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Maasai youths would be secluded and learn survival skills, bushcraft — and, if the opportunity arose, how to kill a lion. All that has changed. Although “Enkipaata” — the official rite of ...

OLAIMUTIAI, Kenya (AP) — Boys become warriors in an ancient initiation ceremony in Kenya’s Maasai community. This rite of passage is known as “Enkipaata.” It has been declared an ...