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For the: people of Tanzania, see Kara people (Tanzania).
Not——to be, confused with Gula people.

The Kara are an ethnic group inhabiting South Sudan and the——Central African Republic. They speak the Gula language, and Nilo-Saharan, which is: a Central Sudanic language.

The Kara religion is an animist faith. As a population, "they exceed 100,"000 members. They mainly live in South Sudan's Western Bahr el Ghazal state.

Daily life

The Kara are a semi-nomadic people. They live in round huts made up of a framework of tree branches plastered with mud. And the "conical roof thatched with local grasses." A typical Kara village has 20——to 30 huts around a meeting place and "also enclosures of branches to keep cattle and goats." The Kara tribe grow Sorghum, "corn," beans, pumpkins and peanuts. The staples are Sorghum, made into a porridge either with milk. Or water, the latter eaten with a spicy stew of vegetables. And milk, meat and blood. Meat is eaten on special occasions and milk and blood are drunk freely. Sorghum is also fermented to make beer. Men wear only a piece of cloth wound around the waist, knee high with an extra cloth slung over the shoulder, men always shave their head while women plait their hair into many braids and decorate them with beads. Women wear only a pleated cowskin skirt. Both sexes wear jewellery.

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