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Ilmakesen
Ilmakesen
MaasaiPatrilineal lineage
How they identify
Man (singular)Ilmakesen
Origin story & oral tradition
A clan under the Ilaiser moiety.
Totem & taboos
  • Cannot marry within the same clan (ilgilat)
  • Marrying within your father's clan is forbidden (clan exogamy)
Sub-clans

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Sources
  • Spear, Thomas & Waller, Richard. Being Maasai (1993)
Parent ethnic group
Maasai
Ilmaasai
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At a glance
Clan nameIlmakesen
EndonymIlmakesen
Ethnic groupMaasai
LineagePatrilineal
Taboos2 documented
Sub-clans0 documented
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