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Algerian woman wedding dress



Algerian Wedding

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North Sudanese and South Sudanese wedding
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South Sudanese Dinka, and Ethiopian wedding in Juba South Sudan. This is actually the President daughter.

Swahili Wedding

Egyptian Wedding Luxor









Coptic Wedding


Cairo








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Aswan

@op this is a excellent tread, and you really outdid yourself here. Congratulations.

A few more from North Sudan.




















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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFPOP_1ANuk
Bride of the Nile dance, only women are allowed to view this normally, however this is normally performed before the wedding ceremony. enjoy

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Sudanese wedding Dubai

PAGAN 9JA:
this is Nubian. very few pure exist today, in the Nile regions/Aswan, etc..:

You are just as ignorant as they are, the nubians both past and present was a diversity of different types.


he earliest portrayal of Nubian wrestlers is found on a wall painting from the tomb of Tyanen, an Egyptian officer (d. 1410 B.C.)(4) (See Figure 1). The picture shows five men marching together, with the last man carrying a standard which has two wrestlers on it. All but one of the men have Nubian physical characteristics. The contrast between the Nubian wrestlers’ girth and the trim Egyptian, is pronounced. Perhaps the Nubians were a detachment of wrestlers. The sticks that the first four Nubians brandished were used in a dueling competition. Depictions of stick fighting and wrestling competitions often appear together, implying that the same people participated in both events.(5) Certainly these combative sports were used for military training. While it is known that the Egyptians recruited Nubian archers into their army, perhaps this picture implies that Nubian wrestlers were also highly esteemed by the Egyptians.
http://wysinger.homestead.com/nubiansport.html
Here is the website above

nubians who live in the north


So called nubian groups that live beyond the 3 cataracts.


The nubians were and still today several different groups, here is the names ancient used for the different so called nubian groups
Ta Seti, Medjay, [/b]Yam, [b]wawat, Irem, Kush among other groups. They were not the same people but different groups that lived further south. In fact Ta Seti was the first nome in ancient Egypt, and the people that ruled during the 12th dynasty were Ta Seti or now the western term Nubian origin. Mind you i am using non Afrocentrist web site to go my information

Amenemhet I of the 12th dynasty

Then a king will come from the South,
Ameny, the justified, my name,
Son of a woman of Ta-Seti[i][/i], child of Upper Egypt,
He will take the white crown,
he willjoin the Two Mighty Ones (the two crowns)

from the website below
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/amenemhet1.htm

Interesting, Amenemhet eliminated his other potential rival who happened to be nubian as well according to Egyptologist.

Many Egyptologists believe that Amenemhet's inscription implies that a great ruler will come to the throne of Egypt upon the death of Mentuhotep IV, who will lead the country into prosperity. It is fairly certain that Amenemhet the vizier was predicting his own rise to the throne as Amenemhet I. However, we are told that he had at least two other competitors to the throne. One was called Inyotef, and the other a Segerseni from Nubia

from the same website
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/amenemhet1.htm

At the same time this same group of so called nubians went to war with other groups further south

Various pharaohs of Nubian origin [/b]are held by some Egyptologists to have played an important part towards the area in different eras of Egyptian history, particularly the[b] 12th Dynasty. These rulers handled matters in typical Egyptian fashion, reflecting the close cultural influences between the two regions.
...the XIIth Dynasty (1991–1786 B.C.E.) originated from the Aswan region. As expected, strong Nubian features and dark coloring are seen in their sculpture and relief work. This dynasty ranks as among the greatest, whose fame far outlived its actual tenure on the throne. Especially interesting, it was a member of this dynasty that decreed that no Nehsy (riverine Nubian of the principality of Kush), except such as came for trade or diplomatic reasons, should pass by the Egyptian fortress and cops at the southern end of the Second Nile Cataract. Why would this royal family of Nubian ancestry ban other Nubians from coming into Egyptian territory? Because the Egyptian rulers of Nubian ancestry had become Egyptians culturally; as pharaohs, they exhibited typical Egyptian attitudes and adopted typical Egyptian policies. (Yurco 1989) [20

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubia
Again here is the website above

Also

In the New Kingdom, Nubians and Egyptians were often so closely related that some scholars consider them virtually indistinguishable, as the two cultures melded and mixed together.


Here is a article from the New York times 2011

More recently, our own Western prejudices — namely the idea that geographic Egypt was not a part of “black” Africa — have contributed to the dearth of knowledge about Nubia. The early-20th-century archaeologist George Reisner, for instance, identified large burial mounds at the site of Kerma as the remains of high Egyptian officials instead of those of Nubian kings. (Several of Reisner’s finds are in the show, reattributed to the Nubians.)

In one of his catalog essays the archaeologist Geoff Emberling, who conceived the show along with Jennifer Chi of the institute, examines some of these historical errors.

