A few Wadi Halfans, however, remain along the Nile, the river that built their ancestors' identities as fishermen and river traders, building new settlements several times and finally settling on the current location when the flooding stopped. Seasonal flooding still occurs. Travelers may wish to visit the ancient archaeological sites of Nubia before they, too, are submerged by a series of dams under construction which threaten Nubia's remaining pyramids, which predate those of Egypt.
South-bound departures are on Mondays and north-bound on Wedesdays. A sand track leads from the terminal to town, and several vehicles wait at the terminal, touting for business.
It is also possible to walk or take a bicycle into town. Timed with the ferry is a supposedly weekly over-night train from Khartoum via Atbara , however note that this train is prone to cancellation, make sure to check beforehand that it is running. Journey time is 48 hours and a 1st class ticket costs Sudanese pounds. The very rudimentary The nearest train station having reliable train schedule with the capital is in Atbara , km South of Wadi Halfa. The road crossing from Egypt periodically closes, but in all other times there is a bus running from Aswan hr, SDG , passing Abu Simbel.
Also boxes Toyota Hiluxes are readily available for rental. If travelling south to Akasha with your own vehicle, note that this is a km stretch local maps are wrong and there is only one place with water along the way, just before Akasha. Wadi Halfa is a relatively small town and can be easily explored on foot.
Another option is to borrow a donkey, which is the transport of choice for many Wadi Halfans. On the Egyptian side, the entire population of the town of Wadi Halfa was moved km.
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In such a context the Museum of Wadi Halfa should compensate the mostly archaeological character of the Nubia Museum of Aswan, emphasizing the intangible heritage of the Nubians.
During this process of readjustment, the rich cultural heritage of the Nubian community has suffered. Of particular concern is the general neglect of art and handicrafts production as the community adapted its lifestyles to cope with its new environment.
For Nubian arts, crafts and folklore are known to embody and reflect the history and beliefs of this ancient people. The role of professional folklorists and folklore institutions to document and preserve the records of endangered traditions, is focused on sustaining the traditions themselves by supporting the practitioners. This entailed a shift from artefacts tales, songs, customs to people performers, artisans, healers , their knowledge and skills. This will enlarge the scope of intangible heritage and the measures to protect it.
A handicrafts centre where members of the old generations, who are cultivated on these traditional arts and their associated folklore can transmit their skill to the new generations who are cultivated on these traditional arts and their associated folklore. This will not only provide an income-generating activity but will improve also basic literacy.
A small centre for teaching and practice of the Nubian language will be vital to the preservation of what is considered to be the symbol of the modern Nubians. The new generation of Nubians transplanted elsewhere speaks almost exclusively in Arabic. It is thought that in less than twenty years appropriate measures are not taken, Nubian language will completely disappear.
Along with the preservation of language it is also important to preserve and transmit to new generations also the literature of modern Nubia, and in particular that of the novelists.
Though some of these novels are written in Arabic language, their content opens a window on the life of the modern Nubians. A centre for musicology will serve not only to preserve the music and the Nubian language through the songs, but will also keep alive the atmosphere in the village.
Special musical events will be organized on a regular basis and perhaps institutionalized on a fixed day to become events that may attract more visitors. The visitors targeted are both locals and tourists. Since everything in this interactive village should aim at preserving the contemporary Nubians traditions, one of the houses will serve as a restaurant-bar where traditional food and drinks will be served.
To label all the area not only in Arabic and English but also in Nubian will not only serve to mark better the character of the museum but will get both locals and visitor familiar with this language.
Considered in a holistic vision of Nubia, Wadi Halfa is situated in a remarkably strategic position, being located in the heart of the Nubia area and only 70 km south from one of the most visited archaeological sites in the world: Abu Simbel.
But also to attract the large number of tourists visiting Abu Simbel daily to visit Wadi Halfa with a two-days visa extension to Sudan will be very important for the maintenance of the Museum.
The cooperation with the Nubian Egyptian sites will be very important especially with Abu Simbel, only 50 km north, and with the twin Nubia Museum in Aswan.
This kind of cooperation will offer the opportunity to organize scientific events exhibition, seminaries, training courses, etc. The multiplication of offering to the sightseers will create a circulation of tourism in all the area, involving both the Sudanese and Egyptian Nubia.
These remains which testify to the intensive activity conducted in the area in a long span of time, were the main attraction of the neighbouring of Pharaohs as is testified by the numerous hieroglyphic inscriptions left. Event to celebrate the foundation stone in Wadi Halfa 22 April Possible tourist routes can be organized from here also to the Western desert in particular to the nearby Selima oasis. Once the projected museum and related activities will become a reality, specific agreements may be reached.
And then, the sustainable development of Wadi Halfa can become a potential source of funds for the Sudanese authorities, to be used for the maintenance of archaeological sites in the area as well as for that of other museums in the country.
To this end, the creation of a tourism focal point for the registration of routes in the area is worth creating. It must offer multimedia products on the visited sites and well trained tourist guides. Currently the design of the museum is ongoing while its foundation stone has been posed on 22 nd of April during a ceremony which did not only celebrate the event but also represented an important step forward in the integration of Nubians from both part of the border fig 3.
The doors of the Nubia Museum in Aswan have taken twelve years before opening to the public. We hope it will take a shorter time to open those of the Wadi Halfa museum which have already been closed for too long. At the east, the Arkawit quarter was occupied by Elegait, Kenuz and families of Egyptian origin, while Kenuz families and non-Nubian Sudanese workers used to live in the Tippets quarter.
Egyptians who migrated from Upper Egypt for better condition of life and settled here adopting Sudanese nationality without forgetting their traditions of Egyptian fellah occupied the Basalawa quarter.
In the Gebel district, a community of black people coming from the Nuba Mountains of Kordofan was living. The only district to be inhabited by only Nubians and with Nubian characteristics was the Dabarosa one. Described by Dafalla H.
Personal communications by elders of the Wadi Halfa Community. It covers a km : km in Egypt and km in Sudan.
Though this survey was limited to the Egyptian Nubia, it can considered valid also for the Sudanese part.
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