Didinga people

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The Didinga people are an ethnic group of pastoralists and farmers living mainly in the Didinga Hills of Eastern Equatoria in South Sudan, known for their Surmic language and rich cattle-centered culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
pastoralist community
climate semi-arid
conflictExperience Second Sudanese Civil War NERFINISHED
continent Africa
country South Sudan NERFINISHED
countryBeforeIndependence Sudan NERFINISHED
countryCapital Juba NERFINISHED
culturalFocus cattle
culturalPractice age-set system
bridewealth in cattle
initiation rites
economicActivity cattle herding
crop farming
ethnolinguisticGroup Surmic peoples NERFINISHED
geographicFeature mountainous terrain
savanna environment
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages
Surmic languages NERFINISHED
languageSpoken Didinga language NERFINISHED
locatedInPoliticalEntity Eastern Equatoria State NERFINISHED
mainCrops beans
maize
sorghum
mainLivestock cattle
goats
sheep
neighboringEthnicGroup Boyya people NERFINISHED
Lango people (South Sudan) NERFINISHED
Lopit people NERFINISHED
Murle people NERFINISHED
Toposa people NERFINISHED
oralTradition folktales
proverbs
songs
partOf ethnic groups of South Sudan
primaryLivelihood agriculture
pastoralism
primarySettlementArea Didinga Hills NERFINISHED
region Eastern Equatoria NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
socialOrganization clan-based society
subsistenceType agro-pastoralism
traditionalReligion African traditional religion NERFINISHED
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet NERFINISHED

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Surmic associatedEthnicGroups Didinga people
Surmic languages usedBy Didinga people