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Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: Friday afternoon worship, incorporating Sufi song and dance, at the tomb of Hamed Al-Nile Mosque in Omdurman, Sudan.
Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: Boys study reading and writing the koran at the Khalifa Mosque Koranic School in Omdurman. Most come from outside Sudan. They live at the school, devoted to reading and memorising the Koran. Writing out extracts onto wooden boards. They go on to higher institutes of Islam learning and may become Imams or Islamic scholars. The singer is Omar Adam A Bakar and the writer is Ibrahim Hussein Mohamad.
Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: Ismailya Sufis in El Obiad, Sudan, celebrate the birthday of the founder of their order, Ash-Shaikh Ismail Alwali ibn Abdullah ibn Ismail (1793-1863). The Ismailya Order was founded in 1821 AD (1241 H) and is the only genuine and original Sudanese Sufi order, as all the Sufi orders in Sudan were introduced by Shaikhs from outside the country. The Ismailyia Sufi Order is spread widely in North Kordofan, Ondurman, White Nile and in Northern States, with an estimated following of 25,000 people.
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