Bul Nuer people

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The Bul Nuer people are a subgroup of the Nuer ethnic community of South Sudan, traditionally pastoralists known for cattle herding and a clan-based social structure.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Leek Nuer 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nuer subgroup
ethnic subgroup
cattleBreedPreference zebu cattle
conflictExperience Second Sudanese Civil War NERFINISHED
South Sudanese Civil War NERFINISHED
conflictTypeExperienced cattle raiding
continent Africa
country South Sudan NERFINISHED
culturalPractice cattle camp songs
initiation scars
culturalRegion Nilotic peoples of the Nile Valley NERFINISHED
economicActivity agro-pastoralism
environment Nile floodplains
savanna grasslands
ethnicGroupOf South Sudan NERFINISHED
ethnicMinorityIn South Sudan NERFINISHED
ethnicRelation Dinka people NERFINISHED
Dok Nuer people NERFINISHED
Jikany Nuer people NERFINISHED
Leek Nuer people NERFINISHED
Lou Nuer people NERFINISHED
householdStructure extended family compounds
initiationRite forehead scarification
kinshipSystem patrilineal descent
language Nuer language NERFINISHED
languageBranch Western Nilotic languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages
livelihood cattle keeping
subsistence agriculture
marriageSystem bridewealth in cattle
mobilityPattern transhumant pastoralism
partOf Nuer people NERFINISHED
politicalContext South Sudan NERFINISHED
region Greater Upper Nile NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicGroup Dinka people NERFINISHED
Nuer people NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
traditional Nuer religion
socialOrganization segmentary lineage system
socialStructure clan-based system
subsistenceBase seasonal cattle migration
traditionalBelief ancestral spirits veneration
belief in a supreme deity
traditionalOccupation cattle herding
pastoralism
uses cattle as bridewealth
cattle as social status symbol

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Nyuong Nuer hasDialectContinuumWith Bul Nuer people
this entity surface form: Leek Nuer
Bul Nuer spokenBy Bul Nuer people