The Nuer
Across
- 4. A Nilotic ethnic group primarily inhabiting the Nile Valley around south Sudan.
- 5. A Middle English term for a cow barn or shed.
- 7. A Nuer term for a cow.
- 8. The position that other cultures have intrinsic worth and can only be usefully evaluated or understood in their own terms.
- 10. 'Nuer war against the ............to acquire more cattle.
- 11. A ritual specialist and the Man of the cattle.
- 12. Broadly refers to the web of social relationships that form in human societies through family ties.
Down
- 1. The belief that particular cultural traits may play a role in maintaining the culture.
- 2. Lacking in political leaders or hierarchies- literally means "headless"
- 3. African or Dutch word for an enclosure for cattle or other livestock.
- 5. Refers to their social idiom of cattle playing a major role in the lives of the Nuer people.
- 6. A close and often long term relationship between 2 or more species.
- 9. The tendency to evaluate other cultures in reference to ones own culture.