Deleted Scenes From South Sudan - Unusual Lifestyle Of The Mundari Tribe And Their Unique Village 🇸🇸

Indexé : 2026-05-16

[00:00:04]Hello Adida ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to another video here in beautiful Africa. Right now I am in South Sudan actually and uh I'm going to make one of my last videos from this country and uh for a reason because it's really really difficult to film here. You have to get a permission from every corner. And uh we just arrived to a different village which is outside the capital city Juba. And we had to go through like four different checkpoints and offices and stamps. Like it's super super super complicated to film here. And uh you might be remembering actually my first video from South Sudan. I was actually detained and uh got questioned and then my footage was actually checked. So I just try not to make too much trouble. Uh and I will I got a permission I can film in this area which is a village and it's the village of the Mundari people. That's like the birthplace of the Mundari tribe and it's quite beautiful and this is my another encounter with Nile River. As you can see, it looks actually quite beautiful. And uh we are actually looking for the opportunity to take probably boat ride and then look around this uh area and maybe see some animals.

[00:01:29]That would be very very exciting. And if you don't know the Nile River, which is the longest river in the world, it starts all the way from Uganda. From Uganda, it comes to South Sudan. From South Sudan goes to Sudan and from Sudan to Egypt. and I'm from Egypt connects to Mediterranean Sea and uh yeah I had a actually boat ride in in Egypt uh in Nile. So I think this is a second opportunity for us to go for a little cruising later on. So in general this area actually looks pretty cool. They have got a little seat here and seems like a place where people come and hang out. Very interesting looking trees as you can see. And they're also making some food here. And I would 100% would love to try some fried deep fried fish.

[00:02:23]So we're going to check out what options they have. They're making like a tea coffee here. They're even providing shisha as you can see. So we might actually do that. The water is boiling right now.

[00:02:37]So this mother going to give us the best fish.

[00:02:42]What kind of fish is that?

[00:02:43]>> That's tilapia.

[00:02:45]>> What is it?

[00:02:45]>> Tilapia.

[00:02:46]>> Tilapia. Ah, very nice. Tilapia. So, it's a deep fried.

[00:02:50]>> Yeah, deep fried one.

[00:02:51]>> And which village we are in right now?

[00:02:53]>> We are in Terekka town.

[00:02:54]>> Terka town. Tekka town is the birthplace of Mandari people, right?

[00:02:59]>> Mundari people. Yeah, it's the town for Mundari people.

[00:03:01]>> Mandari people. Very nice.

[00:03:03]>> So, is what what else she's providing to us? Just a big fish, >> salad, tomatoes.

[00:03:11]>> Some tomatoes. Okay.

[00:03:12]>> Lemon.

[00:03:13]>> Yeah.

[00:03:14]>> Okay. Some lemon, too. Okay.

[00:03:16]>> And that's chili.

[00:03:18]>> Uh, chili. And then some salt here as well. So, that looks good. All right. Do you have something else? Rice. Fries.

[00:03:27]No. Rice. No.

[00:03:30]No problem. It's okay.

[00:03:32]So in this area they are doing basically frying the fish. They look actually pretty delicious. So I will test that out very soon. So this whole area basically is for cooking. They're sitting this under this tree. Big tree actually that uh makes a big shade for them.

[00:03:52]And uh yeah let's see how our fish going to be. So it's going to be quite exciting.

[00:04:00]So uh regarding the security concerns as well, we arrived to this uh town and then my guide said there are some operations in the market in the you know the big market area of the town. So we will not be able to go there even. So kind of like we are stuck here. We probably can do a little tour in the water and just hang around in this area.

[00:04:24]And uh it's very very unfortunate because uh South Sudan people I have met so far they've been incredibly nice and very very welcoming. So I am missing so much opportunity to show you kindness of the people and friendliness and the hospitality of the people. Of course, you have seen the Mundar people who basically takes care of the animal camp, the cow camp, but uh the reality is that that's the that's the all the interaction I could have in the whole country. But the rest of it, I cannot film. I cannot do much. I cannot I'm not really so free to go anywhere.

[00:05:03]>> Ready?

[00:05:03]>> All right. Our food is ready.

[00:05:06]Going to try it out. So, I was just asking her. She doesn't have like rice, fries, anything like that.

[00:05:14]>> No fish.

[00:05:15]>> No fish have. It's just fish. Like here what you eat is just fish.

[00:05:20]>> Okay. Okay.

[00:05:20]>> Yeah. Sometimes if you want bread, but now there's no bread. She only has the fish.

[00:05:25]>> Ah, sometimes there's a bread.

[00:05:27]>> Yeah. Okay. So, we have >> You're going to enjoy it.

[00:05:29]>> We have a low carb food.

[00:05:31]>> Yeah. She's going to bring water.

[00:05:32]>> H she's going to bring Okay.

[00:05:35]It's actually massive fish. My hands are clean. I disinfected.

[00:05:41]>> Me.

[00:05:42]>> So, how how do you start exactly?

[00:05:45]>> You break it from here.

[00:05:46]>> From the middle?

[00:05:46]>> Yeah, you can break it.

[00:05:49]>> Oh, thank you. Oh, that's so cool.

[00:05:52]>> They bring some water to wash your hands.

[00:05:57]>> Does it have lots of bones?

[00:05:59]>> No. Like that? It doesn't have the bones.

[00:06:00]>> No bones. Okay, let's try this.

[00:06:07]M >> nice.

[00:06:08]>> Oh, it's so good.

[00:06:12]>> I was just saying in the video, >> your country's people are so kind and welcoming, so hospitable, very smiling.

[00:06:20]>> Yeah.

[00:06:21]>> But because of the security concerns, I cannot >> film the market.

[00:06:26]>> Film the market. I don't have enough interaction with the local people because we are not allowed to certain places. So, it's a it's a shame. You have a wonderful country and very nice people, good food. So, I'm very grateful. Thank you so much for taking me around as much as you can because I know that you are doing your best, but it's not always the easy work to travel South Sudan with a foreigner.

[00:06:52]>> Yeah.

[00:06:53]>> Yeah. So, thank you so much.

[00:06:54]>> You're welcome.

[00:06:56]>> All right, guys. Back to the fish.

