One of the main features that always defined profiles culturalesde the Maasai , differentiating them from other cultures in the region, has been his deep contempt for agriculture, considering it an unworthy and impure activity for a stocking aristocracy as they are, also radically rejecting the products of the land cultivated as a food source . The Maasai live forever rooted exclusively to their cattle , arriving to establish a loving relationship with him in which man may feel more affection for his oxen to his wife. It is a significant fact that in the Maa language men and oxen are designated in the same way . So cattle is for them, a unified manner , the most representative symbol of wealth and power. When the Masai came in relation to other cultures of the geographical environment and knew their ways of life they considered inferior , reaching the absolute conviction that they were a superior race. The Maasai women are in charge of building the cottages where they live. A village consists of several of these cabins arranged in a circle and protected by a fence. In the middle of the circle lie animals. The houses are made of interlocking branches , grass and cow dung for lining . Have a cylindrical shape , small size and low height , although they can sleep in several families. With little ventilation, cooking inside them.