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	washingtonpost.com: African Lives
		Today some Dinka retain their cattle, but many have lost their herds, which were killed in fighting or abandoned during the rush to camps for the displaced.
		The Dinka of Mangalatore camp for the displaced have lost all their cattle, a measure of their wealth, to the war.
		Dinka fighters long made up the core of southern separatist guerrillas and have paid with heavy loss of life; the more numerous noncombatants among the Dinka have seen long-dear traditions and values slip away.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/inatl/longterm/africanlives/sudan/sudan.htm (1992 words)

	Sudan: Dinka-Nuer Peace Conference
		After three months of work by approximately 300 local people, the Dinka community that is hosting the conference is rapidly completing their preparations of 150 toukels, a meeting hall, latrines, water tanks, food distribution and preparation sites, and communications and documentation centers.
		Dinka and Nuer know that peace comes when people are reconciled, wrongs are forgiven, covenants are established, rituals provide visible signs of inner commitments, and new paths are created for interactive relationships along their borders and within each others' lands.
		Deborah, the Nuer women's leader saw a Dinka women she knew and explained to her in Dinka that this was the mission of peace to Dinkaland.
	www.africaaction.org /docs99/sud9902.htm (2402 words)

	News: Sudan, Sudan: Dinka, Nuer Endorse Proposals to End Conflict
		All Africa News (March 29, 1999) - Dinka and Nuer chiefs including church and community leaders met in a peace and reconciliation conference at Wunlit, Tonj county in Bahr el Ghazal between February 27 to March 8 under the auspices of the New Sudan Council of Churches NSCC.
		It boldly promises an end to the seven-and-half-year conflict between the Dinka and Nuer of the West Bank of the Nile.It further resolved a permanent cease-fire with immediate effect.
		The slaughter of a large white bull known in Dinka as mabior by traditional spiritual leaders of both communities symbolised peace and an end to the conflict.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/ACOS-64CEU4?OpenDocument (1136 words)

	Dinka translation, English to Dinka translation, Dinka to English translation, Dinka web site translation, Dinka ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Professional translators whose native language is Dinka perform our English to Dinka translation.
		They have in-depth understanding of the subject matter and solid mastering of the Dinka language including its spelling, grammar, and cultural appropriateness.
		Professional translators whose native language is English perform our Dinka to English translation.
	www.wintranslation.com /languages/dinka.html (334 words)

	Dinka Online Network
		Identity: The Dinka are one of the branches of the River Lake Nilotes.
		The Dinka boys are initiated in the removal of six lower teeth ritual, which is the first of all series of initiation boys undergo.
		The Dinka boys experience a lot problems at their adolescent life than any other boys because of their expected social responsibilities toward their society, which are seen in term hardship and endurances, therefore, need early preparation for children, hence the Dinka are subjected to a series painful practices And restrictions.
	www.webspawner.com /users/kuolawan (2421 words)

	:: Gurtong Peace Project - South Sudanese Communities :: (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Dinka habitat ranges from ironstone plateau of Bahr el Ghazal and the flood plains (toich) between the River Nile and its numerous tributaries and distributaries to the rich savannah grasslands of Upper Nile.
		His ‘bull-name’ like other Dinka names also derive from colour of their cattle and a girl (Ayen, Yar, etc.) or a boy (Mayom, Mayen, Malith, etc.) could be named after the colour of the best ox (mayom, malith, mayen) or cow (ayen, yar) that was given in marriage by the father.
		The Dinka have large vocabulary for cattle, their colours and take great interest and pride in the art of making different conformations to which their horns can be trained to grow.
	www.gurtong.org /resourcecenter/people/profile_tribe.asp?TribeID=94 (1701 words)

	Dinka
		The Dinka are ethnically divided into a large number of subgroups, almost all being small and knit to tribes and extended families, sizing from 1,000 to 30,000 individuals.
		The Dinka are pastoralists, nomadic in the dry period from December to April.
		In the period where they return to permanent settlements, the Dinka grow crops, of which millet is the main produce.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/dinka.htm (212 words)

	REEL VOICES - DINKA DIARIES
		DINKA DIARIES tells the story of some of America’s most recent arrivals: Sudanese refugees who would have never dreamt a few years ago that they’d be living in America.
		DINKA DIARIES is an eye-opening status report on the United States' ability to live up to its own ideals...
		It is authentic and engaging and I found the recurring scenes of the Dinka tapes as the missing outside voices, family at home helpful in binding things together.
	www.reelvoices.org /diaries/reviews.htm (759 words)