[00:07:00]I I actually love deep fried fish and I love to eat even the tail. I love like eating tail and all the skin. It's like just like a chips.

[00:07:14]It's so good. You can just take the whole tail and then enjoy it.

[00:07:23]Very good. So, our boat is confirmed. We can go for a ride. Yeah, they only trying to add more fuel and uh we can go for the ride.

[00:07:31]>> Okay, sounds great. All right, >> just after our food and then we go for the ride.

[00:07:35]>> Perfect. All right, guys. We're going to try to eat our food in peach and then afterwards we will hop onto the boat so we can show you the Nile River, right?

[00:07:44]>> Yes.

[00:07:44]>> Yeah. Very nice.

[00:07:49]>> Guys, the fish was just amazing. We destroyed the whole fish, two of us. It was really, really good. and no carbs next to it. I'm happy. But the food itself was just amazing. Just right from the Nai River and uh we have got a deep fried fresh nice smiles from the lady who sells it and everyone seems very kind in this area. So we are very excited to go for a boat ride. But I want to tell you something about the money here in South Sudan. South Sudan has one of the worst inflations in the world. And this is how I am traveling.

[00:08:23]Look at this. This is the amount of money I have in my bag, guys. The packs and packs. One pack is $10. So, I have maybe like $50 money here and maximum I have like $100 here. This is $100 and the bag is full. Like imagine just traveling around as a tourist here. You want to pay for your things. Like, of course, they don't accept cards here except if you are in international hotels. But if you are just want want to wander around, want to go to market, buy food, buy things, then this is how you should travel. Or in other cases, maybe you have to even carry little bag with you. And that's one of one of the ways you can basically pay for things, which is pretty interesting. So my guide is actually taking care of the food. Uh when it comes to payment, it's part of the tour. And uh I wonder how much our things cost, but I also want to support her. Support her a little bit and get rid of the one pack from my bag.

[00:09:30]>> Sister, do you know how much was the food?

[00:09:32]>> It's 35,000. Did you pay them?

[00:09:35]>> I'm going to give her. She has been praying, so I'm giving her the money.

[00:09:38]>> Ah, nice. Okay. Okay. Okay. Very nice.

[00:09:47]>> So that's how much? 35,000.

[00:09:50]>> Uh let's check it out to see how much is was our fish. That was delicious.

[00:09:55]35,000. What's the rate?

[00:09:58]>> 5,700.

[00:10:00]5,700.

[00:10:01]That comes to $6. We add it for $6.

[00:10:05]>> And uh one of my packs here is 50,000, right?

[00:10:10]>> Yes.

[00:10:10]>> So 50,000 divided by 5,700 >> it's like $9.

[00:10:17]>> Yeah. Oh man, it's crazy.

[00:10:20]So there's Tell her there's I don't know $18.

[00:10:28]>> It's like a h 100,000 here. Okay.

[00:10:30]100,000.

[00:10:31]>> It's a gift for her.

[00:10:36]>> Thank you so much. Thank you, >> man. It's crazy. Like two packs of that money, like two packs of this. This is only $9. What I'm holding $9. Like imagine the money they spent to print out this money. The paper they use, the ink they use, the shipment they use.

[00:11:00]It's definitely not worth like they're losing so much money. That's that's the reality of the inflation. So, one of this is nine. I gave her two of this, which is only $18, guys, which is absolutely insane to carry around this much money.

[00:11:17]What they're saying?

[00:11:18]>> The other women said they're also praying they also need some money.

[00:11:20]>> I know. It wasn't about the prey. It was about the food.

[00:11:23]>> I was like, "That's not me."

[00:11:26]>> All right. Oh, thank you so much. I will take >> I'll take one maybe.

[00:11:30]>> What's going on?

[00:11:30]>> You'll have one. I'll have >> I'll take one. Okay.

[00:11:32]>> Then I'll give them >> Thank you so much. All right, guys.

[00:11:36]We're going to hop on to our boat.

[00:11:39]It's going to be pretty exciting. And based on my memory, this place actually just looks like the Nile in Egypt, especially the ecosystem of it, you know, all the greenery and all the bushes. It looks so much similar to to Egypt. So very interesting. Hello guys.

[00:12:06]>> Oh, we have we've got no cover.

[00:12:08]>> Yeah.

[00:12:08]>> Okay. Oh, thank you.

[00:12:12]Oh, we got no cover. So, we should keep it short.

[00:12:16]>> Maybe 20, 30 minutes.

[00:12:19]>> Maybe even less. How are you guys?

[00:12:22]>> Kihik.

[00:12:24]Tam. Tam. Tam. Tam. In South Sudan, official language is actually English and uh they also speak Arabic.

[00:12:34]So, we can say you can use your Arabic skills and English skills too. So it's pretty interesting. Oh, we have more people coming.

[00:12:44]>> No, I just >> give us company.

[00:12:46]>> Ah, you just Okay, very good. All right, guys. It's actually middle of the day and we have got no color, so we will just enjoy the ride pretty fast. Maybe like 20 minutes or so. And I want to show you the the beauty of the South Sudan. This is probably one of the few places where there's no checkpoints, there's no police, there's no hidden security guys. So, we will be fine unless fish comes out from the water and says, "Show me your documents or why are you filming?" So, it's going to be exciting, guys, just to be in the nature away from people and security and police just to show you the beauty of this country.

[00:13:32]As a first impressions, looks great.

[00:13:34]Like there's no trash, no plastic flowing around and everywhere is just green. So some of the people actually use where we started our boat ride as a stop. So they actually come from the other side of the Nile and they leave there and then they just come back here by the boat. So there are people that takes them as a public transportation from A to B to get to their villages, to get to their lens.

[00:14:07]Oh, very nice. Looks really cool.

[00:14:15]Lena, are there some big animals?

[00:14:17]Hippos, crocodiles.

[00:14:20]>> Yeah, I really don't know, but I can ask them. I know some hippos around here.

[00:14:24]>> Yeah.

[00:14:24]>> Are there are hippos? Yeah.

[00:14:27]Are >> they common? You see, or not common?

[00:14:31]Is it common?

[00:14:32]>> Is it common to see them very easily like that?

