Scarification in sub‐Saharan Africa: social skin, remedy and …
WEBIn South Sudan, the Dinka and the Nuer as well as some other Nilotic groups are marked with tribal-specific scars on the foreheads. While the Nuer have horizontal scars, those of the Dinka are serrated and fan-shaped (Figure 4 ).
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WEBThe Nuer people are a Nilotic ethnic group concentrated in the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan. They also live in the Ethiopian region of Gambella. The Nuer speak the Nuer language, which belongs to the Nilotic language family.
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WEBMar 2, 2018 · The Gar marking is done by the Nuer people in South Sudan and southwestern Ethiopia. Scars are usually unique within each tribe, nonetheless, the most common include the men having six...
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WEBI discussed the matter of the scars of the forehead with one of the Nuer intellectuals, Ustaz Paul Chuol Puoch who narrated that, the scar marks are made in the forehead of the man to make him be known to the people that he is a Nuer by tribe.
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WEBJul 11, 2018 · Thousands of Nuer have faced rape, sexual exploitation and attacks on women outside of Protection of Civilian (POC) sites. Studies show that 65 percent of women and girls in South Sudan have experienced physical or sexual violence in their lifetime.
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WEBMay 18, 2018 · The Nuer were the last of the Sudanese people to submit to British rule, and then only after a substantial military campaign in 1930, known as the Nuer Settlement. In more recent times the Nuer, some of whom have become well educated and politically active, have played an aggressive role in the southern …
WEBTribal scars are frequent and may be observed in many ethnic groups. In South Sudan, the Dinka and the Nuer as well as some other Nilotic groups are marked with tri-bal-specific scars on the foreheads. While the Nuer have horizontal scars, those of the Dinka are serrated and fan-shaped (Figure 4). Thus, in the ongoing civil war in South
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WEBIn South Sudan, the Dinka and the Nuer as well as some other Nilotic groups are marked with tribal-specific scars on the foreheads. While the Nuer have horizontal scars, those of the Dinka are serrated and fanshaped (Figure 4).
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WEBBecause Sudan's civil wars have claimed so many men, scarification is now performed on boys in the Nuer tribe as young as 12, instead of the traditional 15 to 18.
Nuer scarification marks (1998.346.233) from the Southern Sudan …
WEBDescription: A head and shoulders profile portrait of an initiated man with heavy lines of scarification on the forehead [dark image] (see 308). The operation (gar) is a severe one which causes much blood loss, across the forehead from ear to ear.
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