The Masai are one of the many southernmost tribes located in Kenya. They are related physically, and also in many other ways, to the Samburu and the Turkana. The Maasai have a relatively complex culture and traditions. Indeed, for many years they remained unheard of. In the late 1800s we soon discovered more about the Maasai, mostly from their oral histories. It is assumed that the Maasai came from the north, probably from the Nile Valley region of Sudan. It is also assumed that they left this area between the 14th and 16th centuries, migrating southwards towards the Great Rift Valley. According to Maasai oral history, they came from a crater or deep valley somewhere to the north, in a place called Endikir-e-Kerio. Although many scholars have called this place the southeastern region of Lake Turkana, many oral histories say that they may have come from further north, near the Nile River. Whatever the location, the migration was caused by a period of drought. According to the Maasai, a bridge was built, and after half the livestock and people had left the arid area, the bridge collapsed, leaving the other half of the population behind. These people later left the valley and were helped by the current Somali, Borana and Rendille populations. The Maasai later entered Kenya and moved south through the Rift Valley, where there was grazing land for their livestock. Since there was very little surface water, the Maasai resorted to pastoralism rather than agriculture. The Maasai have adapted to their environment to ensure the survival and maintenance of their culture. The Maasai have adapted to the conditions of their environment through their religious rituals, which serve to maintain their political structure and number of cattle. The idea of ​​religion in Maasai culture is linked to the importance they attribute to the stages of life. The spear indicates that for the Masai God is close but completely unknowable. Each ritual transition between age groups is a step towards old age and metaphorically a step towards God. According to Emily McAlpin in “Maasai culture and ecological conditions” the most important event of the ceremony is the sharing of meat which brings all participants together ...... in the center of the card...... one is in this society, the more power achieved. The most common form of sharing and distributing goods is through allied groups. There is no doubt that there are sometimes disagreements among the Maasai people, so most kinship groups have an allied kinship group. These are useful when a luxury item is being sought and one group owns it and is willing to lend or give it to the other, not out of necessity. When something is necessary for survival, the whole society helps. Bibliography: 1.Cronk, Lee2004 From Mukogodo to Maasai: Ethnicity and Cultural Change in Kenya (Westview Case Studies in Anthropology), Westview Press, pp. 27-352. Hetfield, Johnston1997 The Maasai of East Africa (Celebrating the Peoples and Civilizations of Africa)PowerKids Press; 1st edition, pp. 9-133.Spear, Walker1993 Being Maasai: Ethnicity and Identity in East Africa (East African Studies), Ohio University Press pp. 214-2214.Kituvi, Mukhisa1990 Becoming Kenyans: Socioeconomic Transformation of the Pastoral Maasai (Drylands Research Series), Acts Press, pp. 193-2015. Sankan, SS Ole1985 The Maasai, Kenya Literature Bureau, pp. 77-84