User:Munfarid1/Culture of Sudan

The Culture of Sudan is expressed in the numerous manifestations of behaviour, beliefs and expressions of people in Sudan, both in history as well as in present times. Part of these expressions of culture are the intangible cultural manifestations, such as belief systems about the physical or social environment, as well as about religion, history or imaginary worlds that are expressed through education, oral storytelling, songs or poetry. ... but are more difficult to record and study than the country's material cultural heritage.

Languages and use of language
Greetings, set formulas, Sudanese form of Modern Arabic, English, languages of refugees, e.g. from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Chad

Social structure
Ethnic groups, age groups, gender, power structures, in group behaviour, relation towards strangers or foreigners, perceptions of identity

Education,
Code of conduct, politeness, social importance of age groups, body language

Gender specific cultural attitudes and expressions

Religious culture
African religious practices, Christianity, Islam, religious schools, festivals, Sufi brotherhoods

Social spaces for cultural encounters
During and following the Sudanese revolution of 2018/19, the country has been going through a period of transformation.

"During the revolution, neighbourhoods were strengthened with a renewed sense of organized work and collaborative action, consolidating networks of trust to build certain areas as safe spaces for people in tumultuous times. Art was at the heart of the revolution in Sudan between 2018-2019, with pop up events, mass concerts, poetry, music, graffiti and multidisciplinary performances taking over neighbourhoods along with the Qiyada sit-ins that popped up across different states between April and June 2019."

Performing arts
The rich and varied music of Sudan is made up of traditional, rural East African roots, as well as of Arabic, Western or other African influences on the popular urban music from the early 20th century onwards.

Dance

Theatre National Theatre in Omdurman

Painting, Graphic art, Sculpture
Sharjah Art Foundation Showcases Sudanese Art Exhibitions, Nov 28 2016

https://www.harpersbazaararabia.com/art/exhibitions/sharjah-art-foundation-home-to-three-new-major-sudanese-art-exhibitions

Amir Nour, PhD, is an artist, professor and scholar whose work appears internationally in museums, books, journals and magazines; with several pieces as part of the permanent collection of the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Education

PH.D., University of St. Andrews, Scotland, (African Art History)

MFA and BFA, School of Art & Architecture, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, (Sculpture and Lithography)

One-Year Postgraduate, Royal College of Art, London, U.K. (Sculpture)

Diploma in Fine Arts, The Slade School of Fine Art, University of London, U.K.

Diploma in Fine & Applied Arts, School of Fine & Applied Art, Khartoum, Sudan

https://www.amirnour.com/

Popular art forms
jewellery, pottery, leatherwork, wookwork

traditional architecture modern architecture Domestic architecture
Monuments

Food and cuisine
Food porridge called asida or a kind of flat bread called kisra Agashe Beverages Karkadeh, Jabana,

late breakfast, including ful, salad, bread

Folk celebrations
=== bukhur, celebrations like weddings, circumcision, burials ===

Tailoring and weaving
=== Traditional clothing Toube Gallabiya Shoes Turbans ===

Media
Publishing and reading culture

Cinema
The cinema of Sudan began with cinematography by the British colonial presence in the early 20th century. After independence in 1956, a vigorous documentary film tradition was established, but financial pressures and discouragement by the Islamist government led to the decline of cinema from the 1990s onwards. Since the 2010s, several initiatives have shown an encouraging revival of filmmaking and public interest in film shows in Sudan.

Photography
Photography of Sudan refers to both historical as well as to modern and contemporary photographs taken in the Sudan, with some of the oldest photographs from the 1880s during the Anglo-Egyptian rule (Turkiyya). As in other countries, the growing importance of photography for mass media like newspapers, as well as for amateur photographers led to a wider photographic documentation and use of photographs in Sudan during the 20th century and beyond. In the 21st century, photography in Sudan has undergone important changes, mainly due to digital photography and distribution through social media and the Internet.