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Subject: [Leica] Cow's Blood
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 15:49:19 +0100
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Is this something they still do for real, or is it something for safari 
groups? And I wonder why they make the incision with bow and arrow rather 
than more obvious way of using a knife?

The photography, as always from you, impeccable.

Cheers,
Nathan

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On Nov 5, 2011, at 7:52 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:

> One of the staples of Masai diet is Cow's Blood, mixed with milk - they
> never kill cattle, which is the determinant of their wealth, being a tribe
> of cattle herders. In fact, it is surmised that the whole Mara/Serengeti
> landscape has been fashioned over the centuries by cattle grazing, the
> trees giving way to grasslands to support the Masai and similar closely
> related pastoral tribes. If they need meat, they slaughter goats/sheep
> instead.
> 
> Here the cow is being prepared for bloodletting with a torniquet around the
> neck:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/People/20110919_1764Mara.jpg.html
> 
> The incision is made on the neck artery with a bow and arrow. Here a
> warrior takes aim:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/People/20110919_1765Mara.jpg.html
> 
> He lets fly and the arrow successfully makes a nick. It took two or three
> tries to succeed:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/People/20110919_1769Mara.jpg.html
> 
> The spurting blood is collected in a gourd, always by a woman:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/People/20110919_1777Mara.jpg.html
> 
> The milk is then added to the gourd, and the mixture is churned till the
> blood coagulates, and then it is ready for drinking.
> 
> Comments and Criticism, as ever, welcome.
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
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