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The Maasai have quite a lot of uses from their cattle.
1)They can use their cattle's blood(mixed with milk) for drinking purposes.
2)They can use their meat for food.
3)They can get milk from their cattle for drinking purposes.
4)And the can also use cow dung to plaster houses.
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What kind of animals do the Maasai keep?
Cattle.
Why is the cow so important to maasai culture?
Not only are they a source of food in meat and milk, but they are also a sign of wealth in the community. The more cattle and wives a Masai man has, the wealthier he is.
Which Maasai are wealthy?
The Maasai do not accumulate money; they hold their cattle in such high regard that the cattle themselves are seen as a measure of a man's wealth. Any man who has at least 50 cattle would be seen as being wealthy.
What work do the maasai women do?
Look after cattle and look after children.
Of what importance are cattle to the Maasai?
they drink their blood, mmixed with their milk.
The main purpose of the passage is to illustrate the relationship between the Maasai and?
The cattle
What animals do maasai keep?
The Maasai people traditionally keep cattle, goats, and sheep. These animals are central to their way of life as a source of food, milk, and income. Additionally, some Maasai also keep donkeys for transportation and chickens for eggs.
What are some of the uses for cattle excrement?
In many less economically developed countries cattle excrement is dried and then burnt as fuel. The Maasai tribes of Africa burn it to deter mosquitoes. It is also known to be used as a building material for mud brick houses.
What job do the maasai women do?
Maasai women collect water, wood for fire, collects the crops, look after the cattle (milking and feeding them) and often build their house made of cow dung.
Where do the Maasai live?
The Maasai people primarily live in Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania, in the East African region. They are known for their traditional way of life, which revolves around raising cattle.
What do Maasai people eat?
The maasai people don't eat meat except on a special occasion. To get their protein, they drink the cattle blood. They also drink cattle milk, and they eat ugali (a hard, traditional porridge) and maize (corn). Sorry, I don't know much else!
What are maasai mens jobs?
The role of a man maasai is to take good care of the cows. The woman maasai does most of the household chores such as: Putting more cow dung (poo) on the house walls if it rains, walks 4km 4 times a day to find water and food, and cooks for the family.
