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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 ...

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 ...

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 ancestral lands in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. All ...

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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 ...