The Maasai political system is decentralized ; elders meetings and public discussions to decide on the broader issues are made. What prevailed and continues to prevail is the importance they place cattle. Some of their representatives have been seen in democratic meetings in the capital , Nairobi , wearing suit, and some of the young tend to play pool and watch TV in the nearby villages are not always well received due to cultural differences . Blacksmiths are the lowest in the Masai clan society, having a bad reputation . For example being a neighbor of a kraal of smiths attracts death, or the woman who lives with a blacksmith just losing my mind , and if you have children they will be invalid because of multiple circumstances. It is based on milk and blood of oxen sometimes mixed with animal urine . To remove the blood of bulls , swollen jugular artery of the animal by a club and then fire a dart or arrow Blank ( blunt tip has to not bleed and hurt the ox ) . Removed each time two liters of blood, then close the wound by a filling with soil and manure. Almost never eat meat and less if they have drunk milk. Just do it for public purposes in which the sacrifice of a bullock is performed. Occasionally eat vegetables, but never from land or cultivated trees . Consuming vegetables or fruit are seeds of wild plants. The diet of the warriors has a number of privileges forbidding drinking mead and chewing snuff . The physical characteristics of the Masai , mainly of Sudanese origin , disfavoured for military activities , as they are tall, strong and very agile people. They are aware that they have a beautiful and richly adorn your body with elegance and coquetry , using bold beaded necklaces , bracelets and earrings that match the cut of the ear of an ox or a drawing of brand that mark their cattle. Very conscious of their complicated and decorative hairstyle with long braids that give consistency to grease smearing and mud stained the color red hair . The warriors have long hair with a braid that falls to them ahead of the front and another on the back drop . They are slender and fine features . Dress fabrics with vibrant red and blue tones . Women usually adorned with multicolored hair ribbons and necklaces with large beads placed one after another. Sometimes arms and ankles with thick filaments of copper gird . Men and women tend to lengthen the earlobes , earrings hanging heavy ornaments and beads. They also tend to artistically decorate their bodies with a mixture of beef tallow and ocher , red crushed ore into fine powder.