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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.
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.
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
, The Mara, or Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
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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.
The Maasai Creed is a creed composed in 1960 by the Maasai people of East Africa in collaboration with missionaries from the Congregation of the Holy Ghost.
Governor Percy Girouard is associated with the debacle of the Second Maasai Agreement of 1911, which led to their forceful removal from the fertile Laikipia plateau to semi-arid Ngong.
It is bounded by the Serengeti Park to the south, the Siria escarpment to the west, and Maasai pastoral ranches to the north, east and west.
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.
Serengeti is derived from the Maasai language, Maa ; specifically, " Serengit " meaning " Endless Plains ".
In Africa, the hippo is known by various names, including Seekoei ( Afrikaans ), Mvuvu ( Venda ), Kubu ( Lozi ) and Mvubu ( Xhosa, Siswati and Zulu ) in the south ; Kiboko ( Swahili ), Ensherre ( Nkore ), Tomondo ( Turu ), Nvubu ( Luganda ), Ifuru ( Luhya ), Emiria ( Ateso ), Magawit ( Sebei ), Kibei ( Kalenjin ) and Olmakau ( Maasai ) in the Great Lakes region ; and Gumarre ( Amharic ) and Jeer ( Somali ) in the Horn.
Thus, the Maasai, according to their own oral history, migrated south from the lower Nile valley north of Lake Turkana in about the 15th century, arriving in a long trunk of land stretching from what is now northern Kenya to what is now central Tanzania during the 17th and 18th centuries.
The E1b1b haplogroup was also observed in 50 % of the Maasai, which is indicative of substantial gene flow into this population from Cushitic males.
One of the most powerful examples of communities being moved in order to create a park is the story of the Maasai.
The " Emuratare " is the circumcision ceremony that is required for Maasai boys to become warriors.

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Local and national governments took advantage of the Maasai ’ s ignorance on the situation and robbed them of huge chunks of grazing land, putting to risk their only socio-economic livelihood.

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* — ' Greater Honeyguide ( Indicator indicator )' ( compare Maasai )

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Nilotic peoples include the nomadic Maasai and Luo, both of which are found in greater numbers in neighbouring Kenya.
Groups of Nilotic or related origin include the nomadic Maasai and the Luo, both of which are found in greater numbers in neighbouring Kenya.
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.
The age at which circumcision may be performed varies widely, with groups such as Americans and Jews typically circumcising in the neonatal period and African tribes such as the Maasai and Xhosa circumcising in teenage years as initiation into adulthood.
Oldupai is the Maasai word for the wild sisal plant Sansevieria ehrenbergii, which grows in the gorge.
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.
: In summer 2007, Woodland Park Zoo revamped and highlighted its African Savanna exhibit as part of its Maasai Journey program, which featured a mix of cultural and animal-themed programs about the East African grasslands.
The name derives from the local Maasai name Nai ' posha, meaning " rough water " because of the sudden storms which can arise.
Causes of " false " melena include iron supplements, Pepto-Bismol, Maalox, and lead, blood swallowed as a result of a nose bleed ( epistaxis ), and blood ingested as part of the diet, as with the traditional African Maasai diet, which includes much blood drained from cattle.
By October 1937, the New York Times was publishing dispatches of Osa's latest trip to Africa, in which she described lifestyles and practices of the Maasai and other tribes.
It is derived from a Maasai word sabuk ( pronounced tsavok ) which means river.
Amongst the Gikuyu ( Kikuyu ) people of Kenya and the Maasai people of Kenya and Tanzania, male circumcision has historically been the graduation element of an educational program which taught tribal beliefs, practices, culture, religion and history to youth who were on the verge of becoming full-fledged members of society.
The name Manyara comes from the Maasai word emanyara, which is a euphorbia species of plant that is grown into a hedge around a family homestead ( Euphorbia tirucalli ).
Many Maasai landowners have formed the Kitengela Landowners Association, which works with the Kenyan Wildlife Service to both protect the wildlife and find benefits for the locals.
It was formerly listed as " unclassified " by the Ethnologue, which corrected this mistake in the 15th edition by incorporating it in Maasai.
There is some debate over whether Bongo Flava, which has emerged as a defined pop movement, can really still be qualified under the overarching term " hip hop " and not a movement unto itself, when it is beginning to develop a distinctive sound that differs from hardcore rap or, for example, the Maasai Hip-hop of X Plastaz, who use the tradition of the Maasai tribe as the focal point for their sound and style.
Akiek is spoken by various little groups in the steppes south of Arusha, which is the territory of the Maasai.
In 2004, German recording label Out Here Records published X Plastaz ' first full-length album, Maasai Hip Hop, which included the hit songs previously published in the Rough Guides.

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