The Irkisongo Eunoto Ceremony

The practice of human sacrifice among the Maasai is against human rights. Killing of a member of their community is against the social laws of the Maasai’however during the Eunoto ceremony a member of the age-set which celebrates the ceremony must die as a sacrifice for his age-set. The study investigates the origin of human sacrifice among the Irkisongo Maasai of Northern Tanzania, Its purpose and outcomes.