Bor Dinka

E582230
Dinka subgroup ethnic subgroup

Bor Dinka are a prominent subgroup of the Dinka people of South Sudan, known for their Nilotic pastoralist culture, cattle herding traditions, and significant role in the country’s political and social history.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Malual Dinka 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dinka subgroup ⓘ
ethnic subgroup ⓘ
capitalTownAssociation Bor (town) NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictExperience affected by Second Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
affected by South Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
conflictIssue cattle raiding ⓘ
inter-communal violence in Jonglei ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country South Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalPractice cattle camp songs ⓘ
initiation ceremonies ⓘ
oral poetry ⓘ
scarification (declining practice) ⓘ
culturalRegion Greater Upper Nile NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicActivity cattle herding ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
environment Nile floodplains ⓘ
seasonal wetlands ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Nilotic ⓘ
foodStaple milk ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
historicalRole core support base of SPLM/A ⓘ
language Dinka language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageVariety Dinka Bor dialect ⓘ
livestockImportance central to bridewealth ⓘ
central to ritual life ⓘ
central to social status ⓘ
musicTradition dance associated with cattle camps ⓘ
praise songs ⓘ
neighboringGroups Murle people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nuer people NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableLeader John Garang de Mabior NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Dinka people NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalRole significant in South Sudanese politics ⓘ
primaryRegion Bor County NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jonglei State NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Dinka religion ⓘ
settlementPattern rural villages ⓘ
seasonal cattle camps ⓘ
socialStructure age-set system ⓘ
clan-based society ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle pastoralism ⓘ
uses cattle for blood ⓘ
cattle for dowry ⓘ
cattle for milk ⓘ
cattle for sacrifice ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Padang Dinka → closelyRelatedTo → Bor Dinka ⓘ
Thuɔŋjäŋ → hasDialects → Bor Dinka ⓘ
Dinka people → subgroup → Bor Dinka ⓘ
Dinka people → subgroup → Bor Dinka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malual Dinka