When the volcanic Ol Doinyo Lengai mountain a Maasai name that translates to the sacred mountain of God, erupted in 2017, amidst the scrambling from the Government to rescue its people and the International media attention, a Maasai elder took cattle and matched towards the mountain, when he was later asked, he just said the gods were angry, so we sacrificed and the mountains will calm town.
True to his word, this mountain, the only one in the world that erupts natrocarbonatite, a black lava that turns white when it cools, did indeed cool down, with no deaths reported.
Tanzania has places that are major tourist attractions and considered sacred, with significant ancestral connections. Locals would only set foot on these locations on very special occasions.
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