Its tall, graceful people are Dinka, the most northerly of the black southern Sudanese.
It is the homeland of the Dinka Ngok tribe which has links to the south.
Yet under the court's ruling, the Misseriya may now have to pay grazing fees to the Dinka.
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Deeply entrenched labor divisions in the Dinka culture of South Sudan made Kuol's task a tough one.
The Dinka claim that 14, 000 of their women and children have been kidnapped in the past decade.
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He says he's seen people from the rival Dinka and Mundari tribes come together after meeting at wrestling matches.
Thousands of his fellow Dinka in this impoverished region are not so lucky.
The Dinka trader in charge of the lorry, Daniel Deng, had taken a risk buying the cows from a Murle area.
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Deng's itinerant upbringing means he is fluent in English, Arabic, and Dinka.
Dinka Peiris of the Society of Rugby Football Referees declined to comment but said referees were seeking better control over the conduct of matches.
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" Others bare sensitive souls: Leonard Earl Howze's Dinka describes himself, correctly enough, as "an overweight barber from West Africa with a fondness for poetry.
The war has swung back and forth across Dinka land, killing off trade and access to essential goods and eroding their capacity to survive hard times.
It's also been a great opportunity for me to experience a very rich Dinka culture and I am currently working on some radio documentaries here on the same.
At least the court ruling pleased the Ngok-Dinka people.
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Recently freed, Bakhita wants to go home, to be with her people, the Dinka tribe of southern Sudan, even though she has been away long enough to forget their language and religion.
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