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Abstract

The study reveals the local customs and traditions of the Nubi tribe in Egypt that still survive and exist amidst the onslaught of modernization and globalization. The study raises two important questions about What are the functