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Nuba Wrestling /

The weekly wrestling tournaments of the Sudanese Nuba migrants in Khartoum take usually place between the northern and southern Nuba men. The sport helps them strengthen their ethnic identity in a hostile urban environment. Nuba wrestling has developed into a unique mixture of traditional culture an...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Husmann, Rolf (Director), Sperschneider, Werner (Director)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: London, England : Royal Anthropological Institute, 1991.
Series:Ethnographic video online.
Subjects:
Nuba (African people) > Social life and customs.
Wrestling > Sudan.
Sudan > Social life and customs.
Nouba (Peuple d'Afrique) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Lutte > Soudan.
Manners and customs.
Wrestling.
Sudan.
Documentaries and Factual Films
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:The weekly wrestling tournaments of the Sudanese Nuba migrants in Khartoum take usually place between the northern and southern Nuba men. The sport helps them strengthen their ethnic identity in a hostile urban environment. Nuba wrestling has developed into a unique mixture of traditional culture and modern sport. The film also illustrates the lives of some of the wrestlers who live in the shanty town.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed June 24, 2016).
Physical Description:1 online resource (42 min.)
Playing Time:00:42:00