Cultural visit to the Ndorobo Tribe
Spend the day with the Ndorobo people, ancient hunter-gatherers who inhabit the land near Lake Simanjiro, a gorgeous soda lake that’s part of the Great Land of East Africa, and witness their unchanged, traditional way of life and harmony with the earth. Accompanied throughot by ranger, guests have the opportunity to engage with the Bushmen and learn all about their time-honoured hunting techniques, survival skills, food preparation and cultural norms. A veritable step back in time, th`is is an undeniably authentic cultural journey into rural Tazania that reveals the untold world of these charismatic people.
Amongst the world’s last remaining hunter-gatherer tribes inhabiting the scrubby bushland, Ndorobo men search for food alone, and return home with golden honey, sweet fruit, or hearty wild game when, and if available. Women go out in large groups and forage for bright berries, baobab fruit, and tubers, depending on availability. Inthe rainy, wet season, sweet honey is the main staple of their diet along with colourful fruit, tubers, and sometimes meat.
Adjusting their diets to the seasons this tribe are incredibly skilled, selective and opportunistic seek ers andearchers. They have only themselves to rely on to feed their families and tribe.
Activities
In the Masai culture the activities have been divided according to the edge groups every age group should given according to the responsible group
ELDERS :-
- Eg, elders should be responsible for advices community, gives blessed, provide history and control many facts within community Conflict resolutions
- Marriages
- Edge group prepare Time of starting a new edge group of moran. in Maasai
- Prepare any ceremony within Maasai culture
Moran Young Men
Their responsible for
- Community security
- Any hard work
- Takes care of Cows
- Traditional songs
- Maasai gems e.g Jump, Runs
- Looking for lost children or women Cows in forest
- Running
- Defending any comfily with other tribe