[00:14:36]>> No, the hippo. Hippop hippos are not here. And crocodiles is there.

[00:14:44]>> You have >> they might be there but will be hiding when they when people see them eventually they can kill.

[00:14:50]>> Yeah, they they run away.

[00:14:53]>> Oh, look at this.

[00:14:55]>> Are they fishermen or they're just traveling?

[00:14:58]>> Fishermen. Hello.

[00:15:00]Adida Adida.

[00:15:07]>> They're using the local boats to travel around. Super cool.

[00:15:14]>> All right, guys. We're going to enjoy our ride. If something exciting pops up, I'm going to share it with you as well.

[00:15:20]But for now, I'm just going to enjoy the ride.

[00:15:46]All right guys, we are coming back to our starting point and I was a 20 25 minutes boat ride and the gentleman will drop us where we have started and my guide was saying that actually lots of people travel all the way from Juba from the capital city and then come have a fish here because it's delicious, it's fresh and also it's uh much cheaper here than Juba. So you can imagine during the weekend time this place just basically gets full filled up easily was full of people who enjoys the fish and then some shisha and then this our final spot.

[00:16:36]Oh, very nice.

[00:16:38]That was that was easy.

[00:16:42]>> I feel like a millionaire today. So, I'm going to leave it as a pack with you.

[00:16:47]Can you share this with the captain?

[00:16:49]Okay. Thank you so much.

[00:16:52]>> All right, guys.

[00:16:53]>> I feel like a millionaire throwing packs here and there. Like, take it, bro. It's your tip, you know. Uh, of course, the boat is already been paid by by my guide as part of the tour. And we just left $9 with them. Again, the $9 is a one stack of money, which is still mind-blowing for me. All right, we are back to our lunch spot, guys. We're going to hop on to our car, I guess. Now, we go to the village, right?

[00:17:22]>> So, we have got actually lots of gifts for the kids and for the adults, too.

[00:17:27]You know, some dry food, coffee, and then sugar, things like this, which we will take the opportunity to share it with with the villagers.

[00:17:36]So that's why we're heading to that direction. Mother, thank you so much.

[00:17:40]Good luck. Thank you. All the best. Oh, don't worry. Thank you so much.

[00:17:48]Okay, guys. We will not film for for the way to get there, but once we arrive, we have the approval and we feel safe, we will definitely film it for you guys.

[00:17:58]So, just in a bit.

[00:18:02]This too.

[00:18:21]Ladies and gentlemen, we are arriving to somewhere very exciting.

[00:18:26]We arrived to to the village and it's the Mundari village and my guide actually I'm so grateful that she brought us somewhere so remote.

[00:18:38]It's not like next to the road or anything. So going to see how they lived and also we will deliver our gifts. So that's already sign that we are actually delivering it to the welldeserved families.

[00:18:56]And I just want you to pay attention to the landscape and also the nature is completely different than where we came from, >> which is so cool.

[00:19:12]They have this mud houses covered with some bush, dry bush, and it looks pretty cool.

[00:19:23]And our roads are off-road of course, but our car is managing.

[00:19:35]>> Thank you so much.

[00:19:38]Wow, we have made it.

[00:19:43]I'm actually super excited to see this place. This is really remote area, guys.

[00:19:48]And it looks so cool, so organized and uh humble little homes.

[00:19:55]We're going to get the chance to have a little closer look at them. And uh I I actually realized they have got a little church here, too. So maybe if you get the opportunity, we can look inside, too.

[00:20:11]So, it's middle of the day, so everyone has got their jobs or they're just resting, waiting for the heat to go away. But otherwise, uh I'm sure that there are lots of people are living here. As you can see, lots of houses. Some people take their animals out, some people are just resting. Uh so, everyone has got a responsibility. You can see the cross right there. And then for some reason, the door is on the ground. And this is their church. I guess they just get together here and uh do their prayers.

[00:20:46]But at the same time, I feel like this wall is going to go down very soon. And I think I found something interesting.

[00:20:53]Look at this. They have got this musical instrument.

[00:20:57]I'm not sure how does this work.

[00:21:03]All right, guys. I probably don't supposed to be here. So, let's get out.

[00:21:09]But it's interesting to see church in such a remote such a remote area. I just want to show you from the outside because it's made from the mud. So, as you can see, the wall is leaning towards to the outside. So, it's probably in a bad condition right now. We have got the cross right there.

[00:21:29]And I'm very excited to go check out how people live, what they do. We have got the kids here. Adida, >> how are you?

[00:21:39]Adida, >> how are you? Adida, >> so this science they do, this is basically representation of their animal. So the cow they're owning, how the horns are shaped, it might be symmetric like this. It might be like this. It might be inside, outside, or curved. So that's what they're showing with their hands. Do it again. Can you do it again?

[00:22:13]Huh? Huh? Yeah. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

[00:22:16]Uh-huh. Nice.

[00:22:19]Okay, we understood each other.

[00:22:22]So >> I think we need to wait for the local guide and he's going to help us around to do the distributions and also deliver to the right families whatever we have got for them.

[00:22:33]>> Local guide is deep in the village and the network here is not uh too much connecting. No problem.

[00:22:38]>> These kids are going to lead us where he is then we pick up from there.

[00:22:42]>> Okay. What's the what's the name of the village?

[00:22:44]>> Ninkabore.

[00:22:45]>> Ninkabore. This is the Mundare village.

[00:22:47]Everyone here is from the Mundar.

[00:22:49]>> Everyone here speaks. You find the kids all of them speaks uh the local language but the elders as there are others who speaks Arabic and uh the one who will act as a local guide also speaks a little bit of English because he's gone to school and the ones who speaks Arabic they were once in Juba others who are in Teroka so they moved back to the very nice >> but the language spoken here it's Mundari language >> Mundar language so very interesting >> I I love I checked out the church it's Uh it seems little abandoned. I think it's falling down. Probably they need to repair it or something.

[00:23:24]>> They're using it at >> They're using it.

[00:23:26]>> Yeah. It's today that uh it's not it's Thursday. But on Sunday, this is where they pray.

[00:23:31]>> Uh-huh.

[00:23:32]>> Yeah.

[00:23:32]>> Amazing. Where they pray.

