Agar Dinka community
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The Agar Dinka community is a subgroup of the Dinka people of South Sudan, sharing a distinct cultural identity, language variety, and traditional pastoralist lifestyle.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dinka subgroup
ⓘ
ethnic subgroup ⓘ pastoralist community ⓘ |
| affectedBy | South Sudanese civil conflicts ⓘ |
| conflictVulnerability | cattle raiding ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | South Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Republic of South Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Greater Bahr el Ghazal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| environment | savanna and floodplain areas ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | South Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnolinguisticGroup | Nilotic peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foodProduction |
millet cultivation
ⓘ
sorghum cultivation ⓘ subsistence agriculture ⓘ |
| hasCulturalIdentity | Agar Dinka identity ⓘ |
| hasCulturalTrait |
communal cattle camps
ⓘ
oral poetry ⓘ praise songs ⓘ scarification traditions ⓘ |
| hasDistinct |
cultural practices within Dinka people
ⓘ
dialectal features within Dinka language ⓘ |
| kinshipSystem | patrilineal descent ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Western Nilotic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Nilotic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| livelihood | seasonal migration with cattle ⓘ |
| marriageSystem | arranged marriages with cattle bridewealth ⓘ |
| musicTradition |
drum-based dances
ⓘ
group singing in cattle camps ⓘ |
| partOf | Dinka people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| practices |
bridewealth in cattle
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cattle camp rituals ⓘ initiation ceremonies ⓘ |
| regionType | Nile basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedGroup |
Borghol Dinka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rek Dinka NERFINISHED ⓘ Twic Dinka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
African traditional religion
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ |
| sharesCulturalIdentityWith | Dinka people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialStructure |
age-set system
ⓘ
clan-based organization ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
agro-pastoralism
ⓘ
cattle herding ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing | thatched huts ⓘ |
| traditionalLifestyle | pastoralism ⓘ |
| usesLanguageVariety |
Agar Dinka dialect
ⓘ
Dinka language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| values | cattle wealth ⓘ |
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