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	Samburu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Samburu are an ethnic group in north central Kenya that are similar to but distinct from the Maasai.
		The name 'Samburu' is also of Maasai origin and is derived from the word 'Samburr' which is a leather bag used by the Samburu to carry a variety of things.
		Some Samburu are descended from remnants of the Laikipiak Maasai, a Maasai section which was destroyed in the late 19th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Samburu (485 words)

	Kenya safari guide - Kenyalogy: Parks and reserves: Samburu - Buffalo Springs - Shaba National Reserves
		Samburu and Buffalo Springs are adjacent reserves, separated solely by a river.
		Samburu and Buffalo Springs are similar in surface, 165 km² the first and 128 km² the second.
		The dusty plains are broken by smooth hills, outstanding the Koitogorr uplift in Samburu (1,245 m) and, lying far beyond, the flat head of the reddish Ol Olokwe mountain.
	www.kenyalogy.com /eng/parques/sbss.html (823 words)

	Samburu National Park Safari (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Samburu National Park is located 325 kms north of Nairobi in the hot and arid northern region of Kenya and is 165 sq.
		Samburu is home to large herds of elephants and elusive leopards.
		Samburu Intrepids Club is a luxury-tented camp in the midst of the rugged and savagely beautiful semi arid desert of northern Kenya.
	www.safarisonline.co.uk /SAMBURU.HTM (208 words)

	African Safaris & Travel \| Kenyan Safaris \| Tanzania Safaris (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Samburu National Reserve is located north of Nairobi, and was established in the 1970's.
		Samburu Reserve is 40 square miles in size; Temperature during the day is refreshingly hot, especially if you had a rough winter in your home country, but tends to cool during the night.
		Samburu National Reserve is very peaceful, and attracts animals because of River Uaaso Nyiro (meaning "brown water" and pronounced U-aa-so-Nyee-ro) that runs through it and the mixture of acacia, riverine forest, thorn trees and grass vegetation.
	kenya.com /samburu.html (415 words)

	Wilderness>Samburu Shaba & Buffalo Springs
		Samburu is visited by large herds of Elephants, drawn by the promise of water.
		The entire Samburu region is a place of breathtaking and magical beauty, a place where the vision of a deep red sunset silhouetting the doum palms along the river as a leopard emerges to hunt brings the perfect end to a day on safari.....
		Samburu and Buffalo Springs are contiguous reserves, while the separate Shaba is a short drive to the east.
	www.magicalkenya.com /default.nsf/doc21/4YMQAPFZEI15?opendocument&l=1&e=1&se=105 (530 words)

	\|\|==\|\| Samburu National Reserve \|\|==\|\| (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Samburu Reserve was established in 1985 and is an arid hilly region with riverine forests, doum palms, acacia woodland and scrubland creating a lonely panoramic beauty amidst the rich Samburu Peoples cultural background.
		The Samburu are pastoralists with a close attachment to their livestock, which they live off.
		Despite sharing the same language as the Massai community, the Samburu are more tolerant of other groups and their cultural rites are elaborate, carefully followed with social ceremonies being loud and colourful.
	www.shoortravel.com /samburupark.html (330 words)

	Kenya Birds - Samburu, Buffalo Springs & Shaba
		All three are fairly small; Samburu and Buffalo springs which started life as one park are adjacent to each other and Shaba is a few miles east of them.
		Samburu is noted for the presence of both the Common Zebra and the far more rare Grevy's Zebra.
		At Samburu Game Lodge you may even get to see the somewhat uncommon Red-headed Weaver which has been nesting in the grounds for the last couple of years.
	www.kenyabirds.org.uk /samburu.htm (503 words)

	Samburu People - Photography by Robert Carr-Hartley
		The Samburu are a proud warrior-race of cattle-owning pastoralists, a section of the Maa-speaking people amongst whom the Maasai are the best known.
		The name ‘Samburu’ is also of Maasai origin, ‘Samburr’ being the traditional leather bag specific to them which is used for carrying meat and honey on their backs.
		Fiercely pastoral, the Samburu people are totally committed to their stock, almost to the virtual exclusion of everything else.
	www.robertcarrhartleyphotography.com /samburu.html (785 words)

	Profile of the Samburu People of Kenya
		The Samburu are in an early settlement area of the Maa group.
		The Samburu have traditionally been allies of the Rendille, who are about 5% Christian and are related to the Somali.
		Samburu boys may throw cow dung against the hut of a woman thought to be sterile.
	endor.hsutx.edu /~obiwan/profiles/samburu.html (2157 words)

	Samburu National Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Samburu National is a journey of about 220 miles north of Nairobi in Kenya’s arid, northern scrub lands.
		A Samburu native, a good friend of ours, is fond of saying “the animals in the north are more beautiful” – and while there’s certainly some regional pride in this statement, there’s also quite a lot of truth.
		Samburu is a place, like the deserts of the American Southwest, that inspires strong emotion, fierce feelings of connectivity with the land and its wildlife.
	www.safarimagic.com /parks_samburu.htm (318 words)

