Murle Intangible Cultural Heritage
Showcasing and Promoting Murle Intangible Cultural Heritage
Welcome to the website showcasing and promoting the intangible cultural heritage of the Murle people of South Sudan.
Under the auspices of British Academy funding, this website is intended to offer a space for learning about Murle cultural heritage, and a space to hold a conversation about these. Through the angle of the Murle age-sets, it showcases annotated photographs, audio and video recordings of Murle songs, dance, oral histories and scarification practices, discussing how these have been changing, adapting and reflect connections to a global world.
The website was officially launched in Juba in 2022.
Recent posts
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Photo exhibition on Murle culture and heritage in Juba and Pibor – 2022
Photo exhibition on Murle age-sets and scarification in Juba British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Diana Felix da Costa recently organised a multi-sited photo exhibition on Murle culture and heritage in South Sudan’s capital Juba and in the eastern town of Pibor in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA). The photo series entitled ‘Stories on the…
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What can the changing tastes in body scarification tell us about the lives and aspirations of Murle youth?
This blog post posted in the Rift Valley Institute’s (RVI) website discusses how the Murle social institution of age-sets (sometimes known as generations) has, in recent years, been fragmenting and is becoming increasingly militarized. Body scarification is a valuable lens through which to view these transformations, as well as a way to better understand individual…