You can see one Maasai riddle in today's Daily Data. Visit this page tomorrow to see the answer to this riddle. Maasai riddles range from the simple and silly to the complex and serious. There are also more simple riddles that are meant to be funny and are posed in a light-hearted manner. Riddles are used to sharpen a Maasai child's wit and ability to reason as well as to be entertaining.
Riddles teach lessons and share cultural knowledge in the same way stories and proverbs do.
Making up riddles is fun. The Message Board on this Web site opens up on October 5. Copyright 1998, Classroom Connect. All rights reserved.