Nyangatom people

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The Nyangatom people are a pastoralist ethnic group living along the Ethiopia–South Sudan border, known for cattle herding, age-set social organization, and distinctive body adornment and scarification practices.

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Nyangatom people canonical 14

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
pastoralist community
associatedWithRegion Omo River area
linked to: Omo River
climateZone semi-arid
conflictContext inter-ethnic resource conflicts
conflictDriver competition over grazing land
competition over water sources
continent Africa
country Ethiopia
South Sudan
economy livestock-based economy
ethnicGroupOf Ethiopia
South Sudan
genderRolePattern patriarchal
hasCulturalPractice bead adornment
cattle-raiding traditions
lip and ear ornamentation
ritual scarification
hasOralTradition cattle songs
clan histories
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages
livelihoodRisk cattle disease
drought
livesAlong Ethiopia–South Sudan border
mainLivestock cattle
marriageSystem bridewealth in livestock
neighboringGroup Dassanech people
Mursi people
Surma people
linked to: Surma peoples

Toposa people
practices body adornment
scarification
primarySubsistence agro-pastoralism
cattle herding
region Lower Omo Valley
reliesOnResource pasturelands
seasonal rivers
religionType traditional African religions
secondaryLivestock goats
sheep
settlementPattern semi-nomadic
socialStructure segmentary lineage system
uses age grades
usesBodyModification scarification for identity and status
usesSocialOrganizationType age-set system
youthRole warrior age-set

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Iteso people relatedEthnicGroup Nyangatom people
Nyangatom language spokenBy Nyangatom people
Omo River associatedEthnicGroup Nyangatom people
Southern Ethiopia hasEthnicGroup Nyangatom people
subject linked to: southern Ethiopia
Mursi people neighboringGroup Nyangatom people
Teso–Turkana group hasPart Nyangatom people
Dongiro spokenBy Nyangatom people
Dongiro ethnicGroup Nyangatom people
Dongiro hasNativeSpeakers Nyangatom people
Ongamo spokenBy Nyangatom people
Omo Valley region containsEthnicGroup Nyangatom people
Ateker languages ethnicallyAssociatedWith Nyangatom people