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 The Manasir*Manaseer
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The Manasir Cultural Research Project
The research presented on this page has been conducted during the first half year of 2005 as a subproject of the Humboldt-University Nubian Expedition (H.U.N.E.) of the Seminar of Archaeology and Cultural Studies in North-Eastern Africa. The aim of the Manasir Cultural Research Project has been to document the cultural landscape and local material and non-material traditions of the Manasir tribe (المناصير) in Northern Sudan. Their homeland Dar al-Manasir (دار المناصير) is located at the Fourth Nile Cataract and will be submerged by the reservoir lake of the Hamdab High Dam (Merowe Multi-Purpose Hydro Project) in the near future. The construction of the dam causes the flooding of a 170 km long stretch of riverbanks along the Nile, including many islands and most Manasir villages and agricultural land. About 60.000 residents, mostly of the Manasir tribe, will be relocated to distant areas.
The traditional ways of cultivation, cultural life and many traditions of the Manasir are inseparably connected to the riverine landscape of the Fourth Cataract with its arid climate and the remoteness of its many small islands. All these factors will change drastically once the Manasir people have to leave their homeland towards an uncertain future. It is to be expected that their unique way of life and culture will transform and adapt to the new realities and surroundings and that during this process traditional skills and knowledge are going to be lost.
In order to document the present culture of the Manasir and preserve some knowledge and memories from the unique cultural landscape of Dar al-Manasir there is an urgent need of anthropological research and programs of cultural preservation. H.U.N.E., otherwise responsible for salvage archaeology in the region, responded to this task by carrying out a social geographical subproject dealing with aspects described in detail in the following linked articles.
The research has been conducted by the geographer David Haberlah and Jutta von dem Bussche, joining the salvage archaeologists' team headed by Prof. Dr. phil. Claudia Näser during their field work in February and March 2005. The project was financed by the "Programm Kulturerhalt" of the German Department of Foreign Affairs as a contribution to the preservation of the culture of the Manasir. The research concentrated on the concession area of H.U.N.E. which is situated in the heart of the Manasir Country including the left bank of the Nile between the village of Salamat and Gebel Musa, and the four major islands of Us, Sur, Sherari and Shiri.
The author and photographer David Haberlah decided to publish the majority of his research on Wikipedia and Wikisource. His idea behind this unconventional form of academic publication is to make the research results freely available and accessible to the Sudanese public and the affected Manasir. In addition, he hopes to attract both researchers and Manasir to expand available information and knowledge about the Manasir tribe and their homeland past the limitations of the six months duration of this project.
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