Dinka dance - South Sudan #5
by Gloria Ssali
Title
Dinka dance - South Sudan #5
Artist
Gloria Ssali
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Painting - Enamels On Canvas
Description
Every Dinka male is given an ox by his father, uncle or whoever is responsible for him. His ‘bull-name’ like other Dinka names also derive from colour of their cattle and a girl (Ayen, Yar, etc.) or a boy (Mayom, Mayen, Malith, etc.) could be named after the colour of the best ox (mayom, malith, mayen) or cow (ayen, yar) that was given in marriage by the father. Like other Nilotics, the Dinka have special names for twins: Ngor, Chan, Bol, etc. indicating being a twin.
The Dinka have large vocabulary for cattle, their colours and take great interest and pride in the art of making different conformations to which their horns can be trained to grow. When discussing, debating about anything or in a dance, a Dinka usually throws up his arms in imitation of the shape of the horns of ox
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October 18th, 2012
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Christiane Schulze
Like the green and yellow pearls Gloria......you created here a very fine piece of art - Chris (F/V)
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