关于苏丹的有趣事实

世界上最长的河流尼罗河在苏丹从南向北流动。自古以来,历史悠久的尼罗河一直是苏丹人民前往地中海的主要旅行和通讯路线。

For pre-natal care and giving birth, Sudanese women have traditionally relied on midwives, or geem, a Dinka word, which means literally the “receivers of God's gifts”. Sudanese believe children are gifts from God.

在苏丹穆斯林村庄地区,当地宗教领袖或伊玛目经常为儿童办办一所称为khalwa的宗教学校,学生在那里学习《古兰经》的神圣教义。

In a Sudanese home, a guest is first offered tea or a fruit drink, a refreshing and symbolic gesture to welcome someone after a “long journey”.

虽然阿拉伯语是苏丹的官方语言,但尼罗特语和尼罗-哈姆语族语言在南方使用,达尔富尔语在西部各州使用。苏丹有100多种口头语言和570多种民族方言或土著语言。

Muslim religious sects such as the Sufis, follow their own tariq, or pathway, to Allah. This can involve spiritual recitations, singing or the kind of ecstatic dancing performed by the “Whirling Dervishes” in the city of Omdurman.