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	:: Gurtong Peace Project - South Sudanese Communities ::
		The Didinga are pastoralists by inclination and agriculturalists by necessity.
		Didinga youth are initiated into adulthood every 3 years in a ceremony (nameto) about the time they have grown their first head dress (temedik).
		The Didinga neighbour the Boya to the north, Toposa to the east, Dodoth to the south, Dongotono to the south west, Lotuka and Lopit to the west.
	www.gurtong.org /resourcecenter/people/profile_tribe.asp?TribeID=104 (825 words)

	Africa 12
		The Didinga of Chukudum in the Eastern Equatoria region of southern Sudan were deeply dissatisfied for years with the SPLA garrison in their town, claiming mistreatment by the Bor Dinka who dominated the garrison and whose families lived in nearby displaced persons camps.
		A peace-making delegation appointed by the SPLA was not heeded; the SPLA claimed the Didinga were in league with a government militia.
		A cease-fire was finally declared in August and the SPLA agreed to remove landmines it planted in the area.
	www.hrw.org /wr2k/Africa-11.htm (3822 words)

	The Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles
		The Didinga occupy the Didinga Hills region in the southeastern corner of Sudan.
		At present, farming and the desire for an education are as important to the Didinga as the herding of cattle is. The traditional values associated with raising cattle remain embedded in all Didinga.
		The Didinga use their cattle not only as a means of wealth, but also for their milk that is consumed daily and made into butter.
	www.global12project.com /2004/profiles/p_code2/1435.html (788 words)

	PC(USA) - Presbyterian Disaster Assistance - Current Responses (International)
		The Didinga community asserted that violations had occurred with impunity over the years, causing a devastating effect on the morale and confidence of the people.
		In this regard, we, the leaders of the SPLM/A, are encouraged by the long-standing commitment of the Didinga people to the liberation struggle and we are grateful to them for hosting the army and numerous displaced communities, over the years.
		We would like to apologize unreservedly to the Didinga people for any wrongs committed against them by the movement and we are determined to implement the resolutions of this conference and make practical measures to improve our relationships with the community.
	www.pcusa.org /pda/response/africa/sudan-peaceconf0802.htm (3362 words)

	Emerging Traditions: Dance Performances of the Sudanese DiDinga in Syracuse
		As a folklorist, I wanted to honor the living traditions of the newest residents in the neighborhood surrounding the university by inviting traditional artists from Bosnia, Burma, and the Sudan to be a part of the symposium.
		After meeting a group of nine young DiDinga men between the ages of fifteen and twenty-two who were part of the larger Sudanese group known as "the Lost Boys," I recognized the importance of honoring their group’s traditions, which are evolving in a new context—a new country.
		To recontextualize DiDinga dance, it is necessary to understand how the dance songs relate to these young men’s cultural values and the tribal identity that they share with DiDinga in the Sudan.
	www.nyfolklore.org /pubs/voic28-3-4/didinga.html (953 words)

	www.timo-aim.com - Didinga Sudan
		Their neighbors include the Toposa, the Boya, and the Dongotona peoples; groups with whom the Didinga have had frequent conflicts due to economic pressures.
		At present, farming and the desire for an education are as important to the Didinga as their herding of cattle.
		Their traditional beliefs and religious practices include the tribal rainmaker who performs rituals to bring rain, the worship and sacrifice to spirits and gods, and the worship of dead ancestors.
	www.timo-aim.com /content/category/4/38/46 (1018 words)

	The Sudan Human Rights Association (SHRA)
		Following the tribal clashes between the Didinga and Dinka about 440 Sudanese Refugees from the Didinga tribe crossed into Uganda and are now settled at Achol-pii refugee transit camp.
		The influx is a consequence of the clashes in Chukudum between the two tribes in May, this year.
		The Didinga who have been living in Chukudum as internally displaced persons are reported to have clashed with the Dinka resulting into massive destruction of settlements, burning of houses and looting household property as well as herds of cattle.
	www.ned.org /grantees/shra/4-3-99/tribal.html (472 words)

