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 = =     Blue, black, striped, and checkered cloths are also worn, so are multicolored African designs. The Masai began to replace animal-skin, calf hides and sheep skin, with commercial cotton cloth in the 1960s. Bead working, done by women. Before the Europeans attacked, beads were made mostly from raw materials. White beads were made from clay, shells, ivory, or bone. Black and blue beads were made from iron, charcoal, seeds, clay, or horn. Red beads came from seeds, woods, gourds, bone, ivory, copper, or brass. **   
 * T ****he Masai **
 * By Nicole Cook **
 * M ****ost Masai live in the savannahs of Kenya and Tanzania, which is located in East Africa. Unlike many other tribes they are now peacefully left alone with the savannahs of East Africa. **
 * There are a small amount of resources in the savannahs, so the Masai use most of their flock to attend their **
 * needs. About one litter of milk is drunk every day to help supply the lack of water. Cows are used for their meat and milk and there hides are used for clothing, even there dung is used to build buildings and fuel for fires. Cattle are used as gifts for birth and marriages. ****<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(112, 48, 160)"> Meat is a very important food. **<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(112, 48, 160)">
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(112, 48, 160)">Masai dress differently by age and place. Red is a very favored color
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(112, 48, 160)">The traditional Masai lifestyle ** **<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(112, 48, 160)">surrounds on their ** **<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(112, 48, 160)">cattle and children. The way Masai measure wealth is of cattle and children. A herd of 50 cattle is very respectable, and the more children the better. A man who has plenty of one measurement but none of the other is considered to be poor. A Masai myth belief is that God gave them all the cattle on earth. Masai used to hunt lions single handedly with a spear. But now this is outlawed by the Kenyan government. **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(112, 48, 160)">Masai music traditionally has rhythms provided by a group of vocalists while a song leader sings the melody. The leader is usually the singer who can best sing that song. The leader begins by singing a line or title of a song. The group will respond with one call, and the leader will sing a verse over the group's rhythmic throat singing. **