Dinka Marriage - South Sudan #2
by Gloria Ssali
Title
Dinka Marriage - South Sudan #2
Artist
Gloria Ssali
Medium
Painting - Drawing
Description
a contemporary image of a Dinka Marriage
In the African nation of Sudan, Dinka tribesmen celebrate an engagement with a party. During the dowry dance, men try to impress the family of the bride by jumping as high as possible.
Traditionally, the family of the groom has offered cattle, often as many as 100 animals, to the family of the bride. Families of men competing for the affection of one young woman would try to outdo each other by offering more cattle than their rivals. However, the brutal civil war that has been raging in the Sudan for the past 40 years has so disrupted agriculture that cattle are rarely given. Instead, families pledge to give cattle once the war is over and they are again able to do so.
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October 23rd, 2015
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Comments (22)
Dawn Senior-Trask
What an amazing design, concept and expression! Touching and beautiful! Love it! fav
Randy Burns
Fascinating description and wonderful painting Gloria. Again, your work is so alive and so filled with a moment in life! F/L
Dawn Senior-Trask
What a unique, appealing and gorgeous painting, with such rhythm, delightful feeling and details! Fabulous and captivating work! Appreciate the description with all its fascinating insights. fav
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
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