Hawawir people
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The Hawawir are a Sudanese Arabic tribe located in North Africa, and are of Semitic origin, dwelling in the Bayuda Desert, Sudan. They were found along the road from Debba to Khartoum as far as Bir Gamr, and from Ambigol to Wadi Bishhra. They adopted none of the African customs, such as gashing the cheeks or elaborate hairdressing. They owned large herds of camels,oxen, sheep.[1]
The tribe is said to trace it roots back to the Amazigh people of Hawwara and are said to have entered Sudan from the Southern Egyptian border, where the tribe lived before migrating to Sudan. Today they are also present across North, Central, and Western Sudan, with many residing in Khartoum, Medani, and El-Obeid.
References
[edit]- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hawawir". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 93.
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