ACHOLI, a negro people of the upper Nile valley, akin to the Shilluks of the White Nile. They frequently decorate the tern ples or cheeks with wavy or zigzag scars, and also the thighs with scrolls; some pierce the ears. Their huts are circular with a high peak, a mud sleeping-platform, jars of grain and a sunk fireplace; they are decorated with geometrical or conventional designs in red, white or grey. The Acholi are good hunters, using nets and spears, and keep goats, sheep and cattle. In war they use spears and long, narrow shields of giraffe or ox hide. Their s language is Nilotic. Their religion is a vague fetishism.