Evidently, the word "moran" has more that one meaning.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianweekly/letterfrom/story/0,12807,1191741,00.htmlLetter from Nairobi
Lake Magadi leaves one high and very dry
Betty Caplan
"Deep in the nearby bush around the Nguruman escarpment, two of us come across a group of
morans, young men who have been circumcised and who are perfecting their hunting skills in order to enter fully into adulthood. They are dressed in reds and purples and some of them carry finely carved ancestral spears. One has a pretty, girlish face, and when he sees that we are carrying cameras, he rushes off to the next tree where he keeps his best finery, his red shuka parting in the breeze to reveal two perfect brown cheeks. He returns with an addition to his already elaborate headgear and gets ready to pose."
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