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Image:
8.00" x 7.50"
Mat Border:
2.00"
Frame Width:
0.88"
Overall:
13.50" x 13.00"
Dinka - South Sudan #5 Framed Print
by Gloria Ssali
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Dinka - South Sudan #5 framed print by Gloria Ssali. Bring your print to life with hundreds of different frame and mat combinations. Our framed prints are assembled, packaged, and shipped by our expert framing staff and delivered "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.
Design Details
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... more
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Artist's 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.
Religion and Expressive Culture
Religious Beliefs. The majority of Dinka practice traditional religions whose central theme is the worship of a high god through the totem, ancestral spirits, and a number of deities. The high god is called Nhiali and he is the source of sustenance. Deng is the most noteworthy of the lower gods and Abuk is...
About Gloria Ssali
Welcome to my gallery! Born into a family fascinated by the sciences both natural and conventional I was led by a kind and inspirational mother and a wonderful father to lean toward the sciences in life. I have been on an artistic journey from my youth, when first shown the delights of art and clay at GCSE, then after a period of absence found an local adult workshop where I was reintroduced to working in ceramics and also where I made my first venture into making my currently available pottery items.I am a naive artist . I love to look at the world as it is not how it should be. I was encouraged to enjoy art and its very nature individualism and its challenges to see and then create what has not been done before. The newness of...
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Gloria Ssali
thank you Chris
Christiane Schulze Art And Photography
Interesting work, very creative design and great colors Gloria fv.
Gloria Ssali
thank you Clara
Gloria Ssali
thank you Roger
Clara H Marton
Great work! :-)
Roger Wedegis
Wonderfully interesting creation, Gloria! Beautiful series! v/f
Gloria Ssali
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F&V!
Petko Pemaro
I like!
Gloria Ssali
thank you Tanya
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thank you Ana
ANA MARIA EDULESCU
Fabulous painting !!!!!! Love this soooooooooo much, Gloria. f,v
Gloria Ssali
thank you Lenore
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thank you Marsha
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thank you Xueling
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thank you Tessa
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thank you Chris
Lenore Senior
Love it! This blue combined with orange is outstanding! v/f
Marsha Heiken
Gloria,These colors are dynamic and favorites. You are so sweet in your comment to me,dear. Hugs,Marsha fv
Xueling Zou
Beautifully created! Just love how the dots and lines combine to each other, bravo!!