Head Priestess Shinso Ito (2-L) of the Japanese esoteric Buddhist sect, the Shinnyo-en is greeted by Kenyan Pokot tribal women (R) as she arrives at the Gallmann nature conservancy near Kinamba, Laikipia, Northern Kenya on March 4, 2012. Shinso Ito and a group of Shinnyo-en priests arrived in Kenya to perform a Buddhist fire and water ceremony for the first time ever in Africa.The ceremony was attended by over 300 spiritual leaders and was streamed live on the internet to millions of viewers and devotees globally. The ceremony involved Kenyan tribal elders and members of the Njemps, Pokot Samburu, Kikuyu and Turkana communites. AFP PHOTO/Carl de Souza