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epa04527839 A young Maasai man looks up at a rope that his head has to reach during the High Jumping competition at the Maasai Olympics 2014, held in Kimana village near the border with Tanzania adjacent to the Amboseli National Park in Kenya, 13 December 2014. Hundreds of young Maasai men representing four manyattas (villages) competed in six games to win medals, cash prizes or a breeding bull. The top two winners of a five-kilometer run received tickets for the 2015 New York City Marathon. The Maasai Olympics, first held in 2012, was organized by Maasai leaders and the wildlife conservation group 'Big Life Foundation' to stop the killings of lions and other wild animals. The event aims to change the mindset of young Maasai men whose traditional lion hunting has been an important coming-of-age ritual. EPA/DAI KUROKAWA