in Narok County, Lambwe Valley Game Reserve in South Nyanza County, Kisumu city and the Kenya / Tanzania or Kenya / Uganda border points.
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This procedure is also ritual in certain tribes such as the Maasai in Kenya and Tanzania.
It is also encountered in some regions of Yunnan and Sichuan regions of China, among the Mosuo people in China, and in some sub-Saharan African such as the Maasai people in Kenya and northern Tanzania and American indigenous communities.
The E1b1b haplogroup was also observed in 50 % of the Maasai, which is indicative of substantial gene flow into this population from Cushitic males.
Low levels of maternal gene flow from North Africa and the Horn of Africa were also observed in a few groups, mainly via the presence of mtDNA haplogroup M and haplogroup I lineages in about 12. 5 % of the Maasai and 7 % of the Samburu samples, respectively.
The authors also found that certain Nilotic populations in the eastern Great Lakes region, such as the Maasai, showed some additional Afro-Asiatic affinities due to repeated assimilation of Cushitic-speaking peoples over the past 5000 or so years.
He also reported that lower nasal indices are often found amongst Nilotes who inhabit the more southerly Great Lakes region, such as the Maasai, a fact which he attributed to genetic differences.
In Kenya the Maasai also have not gained any economic benefits.
The Himba people in the southeast of Congo-Kinshasa also dye their locks red, but their style is thicker than that of the Maasai.
The name ' Samburu ' is also of Maasai origin and is derived from the word ' Samburr ' which is a leather bag used by the Samburu to carry a variety of things.
* Maasai tribesmen also consume cow's blood, sometimes mixed with milk
Bukusu also used to send their own young boys to grow up with Kalenjin or Maasai families, in some cases for espionage purposes.
Barter trade with the Kikuyu, Maasai, Meru and Embu people in the interior and the Mijikenda and Arab people of the coast was also practiced by the Akamba who straddled the eastern plains of Kenya.
They also collected more than 400 ethnographical objects, most of them from Maasai and Kikuyu tribes and brought home a valuable collection of plants and animals.
***** Maasai language ( see also Mukogodo-Maasai )
The Masai Giraffe ( Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi ), also known as the Maasai Giraffe or Kilimanjaro Giraffe, is the largest subspecies of giraffe and the tallest land mammal.
The Maasai wear dark red garments to symbolise their love for the earth and also their dependence on it.
Merege is also well known to perform in traditional Maasai clothings.
In 1997 X Plastaz visited a traditional Maasai village west of Arusha and met Yamat Ole Meipuko, also known as Merege, who was the local " singing champion " in his age class.
The way that some of the Maasai people in the episode are dancing is also true to a traditional dance performed by Maasai people in real life, and although the drinking of cow blood is faithful to the Maasai people's culture, the use of lip plates and neck rings are not.
Although Maasai people have also converted to Christianity, many still practice their traditional religion.
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