“We now recognize that populations of Nubia and Egypt form a continuum rather than clearly distinct groups,” Mr. Emberling writes, “and that it is impossible to draw a line between Egypt and Nubia that would indicate where ‘black’ begins.

Here is the website from the New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/arts/design/nubia-ancient-kingdoms-of-africa-review.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

Please don't speak if you are not educated about this topic.
Even though i don't agree with everything the Op trying to convey, at least he is somewhat educated about it.

Scientist have found the genetic riddle of Melanesian Blondness, Here is what i found from another website, i rarely visit.

Riddle of Solomon solved: Scientists find South Sea islanders' blond hair didn't come from Europeans, but evolved separately
Many assumed blonde hair came from Europeans
'Homegrown' gene actually evolved separately
5-10% of population have distinctive blond gene
Islanders believed blond hair came from the sun, or a diet rich in fish


The inhabitants of the Solomon Islands - east of Papua New Guinea - are very dark-skinned - but have puzzled scientists for decades with their blond hair.
Now a genetic study has found that the islanders have a 'homegrown' gene that gives them blond hair - and it's different from the one in Europeans.
‘Its frequency is between 5 and 10 percent across the Solomon Islands, which is about the same as where I'm from,’ said study author Eimear Kenny, PhD, who was born in Ireland.


Globally, blond hair is rare, occurring with substantial frequency only in northern Europe and in Oceania, which includes the Solomon Islands and its neighbors.
Many assumed the blond hair of Melanesia was the result of gene flow — a trait passed on by European explorers, traders and others who visited in the preceding centuries.
The islanders themselves give several possible explanations for its presence - they generally chalked it up to sun exposure, or a diet rich in fish, say the researchers.
‘Within a week we had our initial result. It was such a striking signal pointing to a single gene — a result you could hang your hat on. That rarely happens in science,’ said Kenny.
'It was one of the best experiences of my career.’
In terms of genetic studies, the analysis was straightforward, said Kenny.
But gathering the data, accomplished in 2009 by Myles and co-first author Nicholas Timpson, PhD, was more difficult.
Much of the Solomon Islands is undeveloped, without roads, electricity or telephones.
It's also one of the most linguistically diverse nations in the world, with dozens of languages spoken.

‘They have this very dark skin and bright blond hair. It was mind-blowing,’ said Myles.
‘As a geneticist on the beach watching the kids playing, you count up the frequency of kids with blond hair, and say, 'Wow, it's 5 to 10 percent.'


Myles and Timpson went village to village explaining what they wanted to do and asking for permission to gather data, Myles speaking in Solomon Islands pidgin, the most widely understood language.
When the local chief gave the OK, the researchers recruited participants and assessed hair and skin color using a light reflectance meter, took blood pressure readings and measured heights and weights.
They asked the villagers to spit into small tubes to provide saliva to be used for DNA extraction. In the span of a month they collected more than 1,000 samples.
Soon after, Kenny joined the lab and started the analysis, selecting 43 blond- and 42 dark-haired Solomon Islanders from the opposite 10 percent extremes of the hair pigmentation range.
She used these in a genome-wide association study, a method to reveal differences in the frequency of genetic variants between two groups, that usually requires thousands of samples.
Because the vast majority of human physical characteristics analyzed to date have many genetic and environmental factors, Kenny expected an inconclusive result that would require much further study. Instead, she immediately saw a single strong signal on chromosome 9, which accounted for 50 percent of the variance in the Solomon Islanders' hair color.
The team went on to identify the gene responsible, TYRP1, which encodes tyrosinase-related protein 1, an enzyme previously recognized as influencing pigmentation in mice and humans.
Further research revealed that the particular variant responsible for blond hair in the Solomon Islands is absent in the genomes of Europeans.
‘So the human characteristic of blond hair arose independently in equatorial Oceania. That's quite unexpected and fascinating,’ Kenny said
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2139462/Riddle-Solomon-solved-Scientists-South-Sea-islanders-blond-hair-didnt-come-Europeans-evolved-separately.html

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120503142536.htm
articles of findings above.













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Huli wigmen Tribe from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea



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BlackLibya:

Most of the women posted appear mixed or light except for maybe the dark sudanese lady. Are all of the other women(besides the two I posted) mixed?

Here is what Northern Sudan generally speaking look like. Please look at the video below! However in Khartoum you have many migrates from the south and darfur and otherwhere due to conflict, therefore the city is diverse. However it quite obvious the majority of the students is from the far north.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CwUYekLRDM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHF6AhDh3Nc&feature=related


Pause the on segment, 3:56 and get a overview how the majority of the people look like. from last video. One thing i have to admit the dancing was horrible.

