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Maasai warrior hairdressers break taboos (Reuters)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080905/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_kenya_maasai"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080905/i/ra2383066355.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=8QT2PvXbKXpJi5KMTeQsxA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Kenyan Masai warriors Lempuris Lalasho (R) and his partner Samburu Ngondos braid their client's hair in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa, July 28, 2008. Two years ago Masai moran Lempuris Lalasho went to the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa hoping to hook up with a white tourist woman for marriage only to end up as a hairdresser, contrary to his reserved culture. REUTERS/Joseph Okanga" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Maasai warrior Lempuris Lalasho went to Kenya's tourist haven Mombasa to find a white woman to marry, but he ended up working as a hairdresser, a profession that is taboo in his culture.</p><br clear="all"/>