	Tim and Lara Beth's Kenya Page - Samburu
		Samburu power is in the hands of the elders, who make decisions and are responsible for community decisions.
		The Samburu also practice female circumcision (which the government is trying to stop), with the girls being circumcised at roughly the same age as the boys.
		Although the Samburu are very close to the Maasai culturally, they are not the aggresive warrior tribe that the Maasai have always been.
	www.blissites.com /kenya/people/samburu.html (474 words)

	Samburu - Safaris In Kenya
		Samburu National Reserve lies 325 kilometers north of Nairobi in the hot and arid fringes of the arid northern region of Kenya.
		The Reserve is within the lands of the colorful Samburu people, close relatives of the Maasai, and harbors a number of wildlife species rarely found elsewhere in any numbers.
		Scenically and faunally dramatic, for most of the year Samburu National Reserve is under the unsympathetic equatorial sun.
	www.africanmeccasafaris.com /kenya/safaris/parks/samburu.asp (345 words)

	Samburu language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Samburu is the Eastern Nilotic, North Maa language spoken by the Samburu in the highlands of northern Kenya.
		Samburu is closely related to Camus (88% to 94% lexical similarity; Camus is sometimes considered a Samburu dialect) and to the South Maa language Maasai (77% to 89% lexical similarity).
		The word Samburu itself derives from the old Maa word 'saamburr' for the leather bag the Samburu use.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Samburu_language (132 words)

	cold steel samburu spear in canada
		The Samburu tribe who inhabit Kenya's rugged northern frontier are a tall, lean people of Nilotic descent who eke out a living as semi-nomadic herders of sheep, goats, donkeys, camels and cattle.
		The warriors of the tribe known as Lmurran are particularly impressive, as they never cut their long braided hair and decorate their faces and torsos in beautifully intricate patterns using a cosmetic mixture made from animal fat and red ochre.
		You see, the Samburu warrior's seven foot long throwing spear is the most advanced state of the art spear of its type on the planet.
	www.knifezone.ca /coldsteel/Samburu_Spear.htm (954 words)

	Samburu Kinship and Marriage (Background Sheet)
		Samburu kinship (ntipat):Samburu are patrilineal, and kinship terms reflect an emphasis on relationship within the father’s lineage.
		When a Samburu man is preparing to marry, he often has a girl in mind.
		In the Samburu form of this procedure, the woman’s entire clitoris is removed--excision (in the less extreme form--sunna--only the tip is cut, while in the more extreme form--infibulation-- the inner and outer labia might be removed and the vagina sewn shut except for a small opening for urine and menstrual flow).
	homepages.wmich.edu /~bstraigh/AN120/AN120visuals/SamburuKinship.htm (1121 words)

	Samburu Lodge
		Samburu Lodge is set in a rugged landscape with a stunning backdrop of jagged mountains and its own indigenous wildlife unique to the region.
		It is the place of the semi-nomadic Samburu people and a place of open plains and vast horizons of the African desert.
		Samburu Lodge will show you the dramatic wilderness from a world of fascinating perspectives: through early morning game drives, walking safaris with skilled Samburu guides, camel rides, and raft trips when the river is high.
	www.friendlyplanet.com /hotels/samburu-lodge.html (373 words)

	African Tribes - Samburu People
		The Samburu are related to the Masai although they live just above the equator where the foothills of Mount Kenya merge into the northern desert and slightly south of Lake Turkana in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya.
		The Samburu developed from one of the later Nilotic migrations from the Sudan, as part of the Plains Nilotic movement.
		The author lived among the Samburu for six years, recording the daily rhythms and significant ceremonies of this traditional culture, whose members depend on herds of cattle, goats, and camels for their survival.
	www.africaguide.com /culture/tribes/samburu.htm (482 words)

	Samburu of Kenya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		he Samburu, distant cousins of the Maasai, are a nomadic pastoral people group who live in the semi-arid region of northern Kenya.
		The word "Samburu," which means "the people with the white goats," describes them well.
		The Samburu worship God and pray to Him every morning; however, they do not have a concept of a personal relationship with Him and have no knowledge of Jesus.
	www.2001pray.org /PeopleGroups/Samburu.htm (161 words)

	Kenya Naitonal Parks and Reserves, Samburu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Set in the Northern Frontier District of Kenya, this is a country of sand-rivers known as luggas, of isolated mountains rising sheer from the plains.
		The Samburu reserve (225 sq.km.) lies north of the Uaso Nyiro, while Buffalo Springs (339 sq.km) lies south of the river.
		The camp is situated on the bank of the Ewaso Nyiro river in the Samburu reserve, set amongst the river acacia.
	www.siringet.com /safa/nati2.shtml (237 words)

