My sister is here for a visit and today we went to look at our communal waterhole.
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| A warrior standing on the watering trough to keep the cattle in order |
The warriors are busy organising their cattle to drink from the water trough and the women are washing and loading their donkeys with water to take back home for cooking, drinking and washing.
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| Our cattles' turn to drink |
Donkeys here are very valuable work animals and therefore very well looked after. My husband always says they are the Masai's equivalent of cars.
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| Donkeys waiting patiently to be loaded |
They are used for carrying water and corn or supplies to take to far away camps when moving the cattle.
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| Women fetching water |
They can easily carry 80 litres of water in one trip, often they carry more.
Recently, donkey numbers have been declining due to Swahili people stealing and slaughtering them for their coats.
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