What we can learn from the Nuer people and their sacred birds

Mongabay
Aug 8, 2025, 10:50 am187 pts
For the pastoralist Nuer people who migrate with the seasons between western Ethiopia’s Gambella region and Africa’s largest wetland, the Sudd, in South Sudan, birds are gaatkuoth or “sacred children of God.” The community has identified at least 71 bird species that are culturally important to them and…

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