	Illemi Triangle: A History of Abrogation of Responsibility
		It is home for five ethno linguistic communities; the Turkana, Didinga, Toposa, Inyangatom, and Dassanech, who are members of the larger ethno cultural groups of Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and Sudan, but traditionally migrate to graze in the triangle.
		Their northwestern neighbors are the Didinga, who mainly live in the Equatorial Province of Southern Sudan and north eastern Uganda, but western Ilemi forms their dry-season pastures.
		Raiding was then a cultural institution that served several functions such as: a strategy for coping with natural disasters, political domination of neighbors through the monopoly of animal wealth, rite of passage for young warriors, and a means of regulating the quality of livestock.
	web.africa.ufl.edu /asq/v7/v7i1a2.htm (10218 words)

	Ethnologue: Sudan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Southern Sudan, Didinga Hills and north of Nagishot.
		Eastern Toposa and Jiye are linguistically closer to Turkana; Western Toposa to Karamajong.
		The Toposa are peaceful with the Karamojong, have a mutual non-agression pact with the Nyangatom, are intermittenly hostile to the Jiye of Sudan, permanently hostile to the Turkana, and to the Murle-Didinga group (Murle, Didinga, Boya-Longarim).
	www.christusrex.org /www1/pater/ethno/Suda.html (6636 words)

	Gazette: Profiles (Sept/Oct 2002)
		McMahon has been working with nine young DiDinga men, ages 15-22, since last August to help them find cultural outlets in the United States; in the process she is studying, among other things, the link between play and adaptability between cultures.
		McMahon came in contact with the DiDinga teens—the only members of this small ethnic group living in the United States —through a local refugee center while teaching a symposium on beauty at Syracuse, where she works as a research associate and a part-time instructor.
		She is working on a project through Syracuse’s Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts to put Sudanese refugees from both the DiDinga and Dinka ethnic groups in contact with other university students this school year.
	www.upenn.edu /gazette/0902/0902pro4.html (679 words)

	IRIN Africa \| Horn of Africa \| Sudan \| SUDAN: SPLM/A and Didinga community end long-standing dispute \| Conflict \| News ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Telar Deng, the NSCC Peace and Advocacy Coordinator and main facilitator of the conference, told IRIN on Tuesday that the declaration was a breakthrough, because it had resolved a "problem that has existed for a long time".
		According to Deng, relations between the Didinga community, who occupy the Chukudum area in Budi sub-county of the Equatoria region, and the SPLM/A had been tense for many years, but worsened in 1998, which saw increased fighting between the civilian population and the SPLM/A authorities.
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	www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=29416 (468 words)

	Drylands Coordination Group: Publications : DCG Reports : Reports 2005 \| +47 23 10 94 90
		In the Didinga and Buya hills in Budi county, Equatoria region in South Sudan, which is the focus of this study, environmental degradation problems have in the recent past become evident.
		The main objective of this baseline study was to assess the NRM problems, the scope of environmental degradation in the Didinga and Buya Hills and its underlying causes.
		The aim of this was to document accurate baseline data that could pave the way for developing management strategies that are locally appropriate and acceptable to foster sustainable natural resource management.
	www.drylands-group.org /Articles/678.html (227 words)

	Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center \| FolkARTS in a Global Context
		The purpose of this multi-arts program was to introduce our local residents to the history and customs of recent refugee groups now living in our region.
		In the summer of 2005 the Art Center hosted two folk arts festivals in which folk artists from the new ethnic groups were presented along with traditional artists of older communities in our region.
		Traditional songs and dances by the DiDinga, led by organizers James KiKi and Benjamin Virgilio, and Karen songs and dances of Burma, organized by Kaw Soe Win, were scheduled during the afternoon.
	www.schweinfurthartcenter.org /events/folk.html (663 words)

	Sudan - GEOGRAPHY (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It consists of a huge plain bordered on three sides by mountains: to the east the Red Sea Hills, to the west Jabal Marrah, and on the southern frontier the Didinga Hills and the Dongotona and Imatong mountains.
		Jutting up abruptly in the south-central region of this vast plain are the isolated Nuba Mountains and Ingessana Hills, and far to the southeast, the lone Boma Plateau near the Ethiopian border.
		Along the streams of the watershed are the gallery forests, the beginnings of the tropical rain forests that extend far into Zaire.
	countrystudies.us /sudan/30.htm (1291 words)