At the video below those same people do not look any different from their Upper Egyptian neighbors further north, because we are of the same race and same people.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A4x6O2OR4k&feature=related
upper egypt/southern egypt sufis



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoJ7li-7Zwo
Northern Sudanese singer muhammed wardi.
Therefore the girl i posted don't look unusual for the region. However to break Sudan down, Since Southern Sudan is there own country, the inhabitants look near identical to their nilotic brethren further south and the same time Korodofan people look nearly indentical to southern sudanese and even central africans at times. Whereas NOrth western or darfur  look similar to Chadian because of shared ethnicity with chadians , and also western sudan have a large migration of hausa fulani people, and the population display that as well. However like i mentioned NOrthern and North Eastern Sudan, can look similar to Upper Egyptians due to our shared and long history, Eritreans, and a minority can look Yemeni, and some do display southern charactistics, and like darfur  some hausa fulani people migrated there as well, but remain a separate community.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoJ7li-7Zwo

and to finally answer your question, the women i posted is not mixed.
They are within the normal range of Northern Sudanese, and the region as a whole, Southern/ Upper Egypt, and Eritrea is nearby countries, and have similar looking people.

morpheus24:

I am hoping to go there in the near future to get a first hand look at the countires beauty and people.

PS I was also trying to get more info on the Beja people of Northern sudan and their relation to ancient egyptians and bedouins that migrated into the North African region.

Here is what i found Morpheus24 but it is not much.
http://www.sudantribune.com/The-Beja-the-plight-of-a-people,17365


The above is from the magazine Sudantribune. It seems you have great interest in pharaonic and meroitic history, I am surprised you are not a archaeologist. Northern Sudan has the local (Northern Sudanese), Egyptian, Asian, South African and European variety, but rarely other Africans that study or pursue this science, and there plenty of sites and new sites that are being discovered such as well preserved temples, cities, and other artifacts. They teach and have seminors about the history of the Nile valley in the University of Khartoum, Egypt, and even South African under the archaeological department, every year they find new temples or artifacts somewhere in the desert in Northern Sudan. Northern Sudan is a archaeologist paradise.

Salam Morpheus


Even though, I have a verrrrrry strong preference for my own people, these people are a interesting blend.

What i like about this women she is from the deserts which is very harsh and hostile to the complexion, but with the harshness of the desert there is simplicity, and she is all natural, therefore there is no fake beauty here

First one. Well this Northern Sudanese models is very natural, without the heavy makeup just a slight eyeliner and a little lipstick, in other words, it is not overly done nor there is anything added to her hair, she looks rather simple almost innocent, but she is probably not , she is quite the contrast to many city dwelling people in Khartoum.

She is a definite natural beauty, you can even see a slight blemish from her cheek which is a slight imperfection, and reminds us she is definitely a natural beauty. I think her simple beauty far extends the American actress[b] Halle Berry[/b] in my opinion.

For the men in NOrthern Sudan it is usually this

Northern Sudan

akigbemaru:

Let me connect the dots, going by the antecedent. The bootleg pregnant + closing the whole hospital down because of one arrangee-birth + coming out through C-section (to fool the world that she actually had the baby + plus the baby looks more white than black (here we go again -- we can full the world again, MJ was black and had all whte three kids. Shrek looking nigga JZay you can't fool me, while the holea/s/s/, thinks it was cool to ff/uu//cc//kk the whole hood just because she is pretty. Now, the c//r//a//c//y n-i-g-g-a-s sucks her whole wowb or fallopian tube dry with their carnivoruos John Thomases. At least you have got a surrogate child what more can you ask for?

No, you must be absolutely blind, she has beyonce written on her face. Notice the baby eyes, it is very similar to beyonce.

bermuda1:

75% of all saints are either Italian, Irish, Spanish or French.

Less than 1% of saints are black

so if you want to go to heaven you better be white and european if not it will be easier for the camel to pass through the eye of the needle than for you to enter the communion of saints

It depends on what Christian sect you follow, if you are a Orthodox Christian from Ethiopia or Eritrean, therefore there will be many saints from that region. Please African read about early Christianity in the rest of the continent, it seems like many are ignorant in this arena.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJfbtupcGbs


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6171YYEhuI

Here is two links, hopefully you guys learn something.

Observer1:

To the christians and especially the catholics in the house.
I live in dublin ireland over here there are so many irish saints
e.g st patrick etc,this got me wondering if there has ever been
a black saint?,if yes,then tell us the name,if none,then please tell us why?

However not specifically Nigerian, but there were black Christian saints in Egypt, and Ethiopia as well. Just to let you know, the people in this part of Africa were Christian countries before most of Europe.

One person mentioned saint Maurice which is correct, just google his name and you will see his statue, another is moses the black, he was a black coptic from Egypt, and later canonized to sainthood

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_the_Black