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Field Work 4.

TUNISIA 1997

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 agricultural town}
· 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...}