Otuho people
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The Otuho people, also known as the Lotuko, are a Nilotic ethnic group whose traditional home is the Eastern Equatoria state of South Sudan. They speak the Otuho language.
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500,000–700,000 Traditional African religion | |
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Demographics
The Otuho are bordered by the Lopit in the North, the Bari on the West, the Acholi and the Madi in the South west, and the Didinga and the Boya in the East.[citation needed] Their region is characterized by ranges and mountain spurs such as the Imotong mountain, the highest mountain in South Sudan with an altitude of 10,453 ft above sea level.
Subsistence
They engage in some subsistence agriculture; their main crops are sorghum, ground nuts, simsim (sesame), and maize in the plains, or telebun, dukhn, sweet potatoes, and tobacco in the hills.[2]
Land is owned by no single person, but in trust by the community. In the mountains, after finding a site, the group decides the boundaries of each person's garden, with certain areas being fallow (for up to 10 years) and others open to cultivation (for up to 4 years).[citation needed]
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Religion
Their primary religion is an
References
- ^ "AFRICA | 101 Last Tribes - Lotuko people".
- ^ "Lotuko (Otuho)". gurtong.net. Retrieved 3 Jan 2018. [dead link]
- ISBN 9780816048922.
External links
- Lotuka (Otuho) people on Gurtong.net