Catching the Bull by the Horns (1970s) from girl circumcision Watch Video
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⏲ Duration: 14 min 63 sec ✓ Published: 13-Mar-2014
Description: Film by anthropologist Jean Brown in the 1970s, relating to the Maasai 'catching the bull by the horns' ceremony.nnMAASAI CIRCUMCISION DANCING and CEREMONY OF EMOUO OLKITENGnnThe first part of the film is of dancing in an Ilkeekonyokie Maasai homestead following male circumcisions. The newly circumcised boys called sepolio still “in seclusion” have no red on their heads and carry sticks instead of spears. They also wear on their heads the coiled brass wire earrings isikirria which are normal
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