Background
The Maasai is a pastoralist community mostly found in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. The tribe is known for their cultural elements which are significantly different from the rest of other communities in Kenya and Tanzania, majorly marked by their unique dress code, homesteads, and way of living ("Maasai People"). The community’s dress in shuka, which is a piece of clothing, with unique colors and cutting which can be worn in a variety of ways. Traditionally, the shuka was made out of animal skin, but of later they are using cotton fabric. The fabric is often rubbed with red soil or dye, based on the use ("The Fashion Historian: The Maasai"). The tribe lives together in homesteads where they stay in a temporary loaf-like structure made of mud, sticks, and grass. They are nomadic and own a huge number of animals; they often move from place to place in search of pasture for their animals. That brief history introduces people in Kenya and Tanzania known to have a vibrant culture. Western civilization has not been helpful in the same way it was to other communities in the region. The community still practices what would be seen as primitive traditions by the west, or any civilized society.