Masai Greeting.Tues.4thPeriod by Colleen McCullough https://padlet.com/masterythomasmccullough/2a1xtt36r6x7xfue Answer the following: 1. What is the Masai greeting? 2. Why do they use this greeting? 3. How is this different from a traditional American greeting? 4. Why are words important? en-us 2020-09-22 00:17:33 UTC 2025-11-06 12:56:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1f8-1f1f8.png Traditional Masai Greeting masterythomasmccullough https://padlet.com/masterythomasmccullough/2a1xtt36r6x7xfue/wish/766336309 Among the most accomplished and fabled tribes of Africa, no tribe was considered to have warriors more fearsome or more intelligent than the mighty Masai. It is perhaps surprising, then, to learn the traditional greeting that passed between Masai warriors: "Kasserian Ingera," one would always say to another. It means, "And how are the children?"

It is still the traditional greeting among the Masai, acknowledging the high value that the Masai always place on their children's well-being. Even warriors with no children of their own would always give the traditional answer, "All the children are well." Meaning, of course, that peace and safety prevail, that the priorities of protecting the young, the powerless, are in place. That Masai society has not forgotten its reason for being, its proper functions and responsibilities. "All the children are well" means that life is good. It means that the daily struggles for existence do not preclude proper caring for their young.

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