The teenagers also have to change their appearance at Eunoto. Masai boys' hair is very long before the ritual but rite they have to cut it off. In Masai culture, hair is an important men. symbol. For example, when a baby grows into an infant, the mother cuts the child's hair and gives the child a name oss At a Masai wedding, the hair of the bride is also cut off as she becomes a woman. And so, at Eunoto, the teenage boy's them mother cuts his hair off at sunrise.