The men and women who stay at the Masai Mara reserve, were once in constant conflict with the wild beasts who lurk in their backyard. Killing a lion would be part of their culture and would be the ultimate approval of ones bravery. Warriors who have killed a lion traditionally wore a headdress made of the lion’s mane called “Olwaru” while those who are yet to kill their first lion, wore a headdress made of ostrich feathers, called “Enkuraru" - as seen in this photograph.
Fortunately today, they don't indulge in hunting down these animals anymore but rather they guard them and keep safe distance to prevent any conflicts. For all we know, killing a lion may make you a "man" but protecting one makes you a human.
Meanwhile, while the headgear pronounced their social status and symbolized their achievements, colors that make up the headgear and their costume has stories of their own. While Red depicts bravery and strength, Blue stands for energy and sustenance. Green represents nourishment and production, while Orange symbolizes warmth, friendship, generosity and hospitality. Yellow highlights fertility and growth while White advocates purity and health.
“We need another and a wiser and perhaps a more mystical concept of animals. Remote from universal nature and living by complicated artifice, man in civilization surveys the creature through the glass of his knowledge. We patronize them for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate for having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein do we err. For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours, they move finished and complete, gifted with the extension of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren, they are not underlings: they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendor and travail of the earth.” ― Henry Beston
Symbiosis celebrates the coexistence of humans with nature. No matter how hard we - the humans - try to shield ourselves from the elements of nature, nature finds ways and means to remind us of our deep rooted connect. We are one big family, we did co-exist in close proximity - with respect and concern to each other but the gap has widened - thanks to our ignorance and lack of empathy. Though a harsh reality, we humans also possess the immense capability to correct the course and make it right. It's very much evident in distant lands, away from the madness of our cities, where the thread of connection was never ruptured. Be it in the Savannah of Kenya or the Mighty Himalayas, occupants of these far corners have long realized the importance of co-existence. The very motto of ‘Live & Let Live’ held high.
“If we were to disappear overnight, the rest of the world would get on pretty well. But if they were to disappear, the land’s ecosystems would collapse.” ― David Attenborough
Symbiosis collection features 16 1/1s - 8 Wildlife images which are open to collect and 8 associated portraits which would be airdropped to the collectors.
Enkuraru
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The men and women who stay at the Masai Mara reserve, were once in constant conflict with the wild beasts who lurk in their backyard. Killing a lion would be part of their culture and would be the ultimate approval of ones bravery. Warriors who have killed a lion traditionally wore a headdress made of the lion’s mane called “Olwaru” while those who are yet to kill their first lion, wore a headdress made of ostrich feathers, called “Enkuraru" - as seen in this photograph.
Fortunately today, they don't indulge in hunting down these animals anymore but rather they guard them and keep safe distance to prevent any conflicts. For all we know, killing a lion may make you a "man" but protecting one makes you a human.
Meanwhile, while the headgear pronounced their social status and symbolized their achievements, colors that make up the headgear and their costume has stories of their own. While Red depicts bravery and strength, Blue stands for energy and sustenance. Green represents nourishment and production, while Orange symbolizes warmth, friendship, generosity and hospitality. Yellow highlights fertility and growth while White advocates purity and health.
“We need another and a wiser and perhaps a more mystical concept of animals. Remote from universal nature and living by complicated artifice, man in civilization surveys the creature through the glass of his knowledge. We patronize them for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate for having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein do we err. For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours, they move finished and complete, gifted with the extension of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren, they are not underlings: they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendor and travail of the earth.” ― Henry Beston
Symbiosis celebrates the coexistence of humans with nature. No matter how hard we - the humans - try to shield ourselves from the elements of nature, nature finds ways and means to remind us of our deep rooted connect. We are one big family, we did co-exist in close proximity - with respect and concern to each other but the gap has widened - thanks to our ignorance and lack of empathy. Though a harsh reality, we humans also possess the immense capability to correct the course and make it right. It's very much evident in distant lands, away from the madness of our cities, where the thread of connection was never ruptured. Be it in the Savannah of Kenya or the Mighty Himalayas, occupants of these far corners have long realized the importance of co-existence. The very motto of ‘Live & Let Live’ held high.
“If we were to disappear overnight, the rest of the world would get on pretty well. But if they were to disappear, the land’s ecosystems would collapse.” ― David Attenborough
Symbiosis collection features 16 1/1s - 8 Wildlife images which are open to collect and 8 associated portraits which would be airdropped to the collectors.