Meet The Tallest Humans on Earth (DINKA TRIBE SOUTH SUDAN)

THE DINKA PEOPLE OF SOUTH SUDAN ARE KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR THEIR HEIGHT. THEIR HOMELAND IS SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS THE LAND OF GIANTS – UNDERSTANDABLY SO, AS ON AVERAGE, THEIR MEN STAND ALMOST 6FT AND WOMEN ARE NOT LAGGING MUCH BEHIND, EITHER.

THE DINKA, ALSO CALLED JIENG, IS A NILOTIC ETHNIC GROUP OF AROUND 4.5 MILLION PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE SAVANNA COUNTRY SURROUNDING THE CENTRAL SWAMPS OF THE NILE BASIN PRIMARILY IN SOUTH SUDAN, WITH A SIZABLE DIASPORA POPULATION ABROAD.

THE DINKA ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR STAGGERING HEIGHT. TOGETHER WITH THE TUTSI OF RWANDA, THEY ARE BELIEVED TO BE THE TALLEST PEOPLE IN AFRICA, AND POSSIBLY THE ENTIRE WORLD.

ACCORDING TO A STUDY CONDUCTED IN IN 1953–1954, THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF DINKA MEN WAS AROUND 182 CM (∼6FT). TODAY, HOWEVER, THE STATURE OF DINKA MALES APPEARS TO BE LOWER.
ANOTHER SURVEY OF DINKA MEN CONDUCTED IN REFUGEE CAMPS IN ETHIOPIA IN 1995 FOUND A MEAN HEIGHT OF 176.4 CM (5 FT 9.4 IN). THAT SAID, OTHER STUDIES OF COMPARATIVE HISTORICAL HEIGHT DATA AND NUTRITION PLACE THE DINKA AS THE WORLD’S TALLEST.

BUT HOW EXACTLY THE DINKA BECAME SOME OF THE TALLEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD? WELL, THIS HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT OF A MYSTERY THAT HAS BEEN LONG DEBATED. THE MOST POPULAR EXPLANATION IS NUTRITION – A HIGH-CALORIE DIET RICH IN DAIRY PRODUCTS, GRAINS, AND MEAT. ALL ORGANIC, OF COURSE.
THE DINKA MOSTLY MAKE A LIVING FROM AGRICULTURE AND PASTORALISM, RELYING ON CATTLE
HUSBANDRY FOR MILK AND AS A MATTER OF CULTURAL PRIDE. INSTEAD OF A CENTRALIZED AUTHORITY, THEY HAVE MANY INDEPENDENT BUT INTERRELATED CLANS. TRADITIONALLY, SOME OF THESE CLANS PROVIDE RITUAL CHIEFS, KNOWN AS “FISHING SPEAR MASTERS” OR BENY BITH, WHO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP
TO THE ENTIRE PEOPLE (THE TITLE APPEARS TO BE AT LEAST PARTLY HEREDITARY). THE SACRIFICING OF OXEN BY THESE RITUAL LEADERS IS A CENTRAL COMPONENT OF DINKA RELIGIOUS PRACTICE. OTHERWISE, THE DINKA’S RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND PRACTICES REFLECT THEIR PASTORAL LIFESTYLE. MOST – ESPECIALLY THOSE LIVING IN VILLAGES – REVERE ONE GOD, NHIALIC, WHO SPEAKS THROUGH SPIRITS WHO,IN TURN, TAKE TEMPORARY POSSESSION OF INDIVIDUALS IN ORDER TO SPEAK THROUGH THEM. THE
DINKA ATTRIBUTE THEIR RELIGIOUS POWER TO NATURE AND THE WORLD AROUND THEM,RATHER THAN TO A RELIGIOUS TOME.

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