The oud is a traditional musical instrument, classified as a stringed instrument. It is made of wood, strung by five strings, and is used to play individual or group songs using what is known as the pentatonic scale.
The Baramka council is a form of traditional and social practice that characterizes the Baqara (cowboy-grazing tribes) in Darfur and Kordofan, Western Sudan, where meetings are held specifically to drink tea in a ceremonial setting accompanied by singing and poetry that mostly glorify tea.