Padang Dinka people

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The Padang Dinka people are a subgroup of the Dinka ethnic community of South Sudan, traditionally pastoralist and known for their cattle-herding culture, Nilotic language, and clan-based social structure.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
subgroup of the Dinka people
broaderEthnicIdentity Jieng (Dinka) NERFINISHED
climateZone savanna
conflictExperience Second Sudanese Civil War NERFINISHED
continent Africa
country South Sudan NERFINISHED
culturalTrait age-set system
cattle-centered rituals
scarification (declining practice)
economicActivity cattle herding
subsistence agriculture
environment Nile basin floodplains NERFINISHED
ethnicGroupOf South Sudan NERFINISHED
ethnolinguisticGroup Nilotic peoples NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Sudan NERFINISHED
inheritanceRule patrilineal
kinshipSystem patrilineal
languageBranch Western Nilotic languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Nilotic languages NERFINISHED
livelihood transhumant cattle herding
livestock cattle
goats
sheep
marriageSystem bridewealth-based
partOf Dinka people NERFINISHED
politicalAffiliation South Sudanese NERFINISHED
region Jonglei State NERFINISHED
Jonglei region NERFINISHED
Upper Nile State NERFINISHED
Upper Nile region NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicGroup Agar Dinka people NERFINISHED
Bor Dinka people NERFINISHED
Nuer people NERFINISHED
Rek Dinka people NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
traditional Dinka religion
selfIdentification Padang NERFINISHED
settlementPattern rural
socialOrganization segmentary lineage system
socialStructure clan-based
speaks Dinka language NERFINISHED
Padang variety of Dinka
state Republic of South Sudan NERFINISHED
subgroupOf Dinka people NERFINISHED
traditionalLifestyle pastoralism
uses cattle as bridewealth
cattle as measure of wealth

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Padang Dinka spokenBy Padang Dinka people