1. Sudan - Sudanese
Cultural presentation
Katherine Sharp
N7247656

2. Introduction
• Sudanese – From Sudan, an Arab
state in the middle east.
• In Sudan : 30,894,000 (disputed)
• Sudanese in Australia – more
than 20’000
• Mainly settle in Victoria and New
South Wales: 60% of immigrants

3. Dominant factors
• Social
• Cultural
• Religious – Although mainly
Christian in South Sudan, pork is
still rarely eaten and most
would avoid pork as a meat.
• Environmental
• Geographical
• Seasonal
• Economical

4. Food laws/ preparation /traditions
• Laws
• Preparation
• Traditions - At the Eid al-Adha, the Feast of
the Great Sacrifice, it is customary to kill a
sheep, and to give part of the meat to
people who cannot afford it themselves.
The Eid al-Fitr, or Breaking of the Ramadan
Fast, is another joyous occasion, and
involves a large family meal. The birthday
of the Prophet Muhammad is primarily a
children's holiday, celebrated with special
desserts: pink sugar dolls and sticky
sweets made from nuts and sesame seeds.

5. Types of Foods
Breads, cereals, ric
e, pasta, noodles
porridge (Asseeda), bread called
Kissra, Sorghum
,Millet, Rice, Cassava, Cerealsma
ize. Corn Soya blend (CSB From
Rations) , Sesame
Vegetables, legume
s, fruit
Leaves: Cassava, Sweet potato,
Ground nut, Molokhia.
Cassava, Yams, Sweet potato,
Onion, Tomatoes, Okra, Taro
Fruits : Mango, Watermelon,
Guava
Meat, fish, poultry,
eggs, nuts, legumes
Meats (if
available)
· Beef
· Goat
· Camel
· Sheep
· Chicken
Pulses
· Foul beans
· Groundnuts
· Peas
· Cow peas
Fish
Milk, cheese,
yoghurt and
alternatives
Eggs (when
chickens are
kept or available
in markets)
Fats and oils Groundnuts and
sesame are the
main sources of
local vegetable oils.
Beverages Hilumur, Aabrai
Abiyad and Nashaa
(made from corn flour
and spices)
Tabaldi, Aradaib,
Karkadai and Guddaim
(made with fruit)
Teas, Hibiscus
(Karkadeh). Helamor
and White Abre –
Ramadan beverages
Other Peanuts

6. Helamor (the dark
liquid), made from
sheets of herbs and
spices toasted a certain
way. The sheets are
dissolved and then the
drink is sifted to remove
sediment. Sugar is
added and it is chilled
before serving. and
White Abre yogurt or
milk based drink with
soggy, flaky pieces of
kisra (flat bread)
floating in it.
Basic meal, stews and
corn/wheat flat bread.

7. Substitutes in Australia
Assida – Thick porridge
Mutton stew
While these foods are
made from basic
wheats and
corns, there are many
South African
supermarkets around
Australia that will
have the items
supermarkets here
will be missing, Okra
for example is not
always easy to find

8. Typical daily eating plan
Breakfast Cup of tea
Morning break Thick porridge like asida/gruel perhaps
made with milk and honey or beans and
lentils or meat if available
Lunch
Afternoon break
Dinner Meat if available, Vegetables and rice or
asida/kisra
Evening snack
Beverages Tea, coffee
Other snacks Sweet drinks and tea as well as fruit are
eaten throughout the day

9. Food consumption – in Sudan
• There has been limited research in regards to
food consumption in Sudan. No national surveys
have been carried out. The Ministry of Health
and the WHO (1997) conducted a study of
household’s food consumption across six states
and found:
• · 24% of the total population ate meat daily
• · 38% ate meat 2-3 times per week
• · 73% consumed milk daily
• · 12% consumed leafy green vegetables daily
• · 12% consumed other vegetables daily
• · 8% consumed fruit daily
• · 86% consumed 3 meals per day
• · 13% consumed 2 meals per day

10. Comparing to the Australian guide to
healthy eating.
• The recommended consumption of foods
are broken down into serves per day
• Cereals
• Vegetables and legumes
• Fruit
• Milk, yoghurt and cheese
• Lean meat, fish, poultry, nuts and legumes
• Extra foods
• The Sudanese that move to Australia will
have more access to carbohydrates and
extra foods, its something they will have
to watch because it is so readily available
and is not back in Sudan

11. References
• Dowell, William. "Rescue in Sudan."
Time, 1997.
• Roddis, Ingrid and Miles. Sudan, 2000.
• "Sudan." CIA World Factbook 2000,
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/f
actbook/geos/su —E LEANOR S
TANFORD
• http://www.everyculture.com/Sa-
Th/Sudan.html#ixzz2btugVPHy
• http://www.wfp.org/stories/sudan-10-
hunger-facts-nation-goes-vote - 10
hunger facts about Sudan
• http://www.kumushastore.com.au/ -
South African supermarket, Brisbane