[00:23:33]>> So most of the people Mundar are Christians, right?

[00:23:36]>> Uh in this village all of them are Christian.

[00:23:38]>> All of them are Christians.

[00:23:39]>> Catholics for that matter.

[00:23:40]>> Yeah. Very interesting. All right. Cool.

[00:23:43]So we just follow them and then after >> after we come back to bring the things >> uh they will come and receive it from here.

[00:23:50]>> Ah they will receive it from here. Okay that's a great idea.

[00:23:53]>> Normally when they bring for them some things they receive it. Uh these are like the offices they keep to store.

[00:23:58]>> Okay. Then then they distribute from there. Okay.

[00:24:01]>> So sometimes they distribute on Sunday.

[00:24:03]That's when they get access to everyone.

[00:24:05]>> Ah makes sense. They have got >> is around >> they have got a little shop here even.

[00:24:12]And there's nobody inside. They're selling I don't know some cookies here.

[00:24:18]Like they're selling cookies. They're selling some juice and uh coffee here.

[00:24:25]So like probably you can just buy per glass like this which is so cool.

[00:24:35]>> Thank you brother. See you soon.

[00:24:36]>> See you soon.

[00:24:38]>> Wow. I I really want to see that stick.

[00:24:40]Can you explain us too that >> okay >> just a minute more beautiful one in the village >> there's more beautiful one okay all right guys >> a little bit old >> as I've been traveling in West Africa now in East Africa there's uh lots of animism when you travel to the villages and animism is actually it's not really religion it's more like a belief system and uh you might be Christian you might be Muslim but at the same time you might be practicing animism. Animism is basically uh like local and traditional beliefs and people believe in the spirits and they believe that they can actually manage the spirits. So we will show you a few signs here. I have seen lots of that in Burkina Faso and people actually what they do if they have a certain problems if they have a certain challenges they basically choose to sacrifice some animals and then do the rituals and do the prayers and they're hoping that things basically will be getting better for them. So that's what is animism as a religion belief system. So they believe that all the items have got a power.

[00:25:55]They've got a even doggy here following us. So they believe that every every item every thing >> alive or not life they have actually will power. So that's an interesting thing about animism.

[00:26:15]All right, the kids are following us deeper into the village. And what are these plants? Are this um what are these plants?

[00:26:24]>> Uh I really don't know the name of this plant but it has seeds which are eatable.

[00:26:30]>> Ah they have seeds. Okay.

[00:26:31]>> You find with the bigger ones. These ones are silian and this same leaves of this plant.

[00:26:36]>> But this is not palm tree.

[00:26:38]>> It's not.

[00:26:38]>> It's not a palm tree.

[00:26:40]>> So you the leaves of this >> Uh-huh. This is This is palm tree. It's not >> that's not palm tree too. It's the same.

[00:26:46]>> Yeah.

[00:26:47]>> Okay. Oh, I have got things stuck on my leg.

[00:26:51]>> So, it's actually shorter version of the palm trees. They look like a palm trees, but actually they are not.

[00:26:58]>> And my guide says that they have got a seeds that can be used by the by the people here.

[00:27:05]>> And also they use the same lips for building their houses.

[00:27:08]>> Ah, building the homes too. Okay. Makes sense. Like you can see there, they're building a roof of the house. They're just constructing it slowly from all the dry leaves and dry wood, whatever they can find in the surrounding areas. Man, this is one of the coolest places I have been to be honest. Like when you look at the further, you can see these little huts.

[00:27:32]Everyone have got the same style of homes. No one's home is bigger or smaller or concrete or more fancy or not. Everyone has the same Adida, how are you? Good to see you.

[00:27:53]>> You're good.

[00:27:55]>> Nice to meet you, Adida.

[00:27:58]>> Adid, >> he's sleeping, Adida.

[00:28:08]Nice to meet you.

[00:28:17]Oh hairstyle we saw at the battle. Yeah, nice hair.

[00:28:25]So that's how it's going to turn. Nice.

[00:28:28]Nice hair.

[00:28:29]So they're they're using the cow cow urine and ash >> ashes from the cow poop and then mix it together >> with some milk in it.

[00:28:38]>> Some milk too. They applied on their hair and it becomes orange.

[00:28:40]>> Yeah.

[00:28:41]>> Oh, very interesting.

[00:28:42]>> And orange is considered beautiful.

[00:28:44]>> Beautiful.

[00:28:44]>> Beautiful hair.

[00:28:45]>> Yeah. So right now they're still going to call the local guys and wait for him around here as we continue.

[00:28:52]>> Can we look at their homes? Is that okay?

[00:28:54]>> Yeah, it's okay. You can go closer. I can just go closer.

[00:29:03]Or maybe one of this maybe here. I think it looks more busy here.

[00:29:07]>> You want You want to come with me?

[00:29:08]>> I I'll come with you later. Let me just wait for >> Okay, perfect. Thank you.

[00:29:14]>> All right, guys.

[00:29:15]>> I have a permission to walk around as I like. We're going to check out people's homes and how they live.

[00:29:23]So, this is a termite house, or at least it used to be. Right now, I think it's kind of like destroyed by the local people. And uh I want to see their homes, especially how they make this kind of like umbrella looking homes.

[00:29:40]Looks pretty pretty cool.

[00:29:43]So, seems like this is the kitchen area.

[00:29:46]That's probably that's where they cook.

[00:29:49]And I would assume this is part of animism too. There's like a rock weirdly shaped. It's not natural shape. So it might be. And then this is uh this is how they built their homes. As you can see, it's actually very low. You have to really go down. And then seems like animals are resting there. That looks very pretty.

[00:30:13]Wow. I love it, man. Here. It's amazing.

[00:30:19]So, they have some wood probably prepared to build some new homes, I'm assuming. And then these ones are basically the top. This is the roof, the base of the roof.

[00:30:32]It's all just like tree sticks got together and then wrapped up. Everything natural, no plastic, nothing is used here from outside. So, this is their like little courtyard. Thank you.

[00:30:47]All right.

[00:30:50]How are you, Adida? Hello.

