The Masai Women (African Tribes – Full Documentary) | TRACKS
The Masai Women (African Tribes – Full Documentary) | TRACKS
When women of the East African Maasai tribe reach puberty, they will live to be one of many wives in marriages most often arranged by their parents. They become part of a new family, and their main responsibilities are centred around housework and looking out for their husband’s cattle. The Maasai women’s notion of wealth is tied to their…
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They don’t grow crops so then what in the world do they eat??!
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00:00 🌍 The Maasai, residing in East Africa along the Rift Valley, are primarily animal herders, valuing their livestock as the main source of wealth.
02:24 🐄 Wealth among the Maasai is measured not just by the size of their herds but also by the number of wives and children, as women and children are considered assets.
04:40 🏠 Women's roles in Maasai society include building houses, milking cattle, and performing household tasks, but they lack ownership rights over livestock, making them dependent on men for survival.
06:19 ⚔️ Young Maasai men undergo circumcision around age 18, becoming warriors who do not marry until they transition to elderhood.
09:00 🎉 Female circumcision marks the transition from girlhood to womanhood among the Maasai, symbolizing maturity and fertility, followed by marriage.
17:25 👫 Marriage arrangements are made by parents, with young women marrying older men, often with significant age gaps.
22:09 💔 Women's fate in Maasai society hinges on their ability to bear children, as their status and well-being are tied to their maternal roles.
28:19 🐮 Upon marriage, women gain milking rights over their husbands' cattle, which are crucial for their economic security and social status.
35:52 💃 Women participate in ceremonies through their children, with motherhood being a central aspect of their identity and social validation.
39:28 🥛 Rituals and celebrations play a significant role in Maasai society, marking transitions in life stages and reinforcing community bonds.
47:30 🤰 Women's vulnerability in Maasai society is attributed to cultural norms rather than individual agency, perpetuating gender disparities.
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I feel it is a terrifying culture for women. So glad I was born white in Italy `s Bologna! Nonetheless , a very interesting documentary!!
yeah i have seen this one before.. Where are all of the good old documentaries? Any list out there? About surviving from animals, and using self defense and living life and procreating and just living without politics, or you know societies at large? They seem very connected and caring for one another. Understanding. Plus not behind technology and interacting in normal healthy ways. It's respectful. They are playful remember this one.. its a tough life, but they seem more connected without the tech… so that's the issue really.. hmm. No cowardice there… more real life interactions. I mean… so many issues with technology alone. And they can all let their voices be heard naturally, and normal. Between a few individuals.. Today too many can just reach people with opinions, or in groups that are smaller, etc.. voice is always the best. Yeah i need to use voice instead of text, i cant express myself with it… And there are hardly any platforms with voice these days that are like private and a community. There are good video groups though, so i need to try and focus on that. real life communications. Its not cool when some spread extreme propaganda online and spreading messages of disease, etc. Like some do online today, and they even make cash out of it. It's sickening to me. They can call up individuals personally and be real instead. And its hard to reach them, cause they don't have voice communication. So a voice platform is the best ad maybe video, but a two way interaction then. Like real life, but a substitute.. But it can't be a para-social relationship, that is not healthy.
What year was this documentary actually done.
hey guys im watching this for an anthropology assignment so heres all the answers i got incase youre here for it too:
Maasai Cultural Guide
Kinship Structure:
Residence
Huts, mud houses, straw houses
Villages, typically owned by elderly men.
Acceptable Marriages
men may marry more than one woman at a time.
Women (and possibly men) only marry when their father picks for them.
Marriage Pattern
woman cannot remarry, men can, polyamorous.
Father arranges marriage for daughters, and maybe sons too.
Women marry young, men marry when they are 30.
Descent
Many wives produce many children, up to 60, from a single man.
Child Rearing
Women with no children can do very little during rituals, etc.
The more children (and women) the wealthier you are.
Men have many children with many different wives.
Economics:
Subsistence pattern
hunter/gatherer, although most men do not believe in hunting for animals.
Men collect food for their mother and extended family.
Crops are not grown, nor are animals hunted.
Many things produced by animals are by far the most used resources to the Maasai.
Carrying Capacity
???
Exchange pattern
men typically give rewards from hunting to their families.
Animals are cherished and valued as currency rather than for food.
Women and children are typically viewed as “economic” value as well.
Politics:
Leadership
Elders have the highest authority, men control everything.
Forms of social control
Women are beaten for stepping out of control.
Ridicule and mean comments are used to bully those occasionally, traditionally.
Decision-making processes
Men and elders pick and choose.
Warfare
Men serve as soldiers until the age of 30, where they become elders.
Little conflict occurs outside of the tribe.
Religion:
Leaders
Elders, which are men the age of 30 or above.
Rituals
Mass blessings with all involved, some religious belief based around animals and traditional stories.
Men and women are circumcised in rituals.
Female circumcision emphasizes the end of childhood, and when they must get married.
Cosmology
Believe in a heavenly force above the earth. (God)
Images
Wtf! 😮
They are wild like wild animal
Are we really comparing fgm to male circumcision? 🤢
Leave women’s intimate parts ALONE!!!!
Of course they would find the least attractive woman to put in the thumbnail. The producers must be insecure😂😂 Afraid to showcase the beautiful young women.
I see small wangs. It's like a Chinese who don't own a business. What family are you from?
Men are men here and can never be women. Imagine the West being so incredibly stupid.
I'm from Europe and this culture looks crazy to me. I'can not imagine women being happy there. But maybe when you are married of to a dude twice your age at 14 and told from the start that your only worth is children, it may be different. They know nothing else.
What I'm curious about is what they do with lovers. Circumcision leaves you with little pleasure.
Was this filmed in Kenya? North, South?
Bruh actual stock síndrome
Wow… awesome documentary! Couple of those tribal men are pretty sexy. Too bad they live over there.
We the maasai are a warrior tribe and that's how we came to own large tracks of land in Kenya and Tanzania. The men used to herd the cattle in far and dangerous places, the men raided other tribes for cattle and died often in battle, the men protect the manyatta from wild animal attacks, or attacks from a rival tribe. The men are protectors and providers, the women are nurtures. The clear gender roles was necessary for peace and harmony in maasai marriage. We are extremely masculine Patriachal society. The interviewer is a western feminist who thinks because she is white her culture is superior to that of maasai.
how do they reproduce if all the women are circumsized? do I even want to know
It is the mzungu journalist interviewing people in Masai language fluently for me.
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND how these girls are happy( it's being told they are happy by the lady being interviewed about the culture) they are being forced to marry at a tender age to older pedophiles who beat them if they don't go along with the program.# MAKE IT MAKE SENSE