 That's crazy! What are they doing this? This way, dance. Yeah? But okay, so everyone in here knows that there's going to be a dance today. But what time is the dance going to be in session? Today we're in Terkeke. It's just a few kilometers outside Juba and we find ourselves in the heart of Mundari land at one of their cattle camps. The Mundari people are one of the cattle keeping tribes of South Sudan. Such cattle camps exist all across the country and here life is quite unique. From the 64 tribes in South Sudan, around or almost 90% of them are from the Nailotic group of languages, many of whom are cattle keepers. So for these communities including the Mundari, wealth is counted in cattle and not in cash. It's estimated that South Sudan's livestock population is estimated around 12 million cattle and that's among the highest in Africa. And there's a joke that people say here that we have as many cattle in South Sudan as we have people in South Sudan. Yeah man, nice to meet you man. Is this Salam? Yeah! Salam, Salam, Salam. Hey, from Ghana. Khabisa Ghana. I don't even know what I'm saying but nice to meet you man. Hi! Hi! I want to look like you. I'm fine. You good? How do I do this? I want to be like you. It's okay. It's okay? How do I do that? This one? You put this one on your face? Wow! Salam. Man, good to see you. Yay! Okay, alright. See? This one you put on your face? This one. I put this one? Where? I put it down or? No, can you do it? Let me see. Do it like this. Yeah! I look fresh. I think so. What's up beautiful people? It's your favorite village boy Mr. Ghana baby right here in Juba, South Sudan. I mean I'm doing this for the culture because like I said we're showing Africa to the world and when it's showing Africa to the world we always want to educate and also entertain you. Right? So I came to South Sudan. I've shown you how beautiful the people are but right now I just want to let you know that when you come to South Sudan there is a culture that you all need to know and the people right here they have a name and the tribe, I don't even know. So my brother can you come and talk to me? We are the Mundari people. Mundari people? Who are the Mundari people? The Mundari people are nylotics. Okay. Oh, you guys live along there now? Yeah. The tall? We are tall. Dark skin? Yes. Amazing. Yo, they said this place is a cattle camp. Yes. What makes this place so special, man? Actually, since we are nomads where we move from one place to another looking for pasture and water we have our places where every time when pasture is done here they know where to go next. Like they know where they will go next where they can find grass and water. So they're going to be here for some period of time because these cows are very many so they'll finish up the grass and they'll have to look for a new place to go. So from here, when the grass is finished you need to move again? They have to move to another place. Wow. But there are so many cows in here. There are so many cattle. Is it for one person or for different people? Actually, the cattle are for families. Oh, different families. Different families, yes. I met young kids in here that are telling me that they own a cow in here. So this guy actually owns cows in here, man. This is crazy, man. And I don't even have a cow. How many cows do you have? How many cows do you have? And how many cows do you have? So can you believe that these guys... I mean, these kids own cows here, man. They are rich. Don't see them like this, man. Because you know how much a cow costs? Yo! Yo, you own a cow! What? Yes, actually, when you're born your family wear their cows and their cattle. At times your father was telling you that this cow is yours, this is yours, this is yours. And if you are like someone who is born like one in the family and the rest are girls and stuff it's direct that all the cows are going to be yours when your father is gone. So which means that like when they give it to a girl does the girl has to own a cow? No, no, no. A girl is not qualified to own a cow? Yes, actually the girl brings in cows more. When she's married with others. Hey! Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. So which means that here cattle is everything? Yes, it's everything. It's what you used to marry where you get food, when you're sick they sell to take someone to the hospital. When you are sick? Yeah, they have to take a cow, they sell it, they get money and then they take the person to the hospital. Which means that you guys don't have cash? Cash, we don't have cash. If we have less, we don't have that much. So which means you use cows for everything? Cows is everything for us here. Whoa! Yes. That's incredible. So let's say you want to pay your son's school fees, you use a cow. Yes, a cow. You sell a cow then you say name the school fees. I have been to so many African countries and I bet you have never seen anything like this before. These people literally worship their cows as gods and to the extent that they don't sell the cows neither do they eat their own cows. You know what? When I got in here I wanted to buy a cow and give it to the community but it was extremely difficult to buy a cow in here. I had to buy one of the most expensive cows I've ever bought in my entire life. The fact that you came with people like us, because they are family members, that's why they're making it actually cheap for you. If you are someone who came here with some other guys so it was going to be very expensive. Very expensive for me. Okay. So I give you 300. 300? 