[00:30:53]>> Adita, >> nice to meet you. All right, guys. So, the hair color you see, the gentleman has this ginger hair or yellow hair or whatever you want to call it. That hair is basically the result of mixing the urine of the cow and the ashes of the uh poop from the cow. And then my guide said they also add some little bit milk and you just apply it and then the hair changes its color. And it's due to the fact that uh our pee or the animal pee has acid and it basically burns down the uh pigments on your hair and then naturally your hair basically just losing the color. So it turns into a orange or yellow or just a ginger color basically.

[00:31:45]All right guys, another thing I want to mention is the fact that when we come to these places as a tourist, we see and we actually appreciate how beautiful, how authentic all of this looks like. And it's pretty interesting to see all of this. But at the same time, you have to realize the lives are very difficult in these conditions. Especially right now is actually dry season and there's no rain, which means people are having okay time. But when the rain comes, you can imagine it becomes actually quite difficult to live in a conditions like here. You know, your roof is leaking.

[00:32:22]You cannot do much outside and you have a little place for the kids and for a family to stay. So, it's uh not always it might be looking like so beautiful and cool, but at the same time, you have to understand people are also having difficult times, especially every day.

[00:32:39]Can we look at that one? Yeah, we are going to >> Oh, wonderful. So, like every day you have to get a wood from the forest. You have to go bring some wood or you have to buy it. You have to, you know, do farming. You have to take care of your animals. And there's no electricity too in the whole village here. So, you can imagine when it it the sunset happens, it becomes just super super dark here.

[00:33:05]So, this is just another tote. You have to think about the other side of the story. Adida, >> how are you?

[00:33:13]>> He look He looks >> He looks like a boss.

[00:33:21]>> Very nice. Looks This is ivory >> or plastic.

[00:33:32]They look so cool.

[00:33:35]>> He's asking whether I recognized him. He was once in the cattle camp >> and I said yes I know him.

[00:33:41]>> He was in our camp >> once. No, not in the camp with you. You recogn Okay. Okay. Okay.

[00:33:46]>> He was once there. Now he came back to the village. The sons are the one taking care of the cows.

[00:33:50]>> Very nice.

[00:33:56]>> They're looking so cool with their clothing and everything. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you.

[00:34:02]>> All right, guys. This is exactly what we are looking for. As you can see, it's just in the middle of the the compound here. And these are the real uh horns of the animals. Oh, sorry. Maybe I didn't supposed to touch him.

[00:34:18]>> Yeah, he's still asking then.

[00:34:20]>> Sorry, I touched it. I didn't mean to touch. It's okay.

[00:34:23]>> It's okay. Yeah.

[00:34:23]>> So, uh would you mind to tell us what is it?

[00:34:26]>> This is a grave.

[00:34:28]>> This is a grave. Yeah.

[00:34:29]>> Oh, this a grave. So, there's someone here.

[00:34:30]>> Yeah, there's someone here. Be like this.

[00:34:32]>> Uh-huh. So this is the man of this home.

[00:34:35]>> Okay. A man of the home. Okay.

[00:34:37]>> Man of the home. So he died and uh uh in Mundar culture, this is how they bury a man who has a who has cows or let me say a man in general. So they put this stick and put the horns.

[00:34:51]>> The horns is from the cows which are slaughtered during the morning period.

[00:34:56]Okay.

[00:34:56]>> During the morning people period there are these cows which are being killed for people to eat. It's as part of the inund culture.

[00:35:06]>> So these things are to put to show that he was once having a cow and he's a respected man.

[00:35:11]>> Respected man. Okay.

[00:35:13]>> So by time all these horns are going to drop and the stick is going to remain.

[00:35:17]>> Ah >> that stick is going to remain for years.

[00:35:19]It won't uh break or maybe go out.

[00:35:23]>> That's to so the generation that your grandfather was buried here.

[00:35:28]>> Sometimes it might go flat. The grave might go fly and will be the same like the compound >> and you can walk on it.

[00:35:33]>> You can walk on it. People can stay around it. But the stick remains.

[00:35:37]>> Stick always remains.

[00:35:38]>> So when we maybe when we move around in the village, we could see more of these sticks.

[00:35:43]>> That's to say that someone was buried here.

[00:35:45]>> Even though there's no horn on it anymore because the horn is just broke down and fell. But it means that there's a grave underneath.

[00:35:51]>> Yeah, there's a grave.

[00:35:52]>> And it's not disrespectful to walk over it.

[00:35:54]>> No, right now we can't walk over it.

[00:35:56]right now. No, but when it flats out, >> it's flat and you don't you know that's when you can.

[00:36:01]>> Okay. So, there's no problem.

[00:36:02]>> And these horns sometimes this one might drop all and when there's one of the relatives who did not hear that he died and later discovered that he died later.

[00:36:12]He will come home here to pay his condolence. They will slaughter a cow and put the horns again.

[00:36:17]>> They just keep putting someone who has not heard and when he hears later, he will come and they will put the horns.

[00:36:22]>> So, they're refreshing the horns.

[00:36:23]>> Yeah, they're refreshing. And I think it was you, you told me the story that their favorite uh animal also dies with the owner, right? So if the man was, you know, had a lots of cows, >> lots of cows, when he dies, his most favorite cow also gets killed with him, right?

[00:36:42]>> Yeah. And I will confirm it with a >> with a gentleman. Okay.

[00:36:46]>> Okay. I will show you a little bit closer, guys. These are the old horns. I think I can see three, four, five, six, seven, eight. At least I can see eight of them. It's pretty interesting. And here is the grave.

[00:36:59]>> He has confirmed it's right. And this is the horns of this one. Okay.

[00:37:03]>> Yeah, you can see it's more bigger.

[00:37:06]>> Even the design left on it.

[00:37:08]>> So like when he's sifting to a new camp, this one leads.

[00:37:15]>> So he said it's breaking. I should not hit it.

[00:37:18]>> Okay. We don't touch it. Sorry. Sorry.

[00:37:20]Sorry.

[00:37:20]>> But I can touch it.

[00:37:21]>> I touched it twice. I'm sorry.

[00:37:23]>> I like to touch things.

[00:37:24]>> No problem.

[00:37:25]>> So now he tells us when during his time when he was still in the cattle camp, when he's leading to a new car, maybe sifting to a new camp, the cow which he bears, this horns is the first one to lead.

