SUDAN CULTURE

SUDAN IS ONE OF THE MOST ETHNICALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE COUNTIES IN THE WORLD.  SUDAN HAS 597 TRIBES THAT SPEAK OVER 400 LANGUAGES THAT SPEAK OVER 400 LANGUAGES.  THEY HAVE STRONG CULTURAL INFLUENCES AND THE SUDANESE DIALECT OF ARABIC IS THE LINGUA FRANCA.  MANY FOLKS IN SUDAN ARE MULTILINGUAL. 

THE SUDAN PEOPLE HAVE MANY BELIEFS - ISLAM, CHRISTIANITY, AND OTHER FAITHS.  ISLAM IS DOMINANT.  THE INDIGENOUS FAITHS PERFORM RITES.  THESE CUSTOMS ARE PASSED DOWN ORALLY FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

EACH GROUP HAS VARIOUS GROUPS.  SUIDAMS HAS A RICH MUSICAL CULTURE WITH INSTABILITY AND REPRESION IN RECENT TIMES.  MANY OF THE MOST PROMINENT POETS  WERE IMPRISONED IN THE LATE 1980'S.  TRADITIONAL MUSIC  SUFFERED TOO AND ZAR CEREMONIES HAD DRUMS CONFISCATED  EUROPEAN MILITARY BANDS DEVELOPED THEIR MUSIC.  IN THE SOUTH REGION THEY HAD MANY YEARS OF CIVIL WAR.  MANY FOLKS FLED AWAY.  THE NUBA WHO LIVE BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF INDIA HAVE A GOOD FOLK TRADITION OF KAMBALA.  IT IS PART OF THEIR HARVEST.

THE SUDAN CLOTHING VARIES AMONG THEIR REGIONS.  MOST TODAY MOST TODAY WEAR WESTERN CLOTHING.  A JALABIYA IS A LOOSE FITING  ANKLE LENGTH GARMENT COMMON IN EGYPT.  THEY MAY WEAR A THAUB WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE JAMBALAYA.

ONLY  1/2 OF CHILDREN  GO TO SCHOOL .  MANY SCHOOL HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.IN THE LAST TWENTY YEARS.  FEMALE EDUCATION WAS CONSIDERED PRIMARY IN THE 50'S TO THE 70'S.

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