	Dinka-Nuer West Bank Peace and Reconciliation Conference (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dinka and Nuer Chiefs, church, civil and community leaders, elders, women and youth have met in a peace and reconciliation meeting in Wunlit, Bahr el Ghazal, Sudan under the auspices of the New Sudan Council of Churches (NSCC).
		The concerned authorities of the Conference, Dinka and Nuer, are to disseminate the Covenant and Resolutions of the Conference in their areas with the assistance of the local authorities and the New Sudan Council of Churches.
		The Dinka and Nuer of the East Bank of the Nile are equally in conflict as are those on the West side of the Nile.
	www.sudanembassy.org /asp/print.asp?ID=80 (2620 words)

	The Dinka of the Southern Sudan
		Traditionally cattle herders living on the vast savanna of the southern Sudan in Africa, the Dinka were split into twenty or more tribal groups which were further divided into sub-tribes, each occupying a tract of land large enough to provide adequate water and pasture for their herds.
		Their homeland is very important to the Dinka: their whole existence focuses on their rivers and pasture, in the spirits they believe inhabit the grassland, and in their cattle.
		The Dinka need to know their ancestry because clan members living in the same region are forbidden to marry.
	www.ptc.nsw.edu.au /scansw/dinka.htm (1490 words)

	Dinka language and culture
		FROM WIKIPEDIA The Dinka are a people of southern Sudan, inhabiting the swamplands of the Bahr el Ghazal region of the Nile basin.
		Their language - also called Dinka, or "thuong jang" - is one of the Nilotic family of languages, belonging to the Chari-Nile branch of the Nilo-Saharan family.
		The Dinka are the largest tribal group in southern Sudan, numbering around 3 million.
	www.lonweb.org /link-dinka.htm (412 words)

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		Dinka (Thuɔŋjäŋ) is a Nilotic language from Southern Sudan.
		Dinka is commonly divided into four major dialects: Agar, Bor, Padaŋ and Rek.
		SIL Interational uses a separate langauge code for each Dinka dialect.
	www.openroad.net.au /languages/african/dinka (123 words)

	PanAfrLoc \| PanAfrLoc / Dinka (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is spoken by the Jien (Dinka) along the White Nile in the Sudan.
		Dinka, Northeastern (Padang, White Nile Dinka) - Lexical similarity 92% with NW Dinka, 88% with SW Dinka, 88% with SE Dinka, 86% with SC Dinka.
		Dinka has a Romanized orthography developed from the 1928 Rejaf language conference; some modifications have been suggested from the work of the Institute of Regional Language's Literacy Project.
	www.bisharat.net /wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/Dinka (489 words)

	Magnum Search results for: Keyword : Dinka
		The sons of the Dinka people of Southern Sudan look after the family cattle often miles away from their villages.
		Dinka girls, almost 6 feet tall, their foreheads marked with cicatrix designs, made while they were very young.
		Dinka girls, their foreheads marked with cicatrix designs made while they were very young.
	www.magnumphotos.com /Archive/C.aspx?VP=XSpecific_MAG.DirectSearch_VPage&KWID=2TYRF9L77EE&SSO=T (174 words)

	SudanTribune article : Stop anti-Dinka rhetoric
		The group needs to know that accusing Dinka of tribalism while forgetting the log in their own eyes is an act of tribalism.
		Dinka as a major tribe in the south is committed to free not only the South but also the Sudan as a whole from Jallaba injustice.
		Dinka had understood well there is a reason to be big, and being big means paying a big price for the freedom of humanity.
	www.sudantribune.com /spip.php?article18318 (1545 words)

	Dinka Translation Service - English to Dinka Translation
		You probably don't speak Dinka yourself, so there are a few questions you'll need to consider when choosing a translation company.
		Gok is also influenced by Southwestern Dinka and has a number of Arabic loans.
		Agar is becoming accepted as the educational standard for South Central Dinka.
	www.appliedlanguage.com /languages/dinka_translation.shtml (543 words)

	Slavery in the Modern World
		The enslavement of the Dinkas in southern Sudan may be the most horrific and well-known example of contemporary slavery.
		Animist tribes in southern Sudan are frequently invaded by Arab militias from the North, who kill the men and enslave the women and children.
		According to an ASI report: "Kon, a thirteen-year-old Dinka boy, was abducted by Arab nomads and taken to a merchant's house.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/slavery1.html (1022 words)

	Sudan, Oil, and Human Rights: THE WUNLIT NUER-DINKA RECONCILIATION PROCESS, 1999
		The Wunlit conference did not include all Dinka and Nuer: large numbers of both lived on the East Bank of the Nile and elsewhere, but their complex relations were scheduled to be taken up after the resolution of Nile West Bank differences.
		Eight chiefs, Dinka and Nuer of the West Bank, met in the presence of church facilitators and foreign observers in Lokichokkio, Kenya on June 3-11,1998, for a small people-to-people reconciliation conference.
		Both Nuer and Dinka tried to outdo each other in hospitality: some visiting chiefs were carried aloft by a welcolming crowd from the plane, as women trilled traditional greetings and bulls were slaughtered at the airstrip for them to step across.
	www.hrw.org /reports/2003/sudan1103/13.htm (3263 words)

