BEST PLACES TO FILM THE CULTURE OF SOUTH SUDAN
Movie tourism is a fast growing trend in the travel industry. It combines the excitement of exploring new places with the interest of the movie making industry. Be it documentaries, short videos or full directed movies, here are the best places to film the culture of South Sudan.
Talking about the film tourism, what better place to experience it than South Sudan. A historic yet dull country, all embedded in unexplored landmarks, cultures and so many iconic locations to shoot in, South Sudan is slowly becoming a backdrop for Africa’s film industry.
South Sudan furnishes opportunities of both discovering new destinations as well as immersing yourself in the cinema industry. South Sudan’s culture skirts various religions, ethnic groups, languages, foods and different traditions and beliefs of people.
Some of the ethnic groups in South Sudan include the Dinka, Neur, Toposa, Jur people, Azande, Mundari, Shilluk, Muru, Didinga, Lango, Ndogo, Kuku, Kakwa, Lugbara, Anuak, Mundu, Avokaya, Balanda, Ottuho, Bari and so many others. However the commonly visited tribes are the Dinka, Mundari and Toposa.
Thinking of a film safari in Africa, these are the best places to film cultures in South Sudan. With over 20 different groups, it’s no wonder that different cultural traditions, practices and beliefs are present in the country.
Mundari Community
This is one of the most popular tribes in the country. Their major homeland is located about 75 kilometers north of Juba; South Sudan’s capital. In the east they are bordered by the white Nile which is an important water source t them. This is a small group of people between 70,000 to 100,000 people.
Much of the Mundari tribe is transmitted orally in music, dance, drama and poems that reflect generosity and life values. Ritual scarification is very vital to the Mundaris for identification. The initiation of boys to men is done in three months where the young boys spend this time with elders outside the community, this is climaxed with V scars on the head to prove men adulthood.
The community also has a cattle camp where most of the cattle herding is done. Evening photos and videos with the sun setting over the cattle and half-dressed boys running after the cattle are the best you can ever have.
Filming such experiences and adding them up in a documentary about Cultures in South Sudan can only be done on a trip here.
The Dinka Cattle camp
The Dinka are the most populous and traditional tribes in South Sudan, and also believed to be the most influential in the country’s politics. The Dinka cattle camps are one of the top notch tourism attractions in South Sudan, good for filming because of their extensive landscapes that keep over 500 cows.
If you are looking at filming south Sudan’s best cultures, the Dinka cattle camp is the ultimate place as it exposes you different people at the camp, from ladies preparing food for their families, young boys taking care of the cattle and community elders meetings about social issues. Good news is, we can plan for you the whole trip.
Juba City
This is currently Africa’s fastest growing city. Despite the fact that South Sudan is a newly formed country, it has attracted so many investors to the town as well as Non-Government Organizations for relief to the residents. This has triggered the brisk growth in Juba city. Filming South Sudan’s culture here gives you an opportunity to tap into the mixture of the country’s beautiful old cultures and the emerging modernity. Juba is surely a beautiful place to film.
Filming the cultures of South Sudan has become a trend in the recent years. The fact that digital marketing requires unique and authentic content, numbers of content creators have resorted to Visiting South Sudan for the best content creation.
Do you want a trip to South Sudan? Kindly check out some of our best South Sudan safaris designed to suit your needs. However, we even do tailor made trips to fit into your fantasies.
