Dinka Religion

Dinka spirituality is the traditional religion of the Dinka people, an ethnic group of South Sudan. The Dinka people largely rejected or ignored Islamic (and Christian) teachings, as Abrahamic religious beliefs were incompatible with their society, culture and traditional beliefs. The supreme creator god Nhialic is the god of the sky and rain and the ruler of all the other gods and spirits. He is seen as being distant from humans and rarely involves himself in the affairs of humanity. After creating humans, Nhialac told them to multiply and that their children would die but would come back to life within 15 days. Garang (the Adam of Dinka) protested that if nobody dies permanently then there would not be enough food. Nhialac then introduced permanent death.