Central Sudan, Southern Wadai (Omar Arabs) -- Recreational Dances "Zinugi" and "Nugarafok"
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.287; E01441
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)
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content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (7 minutes, color sound, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film: presents two dances of these Arabs of Chad in their entirety. The zinugi is a circle dance performed around three drummers who provide rhythmic accompaniment. In the nugarafok dance, men and women face each other in two rows and take turns paying homage to the camera, in the same manner that Sudan Arabs honor a person of high rank.
Legacy Keywords: Sudan ; Central Sudan, Southern Wadai ; Africa; Omar Arabs