When the first rays of sunlight rise in the morning, take a bucket of fresh cow urine to wash your hair, wash your face, use boiling cow urine to brew a cup of crushed tea, and then coat your body with some burned cow dung ash, and the good day will start happily. (Joke about South Sudan today, don't be more serious)
The Republic of South Sudan declared its independence at 00:00 on July 9, 2011, becoming the 54th country on the African continent and the youngest African country in the world. A country that is poor, backward, in turmoil, and has nothing!
No! They have cattle, and their love and adoration of cattle is not comparable to the three brothers in Asia!
In this country, made up of various tribal families, whether there is money or not and whether there is or not is measured by the number of cattle. Cows are the most precious treasure in their lives, which means that there can be no money, but there must be cows! In the tribe, if you want to walk and walk horizontally, it depends on how many cows you put.
First, the wedding bride price is a gift to the cow. To marry a wife, it is necessary to give the woman's parents fifteen cows and five bulls. If this girl's family status is better and beautiful, it may have to pay a dowry of dozens of cows. Special note, if you have enough cattle, you can marry a lot of girls you are interested in, because polygamy is legal in South Sudan, so as long as you have cattle, living in groups of wives and concubines is not a dream.
Second, there are fights, conflicts, transaction compensation, etc. between tribes, which can be solved by cattle, and even if you are sick and go to the doctor, you can lead a cow to replace the medical expenses! Proper "Cow Coins"
Third, the main source of their food here is still cattle, and every part of the cow can be used rationally. Don't look at me poor, eat beef or eat drops; Milk, which is both food and drink, can be easily eaten anytime and anywhere, and a pot of freshly baked thirst is drunk.
Fourth, they agree with the asian third brother that cow urine can kill bacteria and cure diseases. After burning cow dung, the powder is applied to the skin on the surface of the human head and face or on the body of the cow, which can repel mosquitoes and flies and protect against the sun. In addition, due to the extreme lack of water in the local area, cow urine is excreted for the purpose mentioned at the beginning of the article.
Fifth, horns can be made into crafts, bracelets, wooden combs, and costumes. Cowhide can be used directly to make leather clothing and bags. Anyway, in the eyes of South Sudanese, there is nothing wasted on cattle, nothing at all! Cattle are god-like beings in South Sudan, and clashes and deaths between tribes for cattle are not uncommon. So you'll see cattle grazing with guns in their hands.
But as a country, only cattle can't do it, the people are still the same poor, the country is still the same backward. The main reasons for this situation are nothing more than the following: First of all, because the country's independence time is very short, it has existed in the form of tribes before, it knows how to herd cattle every day, there are very few people who have learned to learn to know the words, and they have built a country in a hurry, and the first problem is that there are very few educated officials, and even if they have culture, they lack experience in governing the country. It's definitely not okay for everyone to herd cattle together!
Second, the influence of the clan is enormous. South Sudan has a large number of tribes, and none of them make up the majority of the population. These people have no concept of a state or a state, they are first loyal to their own tribes and chiefs, and the struggle between tribes is continuous for many years. The country should be placed far behind.
Third, the state's control over the military is somewhat stretched. Soldiers from different tribes will fight with soldiers of other tribes for the benefit of their own tribes, and even if they are just comrades in a team, the next second they may turn their guns and turn their guns in anger.
You say chaos? The poorer the more willing they are to fight, the United Nations peacekeeping force has been carrying out peacekeeping missions here for many years, and such a country is really drunk! I hope that the people of South Sudan can live a stable and happy life as soon as possible.
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