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Suri (Suri, Mursi, Me'en, Kwegu)
Suri girl
Total population
'Surmic' speakers: 80,000 (1998), 186,875 (2007)
Regions with significant populations
southwestern Ethiopia, South Sudan
Languages
Suri, Mursi, Me'en, Kwegu
Religion
Animism, minority Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Other Surmic peoples

Suri is a collective name for three ethnic groups (Chai, Timaga, and Baale) mainly living in Suri woreda, in southwestern Ethiopia. They share many similarities politically, territorially, culturally and economically but speak different languages. They all speak South East Surmic languages within the Nilo-Saharan language family, which includes the Mun, Majang, and Me'en people's languages.

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terms "Suri" and "Surma" interchangeably,[clarification needed] or for contradictory purposes. The Suri are an agro-pastoral people and inhabit part of...

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Surma

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Look up surma, soorma, or Surma in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Surma may refer to: Surma (Finnish mythology), a beast which guards the gates of the...

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Lip plate

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of stretching of the lip and the wishes of the wearer. Among the Surma and Mursi people of the lower Omo River valley in Ethiopia, about 6 to 12 months...

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Dakshin Surma Upazila

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Dakshin Surma (Bengali: দক্ষিণ সুরমা, romanized: Dokkhin Shurma), also known as South Surma, is an upazila of Sylhet District in the Division of Sylhet...

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Suri language

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form is frequently used for the three related languages spoken by the Surma people: Suri, Mursi, and Me'en. Suri is spoken in two dialect by two nationalities...

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Nudity

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nudity is observed among some Burkinabese and Nilo-Saharan (e.g. Nuba and Surma people)—during particular occasions; for example, stick-fighting tournaments...

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Mursi people

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together with the Me'en and Kwegu by the Ethiopian government under the name Surma. The Mursi speak the Mursi language as a mother tongue. It is a part of...

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Kinga Surma

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Kinga Surma (born c. 1987/1988 in Poland) is a Canadian politician and the Ontario Minister of Infrastructure since June 18, 2021. She represents the...

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Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud

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kept in touch with his girlfriend, Christine Surma, who was 26 at the time of the assassination. Surma viewed the Saudi interest "in achieving peace...

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Meen

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Magic The Me'en language, a Surmic language of Ethiopia The Me'en people, a Surma people of southwestern Ethiopia Mean (disambiguation) Means (disambiguation)...

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Suri

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Pashtun tribe Suri (Ethiopia) or Surma people Suri language, a Nilo-Saharan Eastern Sudanic language spoken by Suri people Suri (Khukhrain), one of the ten...

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The Harari people (Harari: ጌይ ኡሱኣች Gēy Usuach, "People of the City") are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group which inhabits the Horn of Africa. Members of...

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Surma Jahid

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Surma Jahid (born 9 July 1978) is a Bangladeshi liberation war researcher and writer. She has earned almost all major national awards including Bangla...

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Donga

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Brazilian samba Donga, a form of stick-fighting pioneered by the Nilotic Surma people Donga, a portable building used for temporary accommodation in Australia...

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2017 South Surma Upazila bombings

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The 2017 South Surma Upazila bombings was a combined police and army raid of a suspected militant hideout in South Surma Upazila, Sylhet, Bangladesh on...

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Luther Stickell

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eight movies and in the 2003 video game Mission: Impossible – Operation Surma by Ving Rhames. Over the course of the series, Luther's character goes from...

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Horn of Africa

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traditional faiths. Among these belief systems are the Nilo-Saharan Surma people's acknowledgment of the sky god Tumu. According to the IMF, in 2010 the...

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Argobba people

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settling in Ifat. Argobba have historical links with Harari and Harla people. Argobba people consider the inhabitants of Doba their ancestors. After the collapse...

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List of people from Pennsylvania

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Sinegal—Pittsburgh Jeffrey Skilling—Pittsburgh Jim Stamatis—Lehigh Valley John Surma—Pittsburgh David Tepper—Pittsburgh Thomas Usher—Reading Jerry Wolman—Shenandoah...

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List of people from Pittsburgh

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Fort Pitt foundry Charles M. Schwab – founder of Bethlehem Steel John P. Surma – U.S. Steel Thomas Usher – CEO of U.S. Steel and chairman of the board...

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