Liguri Nuba Tribe

  

Liguri Nuba tribe

Notes on Liguri Nuba tribe by Rev. Yousif William, M.C.CJ.

Nomenclature:

Liguri call themselves (Egga Dba) or “the people of the country”. The name Liguri comprises three tribal sub-groups: Liguri, Saburi and Tallau

Location:

Liguri area is situated in the eastern part of the city of Kadugli; surrounded by Moro um sirdibba on the east, Shawaia on the south-east, Kadugli on the south, Morta (Kadugli) to the west and Keiga Tummero on the north. Zones and villages inhabited by the Liguri are: El ,  Mountain ranges inhabited by Liguri are: Liguri, Kalibang, Tekhni, Soginoz. Those inhabited by Soburi are: Saburi, Lulupin and Podor, and finally those inhabited by Tallau are Tallau and Mayangu

( Cf. Suliman Tayar Juju 2004:7)

Villages: villages inhabited by Liguri are:

El Saraf (Kloro), Tbata( El Taraia), Tukswana, Legadak(Tese Abd El Salam, Kajonga(Talgotta), Kamuga, El Debba, Takhs Kologle, Teglamu, Tekhni, Tobongol, Barango, El Saudia, Talgotta, El Efein, Kolimokh, Ambreis(Logolik), El Daroud( Um Safifa, Deldaku, El Lahau), Tellau, Mayangu, Kalibang, Soginoz, Saburi, Lulupin and Podor, El Debba, Kerkaraia, El Denduor, Gerdud El Nabag and El Tash (Cf. Suliman Tayara 7.)  

Clans:  (prefix Egga denotes: “people of”)

Egga Dgamuga, Egga Dkhni, Kij Maidong, Egga Dlukukh, Egga Dgnjoga, Ummuzun Jlamusti. 

Language: Though Liguri tribe is linguistically considered Daju connected, but as stated by R. C.Stevenson, “Liguri and Shatt do not call themselves Daju, but acknowledge this connection”(R.C. Stevenson 1984: 13).Liguri as a language has many dialects but it is mutually intelligible with some of Shatt groups.

Yearly Ceremonies and dances:

 Sibir is an annual celebration based on the tribal beliefs on God and the ancestors. The most important of theses sibirs is known as (Tanaajakh), the first of which is known as (Tanaajakh t’kolega) or the winter sibir which is celebrated in January and in July (the beginning of planting). There is also the sibir of the Kambala (Tanaajakh t’Kamal)which is also celebrated in July. Kambala is the famous dance peculiar to the Liguri in which the dancers wear cattle horns on their heads, grass on their waists and shakers on their legs.

Other famous dances are Bokhsa in which people dance on music produced through blowing gourd pipes.

Birth order naming starting from the first:

Boys: Kuku, Kori, Tia, Tuttung, Koa, Kaki, El Suong, after which it restarts again by adding suffix (Njala) e.g. KakaNjala.)

Girls: Kaka, Tutto, Kiki, kose, Koa, Kaki, El Suong, after which it restarts again by adding suffix (Njala) e.g. KakaNjala.)

Sources: I have to a large extent used my own research on my Liguri tribe, but I have also been much indebted to Mohammed Kunda Andeli Makaja,

،الخرطوم2003 ،14-17. الجزء الثاني:تاريخ النوبة العظيم بعد الطوفان والى الآن

I have n addition referred to the book of Mr. Suleiman Tayara Juju, the language of Liguri, Khartoum 2007,p.7.

R.C. Stevenson, The Nuba people of Kordofan Province, Graduate College.U.K., Khartoum 1984, 13.