Language:
English
Pages:
1 DVD-Video (43 Min.)
,
Colour, PAL, Ton
Keywords:
Nuba (African people) Social life and customs
;
Wrestling
;
Anthropology
;
Sudan Social life and customs
;
Nuba
;
Migration
;
Regionale Identität
;
Ringen
;
Sport
;
Sportler
;
Wettkampf
;
Leistungswettbewerb
;
Identität
;
Mobilität
Abstract:
Documentation of Nuba wrestling in the area of Khartoum, Sudan. Besides the competition organization, some wrestlers and club officials are shown in their everyday life. An identity conflict between the team is shown together with the resolution the following Friday
Abstract:
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
Note:
Dreharbeiten : 1989
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Kopie : IWF, 1991
