I took the photo that Shawn put on the banner of the So. Sudan Humanitarian Blog. It is a sunrise looking over the natural country side taken 27 December 2007 when we got lost driving at night and wound up in Gogrial on our way between Wau and Aweil in southern Sudan. This was about two months into the dry season. Some species of deciduous trees had already shed their leaves to conserve moisture during the dry season. In the dark below the sunrise, you could see the tall grass under the trees. The pastoral tribes highly value the tall rich grass for their cattle.
The tribes have words for the various colors of cattle. Mabior means a white bull. A son might be named Mabior after a favorite bull. You can see more photos on our website http://www.sudanhelp.org.
Claron
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