The clan is the most More Fashion: Chadians generally place great emphasis on clothing. Women often wear a loose top and a length of cloth pagne around More Recreation: Soccer is the most popular sport in Chad. Basketball is widely played in the cities.
Children in Chad often build The people of Chad include more More Diet: Fish abound in Chad's lakes and rivers. The most common fish is the Nile perch, called capitaine in Chad. Chad Facts What is the capital of Chad? Chad Demographics What is the population of Chad?
Chad Government What type of government does Chad have? More Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal More Citizenship: citizenship by birth: no citizenship by descent only: both parents must be citizens of Chad dual citizenship recognized: Chadian law does not More National Holiday: Independence Day, 11 August More Constitution: history: several previous; latest approved 30 April by the National Assembly, entered into force 4 May amendments: proposed as More Independence: 11 August from France More.
Chad Geography What environmental issues does Chad have? Overview: Chad is a land-locked country in north central Africa measuring , square miles 1,, square km , roughly the size of More Terrain: broad, arid plains in center, desert in north, mountains in northwest, lowlands in south More.
Chad Economy How big is the Chad economy? Oil and agriculture are Source: Google News. Interesting Chad Facts What unique things can you discover about Chad? At the summit of the Tibesti mountain system stands the dormant volcano Emi Koussi, 3, meters above sea level. It is not only the highest point in Chad, but the highest point in the entire Sahara desert. Chad Australopithecus is a type of early hominid identified from the remains of a single body found in at Koro Toro in southeast Chad.
The remains were found close by the teeth of an extinct elephant and are thought to be , to , years old. Chad is named after Lake Chad, which is the fourth largest lake in Africa and the seventh largest in the world. It is an extremely shallow lake that has no outlet to the sea and its shoreline changes every year as parts of it dry up. Chad is the world's second largest supplier of gum arabic, after Sudan. Gum arabic comes from certain species of the acacia tree and is an ingredient in foods, soft drinks, pharmaceuticals and glues.
Drought can cause malnutrition and widespread famine in Chad. In , the drought was so severe that Lake Chad completely dried up. Educational opportunities for girls have traditionally been more limited than those for boys. Although about equal numbers of girls and boys are enrolled in primary school, the number of girls enrolled in secondary school is very low, partly because of early marriage.
Families consider children to be insurance for their future and esteem those who have large families. In the south, however, people enjoy beer brewed from millet.
It is called billi-billi when it is made from red millet and coshate when it is made from white millet. Spirits made from distilled millet alcohol are known as arki. Gala beer is also manufactured in Chad. In villages throughout the country, markets are held on the same day each week and are important events for villagers and often the focus of the week's activity. Located in Doba, it broadcasts locally produced programming, including news coverage and political commentary in French and indigenous languages, over a kilometre range.
Mahamat Saleh's feature film Bye Bye Africa, a Franco-Chadian co-production about a Chadian who returns to the country, has been shown at international festivals, including the Toronto International Film Festival. Many herbal remedies developed hundreds of years ago are still in use today. A traditional mud hut stands in the village of Massaguet, but modern, iron-and-concrete buildings are being built more frequently throughout Chad.
The various ethnic cultures have their own traditions of oral literature, including narratives, epics, and ritual drama. Literary creativity of Chadians is notable in the diaspora community in France, but less so in Chad itself, where market demand and the conditions for a literary culture are very limited. Languages of literary expression in poetry, novels, memoirs, and theatre are French and, to a lesser extent, Arabic.
Graphic Arts. Various ethnic groups in the country have their distinct artistic traditions related to the decoration of houses, clothing, leatherwork, and artifacts.
Modern graphic artists are few and are located in the capital of N'Djamena. Performance Arts. Performance arts in theaters are virtually nonexistent; traditional religious and other rituals, however, are alive and well in both the south and the north, as part of the everyday cultural life of the Chadians. Not much is known about the remaining traditional material cultures of the various ethnic groups.
The sciences have only a token presence in Chad. Lack of funding and institutions and the stagnating effect of the civil wars have long inhibited any development of the scientific research and teaching.
The University of Chad has only about seventeen hundred students and has to make do with a library of fourteen thousand books for all fields. The Chadian National Institute for the Humane Sciences has only six researchers and a library of one thousand books. Azevedo, Mario J. Chad: A Nation in Search of its Future , Buijtenhuijs, Robert.
Centre Culturel Al-Mouna. Chapelle, Jean. Le peuple Tchadien: Ses racines, sa vie quotidienne et ses combats, Decalo, Samuel. Historical Dictionary of Chad , 3rd ed.
Feckoua, Laoukissam L. Fuchs, Peter. Hallaire, Jacques. Nolutshungu, Sam C. Owens, Jonathan, ed. Arabs and Arabic in the Lake Chad Region , Women of the Sahil; Chad-Sudan: Reflections , Toggle navigation.
Culture Name Chadian. History and Ethnic Relations Emergence of the Nation. Urbanism, Architecture, and the Use of Space The rate of urbanization in Chad is low, with most of the people still living as cultivators and pastoralists in dispersed hamlets, cattle camps, villages, and oases.
Food and Economy Food in Daily Life. Social Stratification Classes and Castes. Political Life Government. Social Welfare and Change Programs These are conspicuous in their absence. Nongovernmental Organizations and Other Associations One important group is the Chadian Labour Union Union Syndicale du Tchad , which is independent and has organized various crucial strikes of political significance.
Marriage, Family and Kinship Marriage. Socialization Child Rearing and Education. Etiquette Chadians, being of quite different religious and cultural backgrounds, do not observe a common standard of etiquette except that respect for community elders, moderation, and reserve in public life is universally appreciated. Religion Religious Beliefs. Medicine and Health Care Due to an underdeveloped and neglected state health-care system and the absence of alternatives in the private sphere, Chadians are mostly dependent on basic primary health care and polyclinical aid and, especially, on traditional medicine.
The Arts and Humanities Support for the Arts. Bibliography Azevedo, Mario J. Also read article about Chad from Wikipedia. User Contributions: 1. I really love that you guys have this information up but I cannot use it unless it has an author.
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Notify me of new posts via email. Skip to content. WOMEN The clothing of women in the Republic of Chad can be divided into 2 categories based on the religious beliefs of the people, the Muslim women and the non-Muslim women. Chadian Women The Muslim women put on robes that cover their bodies from head-to-toe.
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