{"id":10232,"date":"2024-01-04T16:06:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T16:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=10232"},"modified":"2024-01-04T16:06:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T16:06:05","slug":"nuer-scarification-ancient-body-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/04\/nuer-scarification-ancient-body-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuer Scarification: Ancient Body Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sudan Events<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The pattern of Nuer scarification varies within specific subgroups. The most common initiation pattern among males consists of six parallel horizontal lines which are cut across the forehead with a razor, often with a dip in the lines above the nose.<\/p>\n<p>The Nuer people are a Nilotic ethnic group concentrated in the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan. They also live in the Ethiopian region of Gambella.<\/p>\n<p>The Nuer speak the Nuer language, which belongs to the Nilotic language family.<\/p>\n<p>They are the second largest ethnic group in South Sudan. The Nuer people are pastoralists who herd cattle for a living. Their cattle serve as companions and define their lifestyle. The Nuer refer to themselves as &#8220;Naath&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Nuer people, an esteemed Nilotic ethnic group, possess a distinct cultural practice known as scarification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Sudan Events &nbsp; The pattern of Nuer scarification varies within specific subgroups. The most common initiation pattern among males consists of six parallel horizontal lines which are cut across the forehead with a razor, often with a dip in the lines above the nose. The Nuer people are a Nilotic ethnic group concentrated in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10232"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10234,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10232\/revisions\/10234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}