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Field Work 4.

Place: Tunisia (Northern-Africa)

Time: 1st August – 29th August 1996

Goal: the study of Muslim religious practice - especially the cult of the Marabout - and the Oasis way of life.)

Participants: Emese Héjjas & Daniel Tarr 

Itinerary

 
· Tunis - {Tunis - Capital of Tunisia}

· Karthago

- {ancient Roman settlement}

The Tell

· Tunis ® Teborsouk - {Teborsouk: average

· Dougga

- {ancient Roman settlement}
· Teborsouk ® Le Kef - {Le Kef: Kasbah and Mosque}

The Jerid

· Gafsa ® - {Oasis and Kasbah }

· Nefta ®

- {Oasis, Sidi Bou Ali Marabout}

· Tozeur ®

- {Oasis, Sidi Bou Lifa Marabout }

· Douz ®

- {Oasis: "gateway to the Sahara"}
 

· El Faouar ®

- {Oasis of the Ghrib people (a tribe of the Bedouin)}

· Sabria ®

- {Oasis of the Ghrib people (a tribe of the Bedouin)}

· Gabes ®

- {Oasis with 30.000 palm trees, Mosque of Sidi Boulbaba}

· Matmata ®

- {underground cave-houses, Berber heritage}

Jerba

· Houmt Souk ®

- {the capital of Jerba; mosques and souks}

The Sahel

Sfax] ®

- {ancient Roman town}

· Sousse ®

- {Medina, Ribat, Kasbah, Souk, Great Mosque and Catacombs}

· Kairouan ®

- {the 4th most important Islamic holy city: important mosques}

· Tunis

- {back where we started...}  

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