Las olimpiadas del pueblo maasai contra la caza de leones
TOPSHOTS TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY NICHOLE SOBECKI A Maasai competitor takes part in the annual Maasai Olympics at the Sidai Oleng Kimana sanctuary in Kimani on December 13, 2014. Leaping high into the air and hurling spears instead of javelins, traditional lion hunters in Kenya tested their skills in a special “Maasai Olympics” organised to save the endangered animals. For generations, Maasai warriors proved their manhood by killing a lion, but a campaign led by Kenyan Olympic champion David Rudisha is working to swap spearing for sport. AFP PHOTO / CARL DE SOUZA
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TOPSHOTS TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY NICHOLE SOBECKI A Maasai competitor takes part in the annual Maasai Olympics at the Sidai Oleng Kimana sanctuary in Kimani on December 13, 2014. Leaping high into the air and hurling spears instead of javelins, traditional lion hunters in Kenya tested their skills in a special "Maasai Olympics" organised to save the endangered animals. For generations, Maasai warriors proved their manhood by killing a lion, but a campaign led by Kenyan Olympic champion David Rudisha is working to swap spearing for sport. AFP PHOTO / CARL DE SOUZA
La tribu maasai celebra por segunda ocasión los juegos en que exhibirán las habilidades guerreras heredadas de su pueblo
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY NICHOLE SOBECKI A Maasai competitor takes part in the javelin throw event during the annual Maasai Olympics at the Sidai Oleng Kimana sanctuary in Kimani on December 13, 2014. Leaping high into the air and hurling spears instead of javelins, traditional lion hunters in Kenya tested their skills in a special “Maasai Olympics” organised to save the endangered animals. For generations, Maasai warriors proved their manhood by killing a lion, but a campaign led by Kenyan Olympic champion David Rudisha is working to swap spearing for sport. AFP PHOTO / CARL DE SOUZA
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Hasta hace poco tiempo los jóvenes maasai debían matar un león para lograr reconocimiento, mostrar valor y conseguir una novia. Para evitar esta práctica ancestral, los líderes tribales actuales han creado una alternativa más acorde con los tiempos: una competición deportiva basada en la exhibición de las tradicionales habilidades guerreras de su pueblo.
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY NICHOLE SOBECKI A Maasai competitor takes part in the “rungu” or Maasai club throwing event during the annual Maasai Olympics in the Sidai Oleng Kimana sanctuary in Kimani on December 13, 2014. Leaping high into the air and hurling spears instead of javelins, traditional lion hunters in Kenya tested their skills in a special “Maasai Olympics” organised to save the endangered animals. For generations, Maasai warriors proved their manhood by killing a lion, but a campaign led by Kenyan Olympic champion David Rudisha is working to swap spearing for sport. AFP PHOTO / CARL DE SOUZA
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Desde 2012 los jóvenes maasai ya no tienen que arriesgar sus vidas –ni acabar con la fauna– para hacerse un hueco en el escalafón social de su comunidad.
Se celebraron entonces los primeros Juegos Olímpicos Maasais, una iniciativa repleta de incertidumbres y buenas intenciones que buscaba la conservación de la fauna salvaje del Parque Nacional de Amboseli sin dañar por ello las reglas sociales que durante siglos han regido la vida Maasai.
El éxito fue tan extraordinario que este diciembre, de nuevo se celebrará en el Santuario de Vida Silvestre Kimana, al este del Parque Nacional Amboseli, en Kenia, una segunda edición.
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY NICHOLE SOBECKI Maasai women dance and sing during the annual Maasai Olympics in the Sidai Oleng Kimana sanctuary in Kimani on December 13, 2014. Leaping high into the air and hurling spears instead of javelins, traditional lion hunters in Kenya tested their skills in a special “Maasai Olympics” organised to save the endangered animals. For generations, Maasai warriors proved their manhood by killing a lion, but a campaign led by Kenyan Olympic champion David Rudisha is working to swap spearing for sport. AFP PHOTO / CARL DE SOUZA
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Los Juegos girarán alrededor de dos actividades principales: la educación sobre la conservación de la vida silvestre y las competiciones deportivas. En ellas compiten cuatro equipos de atletas, provenientes de las aldeas rivales de los guerreros en el entorno de Amboseli: Tsavo, Kuku, Mbirikani, Ogulului y Rombo.
TOPSHOTS TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY NICHOLE SOBECKI A Maasai man is silhouetted in front of Mount Kilimanjaro in Kimani on December 13, 2014. Leaping high into the air and hurling spears instead of javelins, traditional lion hunters in Kenya tested their skills in a special “Maasai Olympics” organised to save the endangered animals. For generations, Maasai warriors proved their manhood by killing a lion, but a campaign led by Kenyan Olympic champion David Rudisha is working to swap spearing for sport. AFP PHOTO / CARL DE SOUZA
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Las pruebas se basan en las tradicionales habilidades guerreras, y se componen de cinco disciplinas. A saber: 200 metros, 5.000 metros lisos, tiro con jabalina, lanzamiento de peso y salto de altura.
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY NICHOLE SOBECKI Maasai women sing while holding a Kenyan flag in Kimani on December 13, 2014. Leaping high into the air and hurling spears instead of javelins, traditional lion hunters in Kenya tested their skills in a special “Maasai Olympics” organised to save the endangered animals. For generations, Maasai warriors proved their manhood by killing a lion, but a campaign led by Kenyan Olympic champion David Rudisha is working to swap spearing for sport. AFP PHOTO / CARL DE SOUZA
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*Estos guerreros previamente han sido seleccionados a través de competiciones locales, en cada una de las aldeas
* Las jóvenes también participan en los Juegos, aunque su papel en los ritos de madurez era indirecto
TOPSHOTS TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY NICHOLE SOBECKI Maasai women walk past Mount Kilimanjaro in Kimani on December 13, 2014. Leaping high into the air and hurling spears instead of javelins, traditional lion hunters in Kenya tested their skills in a special “Maasai Olympics” organised to save the endangered animals. For generations, Maasai warriors proved their manhood by killing a lion, but a campaign led by Kenyan Olympic champion David Rudisha is working to swap spearing for sport. AFP PHOTO / CARL DE SOUZA
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