300. I say I love my brother. They also have a strong belief that their cattle is not worth any rich man's assets or wealth, meaning they barely eat or sell their cattle. I know most of you will be wondering if they don't eat their own cows, then what do they eat in here? The cows are mainly kept for dowry so during marriages and marriage negotiations and not necessarily for food. As I told you, the cows is wealth so you're not going to eat wealth. Instead you'll keep it so that when someone's getting married then that's where you kind of need those cows. So they actually don't kill cows for food. Instead they'll eat the older cows or a cow that's dying or dead. But while the cow is still alive they would use it obviously to milk it. They also drink the blood, not directly, but there's a way that you can cut one of the arteries or veins on the neck and then just drain a bit of blood. Sometimes they mix it with milk and then drink that and it's quite nutritious. Also sometimes they just take the blood alone and then you heat it up and cook it and then it changes in texture and that's also a source of food. But deliberately just killing a cow for food that's not something that's very common. So you're saying that girls bring more cows which means if a girl is getting married how many cows do you guys need to gift to the person before the person gets married? Okay, during a marriage ceremony the girl will live...in fact our culture is not like other cultures where you come and you be like I want your daughter in marriage. It's not like that. You and your girl, you agree? You agree that on this day I will come to your house, the man. The man is house. So she will go there then they will inform the family in their village that the girl has left to her husband's place. That is how they do it. It's not like you can ask the family to ask their daughter. You just come and take the girl and take it to your house? The girl goes herself alone. You don't go there to get it because if you go there, you'll be in problems. They will beat you up. They will beat you up. You know, you can come to the girl's father and you tell her that I want to marry your daughter. Why would you come and tell me? Are you going to marry me? So you have to talk to the girl and you'll be like this date. Come to my house. So the girl will prepare with some ladies and they will take her. As I don't remember they will seek to tell the family that the girl has gone to her place of marriage. After now, after when the girl has gone to the man's house now the elders will come in. Elders will come in and they will set the number of cut they want for their daughter. They will be like 80, 90, 100, 70. So if you don't go to the agreement before you get married, as long as the girl is in your house, that's why girls bring more cows. That is it. So you have girls, you are rich. That is it. That is the thing. That's impressive. But can you take me around? There's something that I want to understand. So I want to know what is he doing? He's actually working on the hair. Okay, they do this. After doing this, you first go the urine from the cow. When you see a cow urinating you go there, you collect the urine or you put your head there yourself. You put it there. That urine colors the hair. The hair will come out brown. Like brownish gray. That is dye in fact. Then doing this, they do this so that the hair can come out in these coils. Come here and see these coils. Are you seeing these coils? So they do this, they keep on... So they start with the urine? Yeah, the urine. Then they keep on doing this with the whatever. With the ash. And that is the only treatment for it. To come out properly. Nice to meet you. Do for me. Any guy for now. When you do that girls actually, ladies, you said taking you as someone who is prettier than someone who really... So you become attractive to women? You are very attractive when you have that. You are someone who cares about yourself. So they have to do it and make sure you don't allow water to enter. When the poor water there gets spoiled. They don't want it to look black. They want the thing that brown red, like brown, yellow, yellow. What is this kid doing? He is cleaning the cow dung. He is cleaning the cow dung. Collecting the cow dung so that they can put them somewhere and dry them. Then later on they burn them to the ashes. Then they use for smearing their bodies and for cleaning the cattle. Yes. When I came in here, I am seeing people using urine to even wash their face. Why is it because there is no water here? At times because water is far away from here like now. We don't have water here here. So you can actually use the urine to wash your face. If there is no water, you can use it to shower. You can use the cow urine to shower? Yes. When you collect enough, you can use it to shower. And when you shower with the cow urine, it doesn't affect the skin color? It doesn't affect at all. It doesn't cause any skin disease? It doesn't. In fact, they take it as it cures diseases, skin diseases. That's why they shower with it. That's impressive. Try it out. Take it to yourself and then come. Come. Take it to yourself. And then see yourself. This is yourself. The cattle are moving. Why are they going right now? They are going to the direction where they are grazing, where they graze from. They have to take them to the side where there is enough grass. They go there. In the evening hours, they return them back. They return them back. Right now, they are all going there. They are all going that side. At times, they are looking. They are looking. They are looking. Are you good? I am good. I am okay. I am fine. Right now, they are going to graze. They are going to graze. But actually, if they want to minimize the way these cows are going to finish up the pasture and stuff, they are going to separate. Have you seen the outside? They are going to release the outside and take another direction. They will release those and they will go this side and then this one. The cattle go out for grazing. That is when the real music and dance begins. Oh my goodness. Believe me or not, this was the best day of my life. Just to see stress free, enjoying themselves was a whole new experience to me that I didn't want to leave this place. Literally, when I go here, it is full of love. I am just like their own son. It was never in my life. I mean, they live here kind of friendly people. I have been with them. I wanted to dress like them and look like them. The experience has been so beautiful. Can I have a handshake? Blow. Yeah. Okay. Give me. Okay. Let's go. Yeah, man. This is how it is here in the cattle camp. You know what? They are living their best life, man. These people you see right here are super rich. Don't underestimate them because they got over 500,000 cows in here and everyone in here got their own cows. I just wanted to share this with you. Now you know. So help me educate somebody else by liking this video and don't forget to share and subscribe to the YouTube channel. It's your favorite village boy, Mr. Garababy. Come here and say bye-bye. Hey! You don't understand.