Barbaig lady vending chicken The most general name for this widely dispersed ethnic group is Datooga . The best known and most numerous sub-tribesie of the Datooga peoples are the pastoral Barabaiga, who reside chiefly in that part of the northern volcanic highlands dominated by Mount Hanang (3418m), whose scared nature makes it an important theme in Barabaiga myth and song. The Datooga keep goats, sheep, donkeys and a few chickens, but cattle are by far the most important domestic animal. The meat, fat, blood, milk, hide, horns, tendons and cow dung of every animal have either practical or ritual purposes. They were formerly nomadic, depending largely on milk products for their diet, and moving whenever the needs of their cattle dictated. Now, however, many farm a plot of maize and sometimes beans and millet. The Datooga themselves blend in with their environment, their dress being the color of the reddish brown soil. Only on closer inspection will they appear co...