The Magic of the Dinka

South Sudan
The Magic of the Dinka s a short documentary film of approximately 26 minutes.
Amongst the Dinka's, which is the largest tribe in Africa, we find two young people. A young man called Kadi and a girl called Nyankor. Kadi wants to buy Nyankor so she can be his first wife. But marriage in the Dinka world is expensive and complicated. The Dinka's are selling their daughters getting cows as payment. The women in South Sudan are the most expensive in the world. A girl can be sold for over 100 cows, each cow worth over $400, with the Sudanese average income of less than $2 per day. Women are an expensive and cherished commodity. But some Dinka's have over 100 wives. Each wife's has her own house, land and animals spread over a large area, her husband spends his life walking from one wife's homes to another in order to produce as many children, especially as many girls as possible.
For months are bride to be Nyankor's family has been traveling from one cattle camp to another to negotiate the largest number of cows possible. Cows are their valuate, and the more cows one has the higher position a Dinka has in society.

Dinka's are known as being the tallest and most elegant people in the world. They have their own ideas about beauty. Dinka women remove 6 of their front teeth so they can spit as far as possible, and decorate their face and body with scars and the ash from burnt out cowpats.
In this short film we will be looking up at the Dinka culture not down. The Dinka do not have a written language, so history is passed on from generation to generation through story telling. This will be the style of the narration in this short film. We will follow a day in the life in this unique culture.
The strength of this short film is in the use of film and 50% still pictures. We will also use an original film music score, and a poetic narration.

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[RichieSam5]

I hate this narrator.

[walkm1]

I spent six months in southern sudan 1991 in yirol and kongor mainly. A fascinating place. Video brings back memories

[GeneralAquarius]

APES!

[iSparkettei]

poor cows...... or maybe lucky cows???

[FishlegsJones]

@BlackJVidz so go live with the dirty nigger dinkas you dirty nigger. you can suck cow pussy and tell the niggers how bad america sucks.

[BlackJVidz]

@FishlegsJones this culture is better then gettin pulled over evreyday and harrassed by a white cop, dis culture is better den being watched evreyday going into the store becuase people think ur tryna steal, this culture is beter then a european white government that steals,cheat,jenocide and terrorise, this culture is better then having to here people like you say nigger showing how ignorant they are becuase nigger actually means ignorant and nigga means nagaz and nagaz means a god or goddess.

[FishlegsJones]

Lol, yeah u guys r right, these niggers have a beautiful culture we should all envy!

[lee52844]

@walkm1 Cool ! My dad grew up in Sudan :)

[lee52844]

@FishlegsJones Hey , just 'cuz they ain't with pale skin or civilized that doesn't mean they are less people than ya and me ! They are a great and interesting culture and we should have more respect for people that are from a different race , culture country or harritage ! And to all racists ,especialy to ya "fishlegsJones" , y'all back off 'cuz your just dumb shit that is to narrow minded to let difference into youre minds and every day life.

[gatheringleaves]

@FishlegsJones

Your pathetic you know that, just because they're not pale and sunstarved like you, doesnt mean they're any less people,

[gatheringleaves]

These guys look like the Andaman and Nicobar Islanders!

[traditionalknowledge]

This is so sweet. Thanks for sharing and bringing to light such a precious culture.