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From the Kerma culture (2500–1500 BCE), the seat of one of the earliest civilizations of ancient Africa, weapons, items of pottery and other household objects are presented in museums such as the National Museum of Sudan, Kerma Museum, British Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [7] and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Sudanese Arab ethnic group finds its origins in the centuries-long admixture of indigenous African populations with Arab immigrants as well as from cultural and linguistic shifts to an Arab identity, culture, and language leading to a unique cultural identity.
In common with much of the rest of the Arab world, the gradual process of Arabization in Sudan led to the predominance of the Arabic language and aspects of Arab culture, [3] The population of Sudan includes various tribes who are ethnically Arab, such as the Shaigya, Ja'alin, Shukria,sulaihab, Juhaynah.
In Sudan's capital, precious books in a major library have been burned and the national museum has been cut off for weeks by fighting. In Darfur, another museum is at risk from seasonal rains ...
Sudan is a patriarchal society, in which women are generally accorded a lesser status than men. [16] However, traditional clothing is still valued by many Sudanese as a symbol of their cultural heritage. Many Sudanese feel that by wearing traditional clothing, they can show their respect for their country and its people.
Sudan, [c] officially the Republic of the Sudan, [d] is a country in Northeast Africa.It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the southeast, and South Sudan to the south.
Cultural history of Sudan (1 C, 6 P) L. Languages of Sudan (9 C, 64 P) M. Mass media in Sudan (10 C, 8 P) N. National symbols of Sudan (1 C, 5 P) O. Cultural ...
(cultural) Suakin was an important medieval and Ottoman-era port. It has fine houses and mosques. [10] Kerma: Northern: 1994 (cultural) Kerma was the centre of the Kerma culture in the 3rd and 2nd millennia BCE. There are remains of mudbrick buildings and a large cemetery with a funerary chapel. [11] Old Dongola: Northern: 1994 (cultural)