We don’t have to marry circumcised girls – Maasai Morans
- 5 years ago
As a young Maasai moran, Jeremiah Kutanya, had sworn never to marry a girl who is not circumcised.
He was determined to continue nurturing cultural practices he learnt from his father and grandfather during his transition to manhood.
It was very important for him to marry a girl who had undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
“The work of a moran is to continue the traditions. We were trained on how to perpetuate what our fathers and our forefathers were doing. Marrying a girl who is circumcised was our tradition and we in Maasai stick to our practices. I did not want to violate our culture.”
“That’s why I planned to marry a girl who is cut,” says the 26-year-old now a university graduate.
David Sayianka, a community elder spent most of his 63 years ensuring that no girl passed teenage without undergoing the cultural cut.
He was determined to continue nurturing cultural practices he learnt from his father and grandfather during his transition to manhood.
It was very important for him to marry a girl who had undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
“The work of a moran is to continue the traditions. We were trained on how to perpetuate what our fathers and our forefathers were doing. Marrying a girl who is circumcised was our tradition and we in Maasai stick to our practices. I did not want to violate our culture.”
“That’s why I planned to marry a girl who is cut,” says the 26-year-old now a university graduate.
David Sayianka, a community elder spent most of his 63 years ensuring that no girl passed teenage without undergoing the cultural cut.