Greece
Through Harold’s Lens
Canon PowerShot Pro, 7.2-50.8mm 50.8mm
1/1250 sec, f/4.0, ISO 200
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“Peace On Earth”
“How To Do It”
“Stomping Rhythm”
TANZANIA Through Harold’s Lens:
The rhythmatic beating of the drums suddenly pierced the air. From where I did not know. Quickly looking around, multiple sets of feet began to appear from behind a mud walled, grass thatched hut. To the shock of the Maasai, I laid down in their village dirt floor to capture this shot. Against the roasted brown backdrop of the African veld, the unfolding, stomping line of bright colors of the Maasai dancers were quite a sight.
“Ring Of Thorns”
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TANZANIA Through Harold’s Lens:
550 Pounds Of Hungry Meat Eating Beast.
4’ feet high.
8’ feet long.
Kills by strangulation.
Eats 15’ pounds of raw meat a day.
Stalks your livestock and family outside the open door of your hut every night.
You protect yourself from the Lion with what nature provides. Cutting branches from acacia trees, with their 3” long thorns that do not bend, the Maasai weave a 6’ tall thorn fence around their villages on the Serengeti.
“Out On The Veld”
TANZANIA Through Harold’s Lens:
The Maasai people reside in both Tanzania and Kenya.
They are a small tribe, accounting for only about 0.7 percent of Tanzania’s population, with a similar number living in Kenya.
Maasai speak Maa, a Nilotic ethnic language from their origin in the Nile region of North Africa.
“Hands That Herd”
“Warrior To Be”
“Matriarch”
“Cultural Curiosity”
“Prey”
TANZANIA Through Harold’s Lens:
Slowly our Land Rover rolled down the dusty dirt road through the Serengeti of Maasai country. As we were meandering around a curve I spotted a herd of sheep and goats.
Then I looked behind them.
Spotting this little Maasai carrying the baby lamb all alone on the veld I called “halt”.
Leaping from the Land Rover, I ran about 10 yards, kneeled down and fired my Nikon.
“Daily Life”
“Hand Hewed Home”
TANZANIA Through Harold’s Lens:
The Maasai live in mud walled one room homes with an earthen floor and a grass thatched roof.
Everything to build their home comes from the land.
Only the women build the home.
The men are not involved.
This Maasai woman was building her home, layer of mud on top of layer of mud.
After taking a few photos I asked her if I could help and next thing I knew her hands and mine were immersed in a pile of mud hewing the sides of her new home.
What a rich bonding experience!
“Pondering Life”
“Love My Tribe”
“Child’s Curiosity”
“Following Her Culture”
“Culture Of Love”
TANZANIA Through Harold’s Lens:
Welcome to my journey of experiences with the Maasai.
The Maasai tribe is the most authentic ethnic tribe of Tanzania and Kenya.
The Maasai are a unique tribe due to their long preserved culture.
Despite education, civilization and western cultural influences, the Maasai people have clung to their traditional way of life, making them a symbol of African culture.