Alur People of UgandaAll you need to know about Alur People of Uganda and their Culture in UgandaDetails of Alur people of Uganda and their culture. If you have been looking for information about these people in Uganda,this is the time to settle down because all information about these people is stored on this page. This site is not for them only but for all people of Uganda.So take your time and read and come again. Here we go with AlursThey are one of the various ethnic groups that inhabit the west Nile part of Uganda. They live amongst the, Okebu, Lendu, Kakwa Alinga and other ethnic groups of West Nile. However, unlike their neighbors who are Sudanic, they are Luo. These are Nilotics and they belong to the same language group as the Acholi, the Japadhola, the Joluo of Kenya, the Shiluk, the Anuak and other Luo of the Northern Sudan. Their tradition states that they migrated from southern Sudan with other Luo following the Nile banks. Their original homeland is said to have been Rumbek on the confluence of the Nile and the Bahr-el- Ghazel rivers. They moved south along the Nile Pubungu whence they dispersed, some moving on to Bunyoro, others to Acholi, yet others to eastern Uganda and on to the Nyanza province of Kenya, while the Alur moved westwards to West Nile. Historians claim however that the Alur people are not purely Luo, but that they are a product of intermarriages between the Luo, the Lendu and the Okebu. But since the Alur people maintained the Lwo speech and other Luo customs they should be grouped that way. The Alur legend of origin says that there once lived a great King called Atira. He is said to have been a direct decent of God and when he died, his son Otira succeeded him. Otira is said to have in turn been succeeded by Opobo. Opobo ruled from a place called Nyraka in Lango County. When Opobo died, he left three sons Tiful, Nyapiri and Labongo. One day, Nyapir borrowed Labongo’s spear intending to spear an Elephant. Unfortunately, the elephant went away with the spear. When the news reached Labongo, he was very annoyed and he insisted on having back his own spear in spite of Nyapiri’s pledges to offer him a substitute. Therefore, Nyapiri decided to go follow the elephant and having crossed a big river, he found himself in a cool beautiful land.During his wandering in this land, Nyapiri encountered an old woman. The Old woman is said to have taken him to a place where, among other spears, Nyapiri was able to recognize Labongo’s spear. The old woman gave him a bead. When he reached home, he called all his brothers and presented the spear. Every one was amazed at Nyapiri’s story, more especially, at the bead. The bead was handed over for every one to see and, in the process; an infant son of Labongo accidentally swallowed it. Nyapiri got his revenge. He also demanded that his own bead be given back. He refused all the possible substitutes. Left with no alternative, Labongo handed over the child to Nyapiri to open and retrieve his bead. Nyapiri killed the child and got out the bead. This act is said to have annoyed all the brothers so much that they decided to separate. Tiful having been impressed by Nyapiri’s story of a good country beyond the river, moved with his followers including Lendu and Okebu to the highlands in the west. His descendants are said to comprise of the Alur people of Zaire. Nyapiri followed Tiful and traveled along the west bank of the Victoria Nile and finally camped with his followers in an area opposite Pakwach. The Land was not good for grazing and there being no salt licks his cattle began to graze away. One day some of the cows which had disappeared were said to have come back on their own and they had salt licks adhering to their hooves. Nyapiri gathered together his people and followed the track of the cows into the highlands of West Nile. He left behind one of his sons caked Dosha to rule Pakwach. Nyapiri then established himself in the west Nile highlands. Historians contend, however, that this story of the Alur’s entry into the west Nile, as conceived in the legend of the spear and bead, was actually a struggle for power between the two brothers over the spear, which was part of their chiefly regalia. When they entered West Nile, they are said to have mixed with the Lendu and Okebu as well as with the Sudanic Madi in the north and later on with the Nyali, the Bendi, and the Bira to the southwest. 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