Some little-known wonders of India..

Church, Nagaland Nohkalikai Falls at Cherrapunji, Meghalaya Ooty, Tamil Nadu Raigadh, Rajasthan Kanchenjunga Temple tank in Tamil Nadu Kargil, Tamil Nadu Hogenekkal, Tamil Nadu Chittorgarh Fort, Rajasthan Kumbalgarh Fort, Rajasthan Vizag Port, Andhra Pradesh Eravikulam, Kerala Flower Valley, Uttarakhand Kumarakom, Kerala Thiruvalla Church, Kerala Lake Palace of Udaipur, Rajasthan Vellore Fort, Tamil Nadu Gaganchukki Falls of Mandya, Karnataka Tea Estates of Munnar, Kerala Bibi Ka Maqbara (Mini Taj Mahal) in Aurangabad, Maharashtra Temple at Badami, Karnataka Caves of Badami, Karnataka Chand Baori at Abhaneri, Rajasthan Ibrahim Rauza at Bijapur, Karnataka Chowmahalla Palace in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

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Shyjith M

 

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Maasai Cricket Warriors For A Cause

 

 

Meet the Maasai Cricket Warriors: The colourful semi-nomadic cattle herders promising to brighten up the sport

By Lee Moran

PUBLISHED: 13:38 GMT, 13 March 2012 | UPDATED: 01:19 GMT, 14 March 2012

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These are the Maasai Cricket Warriors - the semi-nomadic cattle herders vowing to brighten up their sport.

Ditching traditional whites for their colourful clothing and body decorations, the Kenyan tribesmen are in serious training.

Donning pads and armed with bats, the men from the Laikipia region this week left their tiny village for the Mombasa Legends Cricket Nursery.

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Colourful: These are the Maasai Cricket Warriors - the semi-nomadic cattle herders vowing to brighten up their sport

Out there: They ditch traditional whites for colourful clothing and body decorations

Beach time: The players are aiming to be role models in their communities where they are actively campaigning against Female Genital Mutilation, early childhood marriages and are fighting for the rights of women

They now hope to travel to the Last Man Standing 2012 World Championships in Cape Town next month - the crowning event of the global eight-a-side amateur Twenty20 cricket league.

The players say they want to be role models in their communities by campaigning against traditional female circumcision and child marriages. 

 

And through their cricket they also try to promote healthier lifestyles and spread awareness about HIV/AIDS among tribal youth, they added.

An online appeal for donations on the Maasai Cricket Warriors website said: 'By developing cricket and sports amongst Maasai youth and children the aim is to empower the youth in Maasai communities while enhancing their participation in community development, allowing them to become healthy, productive and well-adjusted members of society.'

Inspirational: Through playing cricket in regional communities they are trying to promote healthier lifestyles

Warm up: The Maasai Cricket Warriors seen limbering up on the beach during a training session

Ripped: The Maasai Warriors look to be enjoying every minute that they are out on the cricket pitch

How would this kit go down at Lords? A batsman shows off his sportswear

 

 

Deepak Punjabi 

Baguio City