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Photo 19 – UBB-HAA-171

Feb6 by stud3614

Construction of houses is generally organized as communal work (Fur: “tawisa” , Arabic: “nafir”), where the host provides participants with local beer (Fur: “kira”,  Arabic; “merissa”).

Jebel Marra, Western Darfur.

Photo: Gunnar Haaland, 1966

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