	Dinka Translation Services
		Our Dinka translation teams are professional linguists performing translation from English to Dinka and Dinka to English for a variety of documents in various industries including:
		The Dinka is a group of tribes of south Sudan, inhabiting the swamplands of the Bahr el Ghazal region of the Nile basin, Jonglei and parts of southern Kordufan and Upper Nile regions.
		Dinka women were prized as slaves for many years, with some being sold to Arabia until as late as the 1960s (and later, by some accounts).
	www.verbatimsolutions.com /languages/dinka.php (211 words)

	Dinka - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Dinka, indigenous people of the Republic of Sudan in Africa, one of the largest indigenous groups in the south of the country.
		Dinka Religion, beliefs of the Dinka, a pastoral people of southern Sudan.
		The religion is dominated by the god Nhialic (Sky), who speaks through...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Dinka.html (128 words)

	Global Missiology
		The cultural continuity of the Dinka is often ascribed to their pride and ethnocentrism, which are conspicuous in their own name for themselves. They do not call themselves “Dinka” but Monyjang, which means “The Man (or husband) of Men.
		A Dinka elder is quoted as saying, “All over the world, people look to us because of cattle. And when they say, ‘Sudan,’ it is not just because of our color; it is also because of our great wealth; and our wealth is cattle.
		.the Dinka seek to restore their broken relationship with God through a system of sacrifice similar to that of the ancient Hebrews. They understand the concept of substitutionary atonement.
	www.globalmissiology.org /english/docs_html/dynamics/Fancher_Dinka_Ritual.htm (1593 words)

	Dinka headrest from Sudan - RAND AFRICAN ART
		forms produced by the Dinka and Nuer are often little more than the result of judicious pruning of a found branch to produce a three- or four-legged stool
		Whether this pattern is true for the Shilluk and Dinka is unknown, but it certainly seems likely as Shilluk men still wear elaborate
		coiffures, and among the Dinka headrests/stools are primarily used by older men (Jeremy Coote, personal communication).
	www.randafricanart.com /Dinka_headrest_from_Sudan.html (385 words)

	foto8 Conceptual - Dinka by Tim hetherington
		The Dinka of Southern Sudan have carried a curse on their shoulders
		The rest of the world ignores their plight.
		Tim Hetherington presents the world premiere of "Dinka – This is My Land".
	www.foto8.com /foto8journal/dinka/dinkav18.html (46 words)

	Dinka translation services - English to Dinka translators
		Dinka Translation services are available from Web-Translations from or to English and other languages.
		Whether it's a letter, document, website, contracts, training manuals, marketing literature or any other type of material we are able to deal with it and return it in the format you require; on time, on budget and of the highest quality possible.
		All future Dinka translation projects are also discounted.
	www.web-translations.co.uk /EN/Languages/dinka_translation.html (399 words)

	Dinka
		They will be traveling throughout the southern part of the country for the next two years gathering information for us on just exactly where, and how many, Dinka there are and where we can begin planting new work among them.
		Billy did a terrific job in building relationships with the Dinka and modeling for them a lifestyle built on faith in Jesus.
		For our Dinka leaders as they carry the mantle of the gospel throughout their land this year.
	cesa.imb.org /prayerletters/dinka.htm (912 words)

	Dinka-Nuer Reconciliation Conference
		The Dinka and Nuer communities living in the USA declare that we are now One People and that our traditional name of Jieng and Naath in our own languages have a common meaning of being “The People”
		It used to be the Nuer and Dinka would sit and resolve their problems.
		SSFI's mission is to share the love of Jesus Christ with the people of southern Sudan in a way that leads them towards peaceful and self-reliant living from the grassroots level, so that available resources will meet the needs of their communities.
	www.southsudanfriends.org /washington/index.html (189 words)

	Dinka going home to an uncertain future (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The first, in January, returned 225 Dinka Bors and another is planned for 300 people in February.
		Most of the Dinka on the barge fled their homes after the Bor massacre in 1991 when Amnesty International estimates 2,000 lives were lost.
		According to the IOM, the barge will rotate between Juba and Bor County until all the 10,000 internally displaced Dinka Bor people living in Equatoria region of southern Sudan are back in Jonglei State.
	www.sudan.net /news/posted/14164.html (1488 words)

	the Living Africa: the people - ethnic groups - Dinka
		Sudan is home to approximately 500,000 members of the Dinka.
		The livelihood of the Dinka is closely tied to the river and they are considered pastoralists.
		They raise livestock in this area of the Nile and are known to raise herds of cattle, sheep and goats.
	library.thinkquest.org /16645/the_people/ethnic_dinka.shtml (72 words)

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