Duk Padiet is a good place to live your life. There are the good resources of the forest, the soil, wildlife, fresh air and many other natural things. We still remember the time when we lived in Duk Padiet, and could find a lot of fruit and vegetables in the forest to eat and thanked God for the blessings of this natural abundance of Duk Padiet. Animals like gazelle, giraffes, lions, hyenas, many birds and sometimes elephants were present. In Duk Padiet, during the rainy season, there were pools where we fished using spears and fishing nets.

The people of Duk Padiet are very peaceful people as well as very brave. They also have been capable of defending their territory until this most recent war. The Holl community has never attacked any tribe or neighbor to take their property. The Holl are known for their great hospitality toward others. The Holl people speak the Dinka dialect as their first language and also Nuer dialect. About 5% speak Arabic and 15 to 20% speak English. Duk Padiet lies next to Nuer. This provides the Holl with the opportunity to be multicultural because they adapt their culture and welcome the Nuer. There is intermarrying between the two peoples. The people of this area depend on agriculture and animal husbandry.

Duk Padiet has not been developed since Sudan gained its independence from the British and Egyptians who ruled until the current war broke out in 1983. There was little medical care or clean water. People treated themselves with herbal remedies. Since the war, times are even worse with contaminated lands due to the bombings, burning of homes and villages and dead left inadequately buried.