Narok peace ambassador Joshua Ole Kaputah has reiterated their intention to hold the Maasai cultural festival annually that will showcase the community's cultural activities and fashion.
Sponsors will also get opportunities to display their services and products.
Ole Kaputah says those who will attend the first cultural event on June 9 and 10, will be treated to a colourfully well-crafted presentation of Maasai cultural music, traditional food, artefacts, beauty pageants, traditional sports like wrestling, spear throwing, jumping competition and folktales.
The event will be held at Sekenani at the heart of world-famous Maasai Mara National Reserve and will coincide with migration of one million wildebeest from the neighbouring Serengeti National Park in Tanzania to the national reserve.
The organisers told journalists at Olboma Maasai Manyatta that the cultural event is a celebration of indigenous culture and would be an annual event in southern Kenya and is meant to promote peace, cultural exchange and tourism.
Kaputah, who doubles as Kenya tourism ambassador, said that the surrounding community will get an opportunity to showcase their culture and do business.
He said that they are ready to host more than 50,000 people from both the domestic and international market.
Already, Maasai women neighbouring the park have started preparing themselves to use the fete to sell their wares during the event.
Speaking to the media, the women led by Nayiarei Noongipa and Kijoolu Kupai, say they are preparing themselves to do booming business through sale of beads during the event and the wildebeest migration peak season.
But Nayirei lamented that despite the opportunities to sell their wares to tourists visiting the Mara, the government is yet to come in and provide an opportunity for them to grow their business.
At the same time, tourists will have a one-stop shop to see the Maasai artefacts at a modern traditional library that has been opened at the Sekenani gate.
Esther Tingisha, a cultural librarian, says they have stocked all Maasai cultural wares, including clothing, weapons, beadwork, guards used to store milk and a rich history of the community's origin.
