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Dinka Bor community initiation ceremony an Australian first

Dinka Bor community boys at the initiation ceremony
Dinka Bor community boys at the initiation ceremony Source: AAP

To the Dinka Bor people of southern Sudan, initiation is a vital coming of age custom.


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By Rhiannon Elston, Phan Bach

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To the Dinka Bor people of southern Sudan, initiation is a vital coming of age custom.


But it has been among many cultural rites disrupted during decades of war in the region.

Now members of a community forced to flee their homeland -- are keeping the tradition alive here in Australia.


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