The Enkipaata is formed by selecting the most promising youth from the clans of Maasai people across Kenya and Tanzania.

Boys become warriors in an ancient initiation ceremony in Kenya’s Maasai community. This rite of passage is known as ...

Men of the Maasai tribe perform traditional dance, during a Maasai male rite of passage, specifically the initiation of boys, ...

Boys become warriors in an ancient initiation ceremony in Kenya’s Maasai community. This rite of passage is known as ...

Men from Maasai tribe perform the traditional dance during the Enkipaata ceremony, a Maasai male rite of passage, specifically the initiation of boys, marking the transition from childhood to ...

“It teaches them brotherhood. It teaches them being bound together as a community and as a people. For the Maasai, when you say that somebody is of your age set, these are people that have grown ...

OLAIMUTIAI, Kenya (AP) — 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 ...