Day 2 of tribal tour brought us to Koros Camp just outside of South Horr. The faces we have seen so far were so versatile and so beautiful. They seem to be non-spoiled by civilization, with authentic emotions and no attempt to hide. Locals smile a lot. Kenyan children, who are in abundance by the way, are put to work from the gentle age of 5. We saw them working as shepherds, fire wood collectors, water carriers, babysitters, laughing and expressing poor joy more than any other children I have seen. (While their most common toy is the old auto tire that they run around with). The smiles I saw were very different from the straight-toothed American smiles you receive back home.
Day 2 of tribal tour brought us to Koros Camp just outside of South Horr. Our manyatta visit became the bar to which all future visits were measured. Unrivaled hospitality, humor, laughter, and such amazing singing which haunts me still.
A mother in me had a hard time not pulling a napkin and wiping all of the children's runny noses. They don't have it in their culture, the runny nose is as natural as breathing. Tribal women tried to make the children up for us to photograph by putting elaborate beads on them or a dress, but wiping a nose was never attempted.