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		Samburu National Reserve lies 325 km north of Nairobi in the hot and arid fringes of the vast northern region of Kenya.
		The Reserve is within the lands of the colourful Samburu people, close relatives of the Maasai, and harbours a number of wildlife species rarely found elsewhere in any numbers.
		Buffalo Springs National Reserve is separated from the Samburu Reserve by the river; less hilly and less dense than its neighbour it is equally as attractive.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/location/africa/kenya/ke_sambu.htm (802 words)

	Pilot Guides.com: Samburu: The White Goats of Kenya
		The significance of cattle and livestock is always evident in Samburu culture and life as is illustrated in the sacrifice of bulls at every momentous stage in an adolescent's passage to adulthood.
		It seems that the Samburu who were one of the last traditional tribes in Africa are going through their transition.
		This is not to say that the Samburu are blameless and have not become aggressive outside their tribe.
	www.pilotguides.com /destination_guide/africa/kenya/samburu.php (1035 words)

	Samburu National Reserve
		This Samburu woman is finishing the process of starting a fire, after a pair of Samburu warriors started it with a lot of stick-rubbing.
		Though most Samburu probably use matches nowadays, it was still impressive to see how quickly and effectively they could start a fire from scratch.
		Samburu had many different types of large mammals than the ones in the other, more southerly, parks we visited.
	www.wildherps.com /travels/Africa2000/Samburu.html (966 words)

	Samburu Lodges and Camps Reviews - Kenya Hotels
		In 1984 I was on safari in Kenya and we spent a most memorable night on the river at Samburu Lodge.
		I have shown my slide show of that trip hundreds of times in the last twenty years and the biggest highlight is the photos of the crocodiles eating the bait right next to the bar and river deck.
		Make sure you interact with the local Samburu people, who are so friendly, and with the park management, who i could tell is working hard to ensure the wildlife remains thriving.
	www.africanmeccasafaris.com /kenya/reviews/samburukenyareviews.asp (1286 words)

	Samburu Tribe, Northern Kenya
		The Samburu are nomadic pastoralists, and even as this century begins, the vast majority of Samburu are still living their lives more or less as they have lived them for centuries.
		The flavors of the evening of the Samburu's sunset are beginning to be mixed with some of our own—corn, beans, corn meal, sugar, tea and alcoholic drinks fermented from corn and millet.
		Lawrence says that the Samburu are like the Jews; this, he says, is a land of milk and honey.
	www.williamrubel.com /samburu/sbsamburu.html (826 words)

	African Wildlife Foundation: Traveling Within The Samburu Heartland
		The Masai are found mainly to the south of Nairobi, the Kikuyu in the highlands around Nairobi, the Samburu in the arid north, and the Luo around Lake Victoria.
		Samburu, probably the best-known reserve in northern Kenya, is located about 220 miles (355 km) north of Nairobi.
		Wildlife is less abundant and cannot be approached as closely as in the Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves.
	www.awf.org /safari/travelsamburu.php (3979 words)

	Kenya Parks and Reserves: Samburu & Buffalo Springs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Samburu and Buffalo Springs, in particular, are popular tourist routes.
		There are three lodges in Samburu, one lodge in Shaba and one tented lodge.
		There are a number of special campsites in each park, favoured by the mobile tented safari operators, which have to be pre-booked.
	www.kilimanjaro.com /kenya/samburu.htm (253 words)

	The Samburu
		Canon EOS-10D, EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS The Samburu
		The Samburu, a Maa-speaking people and close cousins of the Maasai, live mainly in the north of Kenya between Lake Turkana and Ewaso Ngiro River.
		The Samburu tell visitors a story of how long ago, two brothers parted ways at the foot of Mount Kenya, each taking half of the cattle and half of the goats.
	www.vothphoto.com /recent/africa2003/africa2003_samburu.htm (282 words)

	Samburu Spear - MWArt.com
		The Samburu Spear is based on a design used by the Samburu tribe from Kenya’s northern frontier.
		Samburu is an ethnic tribe in north central Kenya.
		The Samburu tribe are tall, lean people of Nilotic descent who eke out a living as semi-nomadic herders of sheep, goats, donkeys, camels and cattle.
	www.mwart.com /product.asp?pid=1782&cat=22&subcat=Y&AFID=20816&PRDID=1782 (237 words)

	Samburu Intrepids Club Samburu National Park Safari (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Samburu Intrepids is set in the semi-arid desert in the quiet western section of Samburu National Reserve.
		A formal candlelit dinner is served under the airy thatched roof of the main dining room.
		The camp's location deep inside Samburu National Reserve guarantees close encounters with the regions wildlife, including Elephant, Lion, Leopard and Samburu's famous 'five' - the rare reticulated giraffe, long-necked gerenuk antelope, somali ostrich, grevy's zebra and the majestic beisa oryx.
	www.safarisonline.co.uk /samburuint.htm (293 words)

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