The Nuer

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