	Gurtong Printable Template
		A CONFERENCE OF The relationship between the Didinga community and the military authorities in the Chukudum area (Budi County, Equatortia Region) have been tense for many years.
		leaders of the SPLM/A, are encouraged by the long-standing commitment of the Didinga people to the liberation struggle and we are grateful to them for hosting the army and numerous displaced communities, over the years.
		people of Didinga take as a sign of assurance and leadership the acknowledgement by the SPLM/A that the root causes of the problems have been caused by the conduct of elements within the army over the years.
	www.gurtong.com /downloads/Chukudum_Peace_conference.html (3183 words)

	Kidepo (Important Birds Areas of Sudan)
		It includes the Dongotona mountains to the west and the southern part of the Didinga hills to the east, between which lies the Kidepo Game Reserve, in the valleys of the Kidepo and the Omoro rivers, and which extends north to the Torit—Kapoeta road.
		The Game Reserve consists principally of Acacia short-grass savanna with low ranges of rocky, scrub-covered hills, while the Dongatona mountains and Didinga hills support areas of forest and montane shrubland similar in composition to those of the Imatong mountains but much smaller in area.
		Plans for gold-mining in the Didinga hills are a potential threat.
	www.birdlife.org /datazone/sites/?action=SitHTMDetails.asp&sid=6820&m=0 (240 words)

	Pueblo Didinga
		La guerra en el sur de Sudán provocó en 1963 la huida de gran parte del pueblo Didinga hacia la vecina Uganda, donde permanecerían hasta 1973 en que un acuerdo de paz les animó a volver a su país.
		Tradicionalmente, los Didinga han vivido de sus grandes manadas de ganado vacuno.
		Un aspecto importante de la sociedad Didinga es los jóvenes en "grupos de edad".
	www.ikuska.com /Africa/Etnologia/Pueblos/didinga/index.htm (462 words)

	Daily Nation On the Web (Site not responding. Last check: )
		More than 5000 people from the Dinka and Didinga communities have been displaced since fighting broke out on Wednesday morning.
		The attack was allegedly carried out by bandits from the Didinga community.
		The head of the camp, Mr Z. am, yesterday said more than 300 houses belonging to members of Dinka community had been burnt in the fighting.
	www.nationaudio.com /News/DailyNation/300199/News/News11.html (136 words)

	AllRefer.com - Sudan - Non-Muslim Peoples - Nilotes - Bari, Kuku, Kakwa, and Mandari - Murle, Didinga, and Others - ...
		The more southerly Kuku and Kakwa lived in the highlands, where cultivation was more rewarding than cattle-keeping or where cattle diseases precluded herding.
		Two other tribes, the Murle and the Didinga, spoke Eastern Sudanic languages of subbranches other than Nilotic.
		The Murle had dwelt in southern Ethiopia in the nineteenth century and some were still there in the 1990s.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/sudan/sudan50.html (1713 words)

	Dr. Felicia (Faye) McMahon
		I explore the gap between understanding expressions of transnational identity as it relates to the lived experiences of refugees, who are more concerned with maintaining cultural authenticity and less concerned with their relationship to hegemonic American society.
		In today's world, scholars are coming in contact with more and more diasporic groups whose cultural identities are transnational; that is, they maintain dual identities that can be said to involve both the globalization and the localization of culture (Safran 1991; Basch, Schiller, and Blanc 1994).
		In my research with DiDinga refugee youth, I found that understanding their recontextualized dance song traditions was complicated by their life circumstances.
	www.africaresource.com /conferences/viewabstract.php?id=26&cf=2 (305 words)

	Ethnologue report for language code:did
		1997 parish survey indicated population of 117,000, but it is not clear if this is entirely Didinga.
		Arensen, Jonathan E. Sticks and straw: Comparative house forms in southern Sudan and northern Kenya.
		"On the position of Boya in relation to Murle and Didinga."
	www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=did (134 words)

