Dinka Lady - South Sudan #6
by Gloria Ssali
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Dinka Lady - South Sudan #6
Artist
Gloria Ssali
Medium
Painting - Acrylics On Canvas
Description
The Dinka have cultural and linguistic affinity to and share much with the Nuer and Shilluk to whom they refer to in their names. The Dinka refer to other peoples as foreigners (jur) and the colour of the skin is the only distinction. �Jur chol� refer to black foreigners and jur mathiang or buony refer to light skin people .
Modernity and foreign ideas have permeated Dinka culture and are slowly replacing their traditions and customs. Many Dinka have converted to Christianity and Islam - in Ngok and Abialang. They have adopted either jellabia or European dress and now nudity and wearing of skins are rare sight even in the cattle camps.
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October 25th, 2012
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Arjun L Sen
elegant and dynamic sketch!! I like the informative write up ... I hear that there is much trouble these days with fighting going on between some of these nations, especially Nuer, Dinka an Murle, it is such a struggle for resources as the land is drying up...also they faced a terrible amount of fighting for the last half century with the Sudan state before South Sudan got free... I hope they can find a way to have a better life and enjoy their land and culture... fv
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