[00:37:36]>> Yeah.

[00:37:37]>> So this is the second one to follow and the rest of the cows will just follow these two.

[00:37:42]>> That's why we see the first one following the second one. So these are the >> They start from the bottom.

[00:37:48]>> Yeah. start from >> and then they pile up.

[00:37:49]>> Yeah.

[00:37:50]>> So if the new new relative arrives >> Yeah. they cut one cow and they will put it at the top.

[00:37:56]>> Yeah.

[00:37:56]>> Okay. Makes sense.

[00:37:58]>> All right.

[00:37:59]>> Very cool. I love I love I love I love to learn new things.

[00:38:03]>> Yeah. We can go the other side and see.

[00:38:05]We having men who are also they like doing things communally in the >> Oh, this is the owner of the home.

[00:38:12]>> Owner of the home. Okay.

[00:38:14]>> Adida.

[00:38:15]>> She's a widow.

[00:38:16]>> Adida.

[00:38:20]Thank you.

[00:38:26]>> She's the wife.

[00:38:27]>> Yeah. He She's the first wife.

[00:38:29]>> First wife.

[00:38:30]>> The man had 12 women.

[00:38:32]>> 12 wives.

[00:38:33]>> Yeah. Like these houses around here, >> wives and kids, grandkids saying.

[00:38:39]>> So it means he was really rich and had lots of animals.

[00:38:42]>> Yeah.

[00:38:45]So when he died then 12 women became widows.

[00:38:49]>> Yeah. 12 women become widow.

[00:38:51]>> Wow. And can can this can this woman get married again?

[00:38:56]>> This one is now an older one. They can't marry her. But I'm going to ask him about the young women because we know the others who are younger than her whether they will be married or they remain widows. The question is 12.

[00:39:37]Okay. The culture is getting interesting. Uh-huh. Okay.

[00:39:40]>> So he said uh this uh first wife has grown up sons. So when the father died there are those women who are still young probably some will be of my age who are married to him.

[00:39:53]>> So now those >> so now what they will do those young women who their father married will be given to the elder sons.

[00:40:05]You understand the sons of this woman.

[00:40:08]Ah yeah because >> so wait wait wait wait wait wait. This gets interesting. Okay so let's say let's say let's say my let's say my father dies.

[00:40:20]>> My father has died today.

[00:40:21]>> That means I can marry >> the youngest.

[00:40:24]>> My step sister >> stepmother. You marry your >> no a stepmother. Oh my god. To marry the stepmother. If you're the eldest son, you are eventually going to marry the stepmother.

[00:40:40]That's so impressive.

[00:41:01]like okay information asking him was like because with the Dinka tribe >> when uh like your father died and you have married your stepmother.

[00:41:22]>> Steph, >> the kids you'll be producing will be named after your father. All the surnames those kids will be bearing will be for your for your father and they count them to be your step brothers, not your kids.

[00:41:42]So uh that's why I was asking him whether it's the same culture like that one of Dinka but what he told me it's quite different >> Dinka different tribe now >> yeah it's a dink different kind yeah the the elder sons are going to marry the stepmothers the younger stepmothers the obear kids but the kids will be named after their grandfather like the father to their father.

[00:42:05]>> Okay. Interesting.

[00:42:06]>> Yeah. The kids will be named with the grandfather like >> that. That was actually my next question. I wanted to ask like do they make children afterwards because it might be a reason you know the the single mothers gets financial help from the elderly sons of the father. But so they do have sex and they actually make produce children. Wow. That's that's crazy.

[00:42:28]>> Yeah. in in a in a different in in our world in the west it would be something like unacceptable like something like so weird and so different different yeah >> yeah I understand we have tribes like from where I really came from >> uh that's not accepted >> yes >> a widow when the widow dies the person who can maybe sometimes take over might be the brother of the late >> a brother a cousin brother >> just like that one but Not a a a son, >> not a son of the late to take over.

[00:43:02]>> No, that's very very interesting. I have never heard anything like this.

[00:43:06]>> So the reason for them doing it like that because they are paid a lot of cows as you know they pay.

[00:43:14]>> So cows stay in the family. That's the idea if they to let her go. Meaning they have to return some of the cows back.

[00:43:23]>> I I don't hear him.

[00:43:25]>> Uhhuh. So the reason of that is because if they are to let this girl or this widow go back, they have to return some of the cows back. So now they don't want to spoil that relationship with between the two families. What they have to do is to retain the widow, give her a husband.

[00:43:41]>> That shows how animals are so important in the in the culture and uh in the like everyday life >> and it rotates in between them.

[00:43:49]>> Wow, that's so interesting. Like it's just a different mindset. I think we cannot really you cannot judge it. It's just and when the animals are so important like you would do anything just to keep it in the same family basically looking after them.

[00:44:02]>> Very interesting. So when the father dies his sons can marry the stepmoms.

[00:44:10]So that means that sons will have also many wives.

[00:44:15]>> Yeah they will have many wives. Normally they cannot.

[00:44:18]>> What is the maximum wife they can have?

[00:44:27]15 >> maximum 11 >> can have more cows can marry any >> what he means is like someone can marry 15 12 13 14 >> to depends on your status when you have a lot of cows if you're able to pay all the bride price all the daries needed from you you can marry as many as you That's so interesting.

[00:44:53]>> So someone can easily make a clan of his own with these women.

[00:44:57]>> So you can start our empire.

[00:44:58]>> Yeah.

[00:44:59]>> Where everyone marries each other.

[00:45:03]>> And I I maybe you didn't notice but look how tall are the community here. Mundari people and also Dinka Dinka tri. But I'm the shortest in the group now.

[00:45:15]>> Like I am 180 cm and this guy is probably 2 m. Are you 2 m?

[00:45:20]>> Two. No. Two. one on >> 95 >> 95 and I don't know you don't know okay I think you are 2 me >> you can you can easily be basketball player you know basketball >> I don't know >> you don't know if you play you would be the best >> yeah because it's basketball you know basketball and then >> you jump >> yeah you jump and then boom you don't have to jump you just do like this >> do like this >> I think we keep walking Lina, >> what's going on?

[00:46:12]She's trying to ask for some a little bit of help.

