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

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	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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