![]() They worship and sacrifice to spirits and gods and place great importance on the worship of dead ancestors. Religion: Like their neighbors, the Didinga accept the existence of a supreme being, and the sphere of spirits interacting with the living. Although there is a paramount chief, which is a hereditary position, decisions are made by the community, and younger people have the right to question the older. ![]() They also enjoy making music and various crafts. They live in homesteads by clans, in round houses with cone-shaped roofs. The herding of cattle is very important, and at 2000m elevation, the area has sufficient rainfall to grow two crops per year. ![]() Amongst some older people there remains a bit of Catholic influence, but not genuine faith.Ĭulture: The Didinga are pastoralists by inclination and farmers by necessity. The East and West banks of the Nile were divided during the British period into Protestant and Catholic influence spheres, which put the Didinga into the Catholic area. History: Tradition has the Didinga arriving in their present home during the 16th c, as part of a group migrating either from Lake Turkana or Ethiopia. There were tensions in the past but now they are generally on friendly terms and intermarry and speak a similar language to the Boya, Murle and Tenet. Their neighbors include the Boya, Toposa, Dodoth, Dongotono and Lotuka/Lopit. Location and Background: The Didinga live in the Didinga hills-in the valleys, on the plateaus and slopes, and on the adjacent plains of the region. Pray God would send them messengers who would bring the wonderful news of salvation through Jesus Christ, and for them to know a life without fear. Pray they would be keen to listen to the stories and believe them.Īs you fly over the large Didinga mountain range, you are struck afresh by the thousands of Didinga who have never heard of Christ, it is overwhelming! They are a people steeped in witchcraft traditions which keep them living in fear. There are Bible stories available in the Didinga language. As for the saints who are in the land, they are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight.” Psalms 16:1-3 I said to the Lord: You are my LORD apart from you I have no good thing. Pray for the Didinga: “Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge. The rainmaker is an important person in the community, performing rituals and wielding great influence and power. They live in fear of spirits and seek the blessing of their ancestors. The Didinga live in the region of the Didinga Hills in Southern Sudan.
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