[00:46:14]>> Yes, of course. I I was planning to do it because we spend so much time in her place. We do that.

[00:46:25]Come >> do it.

[00:46:31]Tell Tell her I am millionaire here. So that's why I want to support her.

[00:46:38]There's like 18 $18 here. It's like 100,000.

[00:46:48]Okay.

[00:46:53]No, no, no need to count it. She can just take it.

[00:47:03]Shukran. Thank you.

[00:47:04]>> Thank you.

[00:47:06]Thank you. Thank you. Have a good day.

[00:47:11]All right, guys.

[00:47:11]>> We can tip around to the >> uh Yeah, sure. We can. So, we are going to now like someone newly died or what's going on?

[00:47:21]>> Building.

[00:47:22]>> They're building something.

[00:47:25]>> Okay, guys. That's going to be exciting.

[00:47:27]See you. They're building something.

[00:47:29]Maybe they're building a home or something. That would be quite interesting to see. And uh yeah, I love the environment here. It's so cool. And it's so interesting like in the west that would be like absolutely something weird. I think for most of the world that would be quite weird thing to do marrying your own stepmother and but here you have heard the reasons.

[00:47:54]So basically a cow stays in the same family because when this woman get married here or when the man wants to get married to the woman they should have a place to live and most importantly they should have a lots of cows and sometimes the bride price can be around like 100 cows and 100 cows means like 50 $60,000 US and it's lots of money. Imagine you have 12 12 wives and let's say five of them has to get married and then you have lost already 500 animals. So why not why not if your children especially your sons can actually marry your wives. basically the sons getting married to their stepmother and then that way all the animals staying in the same family blood so that's so interesting I I mean no judgments I'm just saying in other worlds it would be absolutely different thing >> is this the animism >> yeah this is one which the horns have all remain like that >> so there's a grave here >> that's a grave >> that's a grave again okay we'll go a little bit closer probably the grave was probably somewhere here. As you can see, all the skulls and the horns are dropped and stick always stays in the same place. So that's a one of the graves. So they normally don't have graveyard. They just >> uh bury them bury them in the compound, home compound. That's sometimes also like uh when it comes to generation when the old people have passed now the kids want to build their houses they will follow with the graves >> that this is where your grandfather was staying so you can now build here.

[00:49:44]>> Okay.

[00:49:44]>> We first go and see the women.

[00:49:45]>> Yeah sure. Let's say hi to them.

[00:49:49]So they can even say >> they can say you you were once not here in the village but this is where your grandfather was buried and where he was >> identifies the compound. Very cool. I love I love I love how clean is everywhere here especially where they live. It's amazing.

[00:50:08]>> All right guys, my guy just explained something interesting to me. So when the man dies, they actually make the grave and they put that skulls and the horns of the animals on top of it to identify where is uh their grave. But when the woman dies, they don't do much. They maybe put rocks and that's it. That's so interesting how every community we go in Asia, in Africa, the woman is always the pressed one. They just press the woman down. Like they are the ones giving birth to us, but the woman doesn't get the real treatment. like why they cannot get the same treatment because they were so important because they are the ones brought us to life. So for some reason every community the woman is always under and the man is always above.

[00:50:55]Ah very nice beautiful wow that's fantastic.

[00:51:09]Okay. All right, guys. 25.

[00:51:14]I don't know how much.

[00:51:21]>> How much? How much is here, bro? Wait. Why you pick up my food?

[00:51:25]Money. How much? This is 50,000. And they're asking 25. 25? Yeah. They share it.

[00:51:34]Okay. Okay. Okay. Thank you.

[00:51:37]I take the Yeah, we are splitting this money.

[00:51:45]>> Yes, but they that one they keep because we bought their product.

[00:51:52]You sure?

[00:51:57]She's so She's so cute and happy. You happy, Shukran? Shukran. Shukran.

[00:52:05]>> Thank you.

[00:52:06]I feel like has powers.

[00:52:09]>> Thank you.

[00:52:10]>> I feel like a Santa Claus came coming to the little village and then everyone is so happy. All right, guys. Let's go see how they are building their homes. That was actually cute. 25. You can keep it because I cannot take it home. So, it's my little gift for you.

[00:52:22]>> Oh, thank you.

[00:52:24]>> Very cute, man. They are like spending probably days on this like maybe.

[00:52:28]>> And it's made from this the same lips we saw before. That's what >> so they just basically use what's available around them and they make products and then they sell it in the market. So it's actually good business idea like they don't have a raw material cost only time is the cost. So the time they spend and the energy they spend to make this happen and then they bring it to the market and sell it. They charge me like less than $5 basically for that which is probably took them two days to make it or something. All right.

[00:53:00]Wow.

[00:53:02]>> Everyone is on top of the roof. They're just trying to build it. Harida, >> you good?

[00:53:10]>> So, they have got this like this kind of circles as I showed you before. This is made out of the the tree. Very nice.

[00:53:20]Thank you.

[00:53:22]It's very cool.

[00:53:25]So they make a bigger circle, smaller circle and put on top of each other and they just put it pack it together and they make this is basically the rope for them.

[00:53:37]Now he's going to show us.

[00:53:41]That's so cool, man. It's quite strong.

[00:53:44]>> Oh, was on my face almost.

[00:53:50]And he's going to show us how he does it.

[00:53:54]Ah, so if they want it to be smaller.

[00:53:57]Okay, I should hold it. Okay, >> so interesting.

[00:54:06]>> So, they're just going to tie it together and then that's it. It's going to be very strong even one with one rope and it's ready.

[00:54:16]>> Okay, thank you.

[00:54:22]Hello. How are you?

[00:54:29]>> Salamid salam. Salam.

[00:54:34]>> I'm okay. I'm very good. Thank you so much. Thank you. Shukran. Shukran. Thank you.

[00:54:39]>> Wow. There's everyone is involved here.

[00:54:41]Like some people sitting inside. All of them are on top of it. Okay. All right.

[00:54:47]Here's a here's a too crowded. We go slowly. Yeah.

[00:54:51]>> Yeah. We go we go do our duty. Give away the things and then after we go.

[00:54:58]>> Can walk back slowly.

[00:54:59]>> Yes, we can go. Thank you guys. Bye-bye.

