Yit Nuri (literally "game of calculation"), also known as Ngar ("trick") is a mancala game of the Nuer people in South Sudan. The game was first described by Richard Pankhurst in 1971. The Nuer are a pastoral people, which is mirrored in specifeic terms used in the game: a counter is sometimes called a yung ("cow"), a large clusters of counters is being spoken of as tut ("bull"). Yit Nuri is similar to Anywoli, Ba-awa and Obridjie. It is also closely related to another Nuer game known as Yit Jani and a mancala game of the Dinka called Ayit.
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