Wikipedia

Kababish tribe: Difference between revisions

Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
m tags and general fixes using AWB (8853)
No edit summary
 
(38 intermediate revisions by 22 users not shown)
Line 1:
{{Short description|Nomadic tribe in Sudan}}
{{Refimprove|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Kababish
| total = 517,000<ref>{{cite web|website=People Groups |title=Kababish of Sudan |url=https://www.peoplegroups.org/explore/GroupDetails.aspx?peid=12049}}</ref>
| regions = [[Sudan]]
| religions = [[Islam]]
| languages = [[Sudanese Arabic]]
}}
 
[[File:Locator map Sudan North Kurdufan.png|thumb|The main area for the Kababish nomads]]
The '''Kababish''' ({{Lang-ar|<big>كبابش</big>كبابيش}}) are a [[nomad]]icnomadic [[tribe]] of the northern [[Kordofan]] region of [[Sudan]].<ref name=dictionary>{{cite web|title=Kababish|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kababish|publisher=merriam-webster|accessdate=16 October 2012}}</ref> The Kababish comprise about 19 different groups, which are all led by a single ''nazir'' or chief. Their main occupation is as [[camel]] herders, which gives them a high standing in Arabic society as camels are highly prized and valued.
 
The main religion of the Kababish is [[Sunni]] [[Muslim]]Islam, but it is said that dueadhering to theirthe nomadic[[Sunni lifestyleIslam|Sunni]] wheredenomination. waterThey isdescend shortfrom theyArab areforefathers notthat stricthail followersfrom ofthe their religion's practices.Arabian TheYemenite languagetribe of the[[Juhaynah]], Kababishand isspeak a form of [[Sudanese Arabic]]. Their origins are a mix of Arabic and African giving them a fairer complexion than the Africans and darker that the Arabs.<ref name=macs>{{cite web|title=Kababish|url=http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~ai38/Sudan/kababish.htm|publisher=www.macs.hw.ac.uk|accessdate=16 October 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617000112/http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~ai38/Sudan/kababish.htm|archivedate=17 June 2011}}</ref> Women classically dress in a long blue cloth wrapped a few times around their body, while the men wear long white tunics, loose white pants and white turbans. Most men will carry a dagger or sword and perhaps a rifle or shotgun, due to the harshness of desert life and the threat of banditry due to their valuable stock.<ref name="joshua">{{citecn|date=March web2024}}</ref>▼
==Background==
▲The main religion of the Kababish is [[Sunni]] [[Muslim]], but it is said that due to their nomadic lifestyle where water is short they are not strict followers of their religion's practices. The language of the Kababish is a form of [[Sudanese Arabic]]. Their origins are a mix of Arabic and African giving them a fairer complexion than the Africans and darker that the Arabs.<ref name=macs>{{cite web|title=Kababish|url=http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~ai38/Sudan/kababish.htm|publisher=www.macs.hw.ac.uk|accessdate=16 October 2012}}</ref> Women classically dress in a long blue cloth wrapped a few times around their body, while the men wear long white tunics, loose white pants and white turbans. Most men will carry a dagger or sword and perhaps a rifle or shotgun, due to the harshness of desert life and the threat of banditry due to their valuable stock.<ref name="joshua">{{cite web}}</ref>
 
==Herders==
[[File:Libyan DessertDesert - 2006.jpg|thumb|The Libyan DessertDesert, a common migration route for Kababish and camels]]
From a young age children start to work at herding camels for water and feeding. What makes the Kababish stand out from other nomads is that the tribe does not all move together, often the women will stay at their camps or ''dikkas'' while the men move north towards the [[Libyan Desert|Libyan desert]].<ref name="joshua">{{citecn|date=March web2024}}</ref>
 
==The Home life==
The Kababish's home is a simple place made of canvas or cloth walls and roofs made of camel hairs and hides. Inside will be a few ornaments and a large bed raised off the ground and bound together by leather straps. Meat, berries and whatever can be traded makes up the diet, as well as the Arabic staple of spiced tea.<ref name=joshua>{{cite webcn|titledate=Kababish of Sudan|url=http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=12390&rog3=SU|publisher=www.joshuaproject.net|accessdate=16 OctoberMarch 20122024}}</ref>
 
==Contemporary Kababish==
==Modern Times==
Since the famine in the 1980s life has become more strenuous for the KabaishKababish, which has seen many turn towards the cities or take up a more semi-nomadic life. Today the tribe is estimated to be anywhere between 70,000 and 350,000, most of whom are illiterate.<ref name=joshua>{{citecn|date=March web2024}}</ref>
 
==See also==
Line 22 ⟶ 29:
==References==
{{Reflist}}
 
{{Sudanese Arab Tribes |state=expanded}}
{{Ethnic groups in Sudan}}
{{authority control}}
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kababish}}
Line 28 ⟶ 39:
 
{{Sudan-ethno-group-stub}}
 
[[eo:Kababiŝoj]]
[[arz:كبابيش]]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kababish_tribe"