[00:55:01]>> No, they have even >> Is that a port?

[00:55:13]>> Okay, they're gone, guys. They have a hu they had a huge pots on their head. So that was what we were looking at.

[00:55:21]>> But been a crazy and quite a interesting journey guys coming through the village, meeting the local people. Everyone seems super kind and welcoming. So that's the first thing you notice. And of course the beauty of the village. Very clean.

[00:55:36]Just like in the documentaries, you would see the mud houses and then little hearts and the local people doing the little creative work and yeah, it looks amazing. Thank you so much, Shukran.

[00:55:48]Bye-bye. Bye-bye. Thank you so much.

[00:55:51]Bye-bye.

[00:55:53]No, no, no. She Okay.

[00:55:58]>> She can she can sell and make more money.

[00:56:03]Okay.

[00:56:04]>> Thank you, my son. Thank you so much.

[00:56:06]>> Say thank you my mother.

[00:56:10]>> Hi Shukran. Thank you.

[00:56:14]>> They are so cute and they are so innocent man. It's like amazing to see their smiles with the very very simple things. I mean the money we distributed is like $30 maybe. And they are so like so appreciative and kind and welcoming.

[00:56:30]All right guys, let's get to the car. We have to distribute our gifts. So I will show you what we have got for them and we will see you in a bit.

[00:56:41]>> All right guys, we started our distribution process. Of course there are so many more kits but we are just going to hand over hand over to the ones that who is already here. So we have got for them 20 kilos of sugar. We have got lots of pen pencils. As you can see we have got a quite a colorful pencils here. Lots of pen and also uh sharpeners here. So in case they want to sharpen their pencils. We have got I think over uh 10 kilos of coffee and also we have got a some dates here. This is all going to go to the community. We have got a full pack of uh soap. So this is for washing the clothes, their body, whatever they want.

[00:57:28]And of course we have got them quality notebooks as you can see. And then this is not the only one. This part this full box is basically full of different notebooks inside. We have got some sugar for them like candies. And then we have got a more pencils and pens things like this which will be distributed one by one. So most of them got what they wanted.

[00:57:54]>> This is South Sudan.

[00:57:57]South Sudan.

[00:57:58]>> Okay.

[00:58:00]>> And this is football. Manchester City >> football. Football.

[00:58:05]>> You know, >> you know football.

[00:58:07]>> Your flag.

[00:58:08]>> Your flag. Yes. South Sudan.

[00:58:12]>> All right. I think we're going to give some to the adults, too.

[00:58:15]>> Yeah. The girls we going to give?

[00:58:16]>> Yeah. All the girls adults too. We can just give them small. I think we just give >> Yeah, we can give them candy. you remain any things but you can give you one to go.

[00:58:35]>> All right guys, they're just controlling the crowds to make sure everyone fairly gets what they what they need. So no more nor less and then I think after we will give them some candies too so they can be happy and then afterwards we will just go to our journey guys. So, if you are wondering, we have spent around, I think, $200 US for dry food and all the pen, pencils, and things like this. It's not so much, but this is all I can do single-handedly coming here. I really try not to come empty-handed, and I always make sure that we bring something, especially for the kids. most of the kids uh like they do have a school actually nearby here for the village but most of them cannot write cannot read so it's a satuation so when I bring notebooks and pens and pencils I just try to encourage them to study maybe start drawing something try write something or even just draw a line or whatever just encouragement and maybe that will take them somewhere and they will be wanting to study and learn and then get out from the village and bring more money to their families or bring more animals to their families. So, you never know. But we do our part and they can be a little happy at least for a few days.

[00:59:58]>> All right guys, we have done our part.

[01:00:00]We put everything to this kind of storage place. We trust that it's going to arrive to the community especially on Sunday when everyone comes for the church. It can be get distributed especially for the children. So that's my biggest concern but we trust the process. We cannot do so much.

[01:00:18]>> All right.

[01:00:19]>> You know that >> brother we trust you. Thank you.

[01:00:24]>> Sunday you distribute but mainly kids.

[01:00:26]Okay.

[01:00:27]>> Okay. Thank you so much.

[01:00:28]>> I think we are kind of ready.

[01:00:32]And this is >> this is all the money I have. I give it to you.

[01:00:36]>> For my >> Yeah, it's for you.

[01:00:38]>> Okay.

[01:00:39]>> Thank you so much.

[01:00:40]>> Okay.

[01:00:41]>> Okay. Bye-bye, guys. Shukran, >> remember the note?

[01:00:45]>> Uh, sorry.

[01:00:45]>> The note you wanted to to take for 500 and 1,000.

[01:00:50]>> I I have it. I have it all. I have all the money. Thank you so much. Don't worry. Bye-bye, guys.

[01:00:56]>> Uh, for him, >> they're asking for him. Uh, please tell them they will get their part.

[01:01:04]>> Yeah.

[01:01:05]>> For this kid.

[01:01:08]>> Yeah.

[01:01:08]>> Okay.

[01:01:09]Just tell them everyone will get their part from him.

[01:01:15]Saying this boy, >> this boy, this boy here. No, I >> Okay. Okay. Thank you.

[01:01:27]>> All right, guys. I don't really trust that guy, but we're going to just leave it there. And there's not much we can do. Really, I cannot do. This is the maximum I can do. All the kids who were here, we just handed over what we could.

[01:01:40]The rest is between them and the god if they believe. All right, I'm signing out, guys. This was our village exploration. Super cool. I loved my time here. Uh, South Sudan is just incredible and uh, I'm sad to finalize the videos and I couldn't provide more context and more content for you guys because it's quite complicated to film almost like we have to come really remote areas like here that there's no hidden security, there's no police, there's no army, you know, no one is watching you really what you are doing with your camera. So, it's very paranoid country. That's all I could get from my experiences. But the communities we have been, the tribe itself, the the animal camp, everything been just incredible. So I have very good impressions except the fact that I couldn't film everything I wanted. So that's the only downside. But the South Sudan is very underrated and beautiful country and wonderful people, very innocent people. That's uh that's all I can say. So I hope those people don't get advantage of like take not get taken advantage of. That's what I want to try to say. Signing out, guys. We'll see you in the next video in the next counter series.