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proper noun
Masai  n.  
1.
A Nilotic language.
2.
An African tribe inhabiting parts of Kenya and Tanzania.





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"Masai" Quotes from Famous Books



... have some idea of immortality, though observers have never been able to determine this definitely. "The dead bodies of chiefs are not thrown to the hyenas, as with the Masai, but are carefully buried instead.... The bodies of less important members of the tribe are simply ...
— Religion and Lust - or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire • James Weir
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... all his pain was worth enduring and that life is indeed worth living. The primitive dandy of Central Africa submits himself to the magician of the tribe, and has his front teeth knocked out with joy; the Ashantee or the Masai has his teeth filed to sharp points—and each painful process enables the victim to pose as a leader of fashion in the tribe. As the race rises higher, the refinements of dandyism become more and more complex, but the ruling motive ...
— The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions - Joints In Our Social Armour • James Runciman
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