	Natural Resource Management in the Didinga Hills: A Baseline Study from Budi County, South Sudan: FRAME - Knowledge ...
		This study focuses on Didinga and Buya hills in Budi county, Equatoria region, South Sudan, where environmental degradation problems have become evident in the recent past.
		Its main objective is to assess the natural resources management (NRM) problems, the scope of environmental degradation in the Didinga and Buya Hills, and its underlying causes.
		It attempts to justify the fact that new and adoptable local specific, traditional and/or scientific ecological knowledge can be derived from perspective investigation of NRM and environmental problems based on local and traditional knowledge systems.
	www.frameweb.org /ev_en.php?ID=14651_201&ID2=DO_TOPIC (238 words)

	kasih kediri empu -- RUAI KITAI, aram berandau (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tang diatu mayuh berita didinga kitai sida ka agi sekula aba IPTA/IPTS balat niki pub.
		Mayuh kes di nengeri diatu anak indu enggai agi sekula lalu kereja sebelah pub.
		Minta ampun semua laban jaku aku kelalu cangka, kelalu renjan didinga.
	www.voy.com /8853/7868.html (494 words)

	Manna Sudan \| Knowing Lango
		Lango populations are about 70,000 and are bordering tribes like the Lotukos, Acholis, Buyas and the Didinga within the Sudan and Karimojong and Acholis in Uganda.
		The area goes to Kidepo Valley National Park in Uganda across to the border with the Didinga and the Buya.
		Crossing Kidepo Valley at the point known as Haji Akara (Place of Akara) straight to Lobira hills and through Burung, Oguluyore bordering Kiyala Payam at Loguruny valley, and through the wilderness to Hilleu and joins Katire again.
	www.interconnection.org /lango/contents/lango.htm (410 words)

	SUDAN: IRIN News Briefs [19991119]
		The refugees reported fleeing clashes between the Dinka and Didinga ethnic groups in southern Sudan, he said.
		The semi-official 'New Vision' newspaper in Uganda reported the recent fighting as factional clashes within the ranks of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and quoted a Didinga refugee as saying most of his compatriots were from Lotukel and Chukudum.
		He had no knowledge of "full clashes" between the Dinka and Didinga within the SPLA, he said, but acknowledged there had been "some unease and incidents" in recent months.
	www.africa.upenn.edu /Hornet/irin_111999.html (1438 words)

	Donatus Lomoro, Sudan, Catholic
		A Didinga, son of Auko and Naluk, Donatus Lomoro was born at Nahisinga, Chukudum, about 1938.
		After one year in Kit Brothers' Minor Seminary, he passed to Okaru in order to become a priest.
		This article, received in 2005, is reprinted with permission from Sudanese Catholic Clergy, © copyright 1997 by Fr.
	www.dacb.org /stories/sudan/lomoro_donatus.html (156 words)

	News: Great Lakes, Sudanese Refugees Pouring Into Uganda, News: Sudan, Sudanese Refugees Pouring Into Uganda
		The refugees are said to be victims of the deteriorating relations between the Dinka and Didinga tribes within the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA) ranks, the New Vision daily reported Wednesday.
		Local sources were quoted as saying that both the Didinga and Dinkas were entering Uganda from different points.
		Uganda's 25th Battalion Commander Edward Ssebuvu confirmed the influx of the refugees, saying that at least 261 refugees had arrived at Kaabong township and more reportedly camped at Kapedo reception center.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/3a6e4fccfb1e9fdfc125682d004d6a2d (170 words)

	abstract (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The data consist of a wordlist of 312 lexical items collected by the present author for ten Surmic languages, namely Narim, Tennet, Didinga, Murle, Baale, Chai, Mursi, Me'en, Koegu and Majang.
		The comparative data were supplemented by phonetic data such as aerodynamic, acoustic and palatographic recordings from 22 speakers of six representative Surmic languages, namely Murle, Didinga, Baale, Chai, Me'en and Majang.
		Synchronically, the contrast between dental and alveolar stops was retained as a phonemically distinct trait in Baale.
	www.ohiou.edu /alta/yigez.htm (575 words)

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