The Theories Of Time And Space: The Nuer

Time and Space:
The Nuer believes that time and space is determined by the physical surroundings but all the values that they have as well. They also believe that the time and space is also focused on the structural principals of the society. The Nuer thinks of the time and space as a mark of an event. For space, he explains that the places that the Nuer settles is considered space and creates symbolism. Choosing a location of settlement is important for the Nuer because they want to live in a place that is in a resourceful location. As the Nuer has settled in the Nile River in the 1900s, this symbolizes importance for them. This is because in the book by E.E. Evans Pritchard, he explains that the daily activities that the Nuer does is something …show more content…
They also used the cows for companionship as well as using them for every necessity such as clothing, drums, and weapons. For the Nuers time across space, they believe that the cattle is the most important thing to them, and they will do anything to take care of one or many of them, because they are valuable to them. Throughout the book, there was one thing that he had focused on that relates to time and space and that is the cattle. The Nuer uses the cows for the developing of their culture. The Nuer explains that the Nuer is used for companionship as well as using them for every necessity such as clothing, drums, and weapons. For the Nuers time across space, they believe that the cattle is the most important thing to them, and they will do anything to take care of one or many of them, because they are valuable to them. Time and space overall however are known to be different in different types of cultures and understood differently. In the ecology and structure of the Nuer, they are different then the other places. The Nuer believe that they are a cow husbandry, and they believe they are not horticulture like the other different places around the world. In the book, they also say, “I am person of such and such a cieng”, and I interpreted as that I am a person and this …show more content…
With each different tribe, they are split into secondary and tertiary tribal sections. Some of the sections are big and small, depending on the size of the sections that are created. In the book, the EP explains that there is opposition between two different sides of the tribe because of the political system that the Nuer has. As the tribes are broken to many secondary and tertiary sections, they do not agree with each other because every view is different from one another. The Nuer are known for fighting in between tribes. In a fight, there are usually two different tribes. The other tribes that are watching are to remain neutral during the fight. In these fights, most of the fights are to happen between the males. The boys are allowed to fight, and they are taught by their fathers, as the fathers are the ones who have the experience to fight as well as being in a earlier generation of the tribe. However for the kinsmen, they also trained to fight if they are close in relationship to the other person. With the fighting skills that they have been taught throughout their life, they use this to fight other tribes, one of them being the Dinka. The Nuer’s relationship with the Dinka is that they do not like the Dinka and they are usually fighting the Dinka and raiding their place for stuff. In the Dinka, the relationship of cow and warfare is the myth within it. The myth was about God and which he had charged the