Sudan : The Land of hospitality

Presented @ Tedx Seoul party on 21-12-2009

By: Anwar Dafa-Alla

anwarking@gmail.com

Prepared by: Khalid Elshafie

abolkog@gmail.com

We were 7 Sudanese students @ Saemaul Undong Training Institute, Korea Branch to learn about leadership and development. Nov 28-29-2009

http://saemaul.net/

S.U.D.A.N 

The land of hospitality

Sudan GeographyLocation: North East Africa

Geography-notes:•Ranked tenth in the world in area. •largest country in Arab World and Africa.

Cities and StatesSudan is a FEDERAL country divided into 25 states.Khartoum is the capital and Port Sudan is seaport city on the read sea.

Major Rivers and Lakes The White Nile coming from lake VICTORIA,UGANDA, joins the Blue Nile which is coming from lake

TANA, Ethiopia at Khartoum confluence.

Sudan People Sudan is a multiracial and multi-religious country.There are about 500 tribes and 200 languages and dialects.Arabic is lingua franca ,the common language spoken by the majority.

Sudan HistoryAncient Nubian civilization First Urban Life in Africa links below

•EARLY HISTORY •Cush •Meroe •Christian Nubia •THE COMING OF ISLAM •The Arabs •The Decline of Christian Nubia •The Rule of the Kashif •The Funj •The Fur

Traditional Arts and craftsMany crafts are available in Sudan's souks (markets). Strings of heavy beads often include antique trading beads made from colored glass.

Crafts

CustomsMarriage and Family:The traditional Sudanese family is strongly patriarchal. Three generations of males and their spouses and children usually live in the same household. The home is a cohesive, private place where a family member can always return for support. Women manage the home. Read More…

• Lamb, goat, and fowl are the usual meats. Pasta dishes are also popular. Other common foods include flat breads made of sorghum or millet flour and spicy soups with meat or eggs.

• These are eaten with the right hand, using flat bread or a stiff millet porridge known as asida or kisra.

• The strong Sudanese coffee is served from a special tin "jug" with a long spout, known as a jebena.

• Fruit teas and herbal teas such as karkaday (hibiscus tea) are also popular.Most people seem to have a very sweet tooth, piling several teaspoons of sugar into their cups of tea, and enjoying sugary desserts.Peanuts, known as Ful-Sudani, are a popular snack, and can be made into delicious macaroons. Read more….

Food

Sudan Economy

Natural resources: Petroleum; Iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold, Uranium, ETC.. .Industries: cotton ginning, textiles, cement, edible oils, sugar, soap distilling, shoes, petroleum refining .

Red SeaThe Sudanese coast is 650 km long as the crow flies; numerous embayment and gulfs make it 750 km long. It has two prominent features; coastal lagoons, locally called marsas, and reefs, called shia'ab in Arabic.

Wild Life in Sudan

Sudan is probably the country in the world with the greatest variety of big mammals living on land. Sudan has the largest natural ZOO in the world.

Sudan Music

•Sudan has a variety of music. •Traditional and modern at it’s different regions

Popular Dancing

Dancing is considered as one of the important expressive means to many Sudanese tribes.

Different Sudanese Tribes have different kind of dance.

Popular Figures

Loul DengNBA Player

Popular Figures

Emmanual JalMusician

TED talk: Emmanuel Jal: The music of a war child

Popular Figures

Alek WekModel

Popular Figures

Beijin 2008 Bronze Medil

Ismail Ahmed IsmailAthletic

Popular Figures

Rashid DiabPainter

Popular Figures

Alexander SiddigActor

Popular Figures

And Many More…..

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References

Google Imageshttp://images.google.com/

The official Sudanese My space Page:http://www.myspace.com/251845767

Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan

AnwarKinghttp://www.anwarking.com

Abolkoghttp://www.abolkog.co.nr