Masai Mara National Park Kenya @ Warriors Dance

The Masai Jumping Dance

Each young man will jump as high as he can while the others stand in a circle and sing. The voices of the men get higher as the jumping increases. This jumping dance is as familiar to the Western world as the red-clad and beaded Masai warriors themselves. In the Masai language, this dancing competition is called the "adumu".

Though the jumping dance is the most unusual and best known, there are plenty of other traditional dances that the Masai perform. Masai dances are very structured and are performed for certain occasions.

There are dances for celebration when a lion is killed by the warriors, a dance for the blessing of cattle, and dances performed at wedding ceremonies. Most of the Masai dances are pretty simple, and consist of a lot of bending, but with the feet staying still on the ground

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[sonima100]

this dance they are perfoming for the tourists.i saw the same in another travalogue 'SANCHARAM"by Santhosh geroge.

[TheNeonAngel]

dont you ever wonder who the hell came up with this? "Ok guys what we'll do is stand around and see who can jump the highest!"

[TheNeonAngel]

@ultrastar12 .....TRAMPOLINE

[ultrastar12]

omg they jump like are on a juping castle or a trampoling