Tunisia revisited 2002: Wim van Binsbergen's first fieldwork haunt
   


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May 2002 short fieldwork in north-western Tunisia towards the finalisation of a book Religion and social organisation in north-western Tunisia, Volume I: Kinship, spatiality, and segmentation, Volume II: Cults of the land, and Islam


now that the fuqra's ecstatic dance has
become obsolete, the virtuoso qusba
(flute) player has found other pastimes
A Khumiri compound today, equipped
with electrical power


the shrine of Sidi Mhammad dwarved by the
new Qur'anschool; note the power lines in the air


more cows than ever


The shrine of Sidi Bu-Qasbaya at Qa'a
Raml, with signs of continuing
ritual attention


Hasnawi, 1968 research assistant, with
his wife Rbiha today; note TV aerial
and power line


but the lush forest of cork oakes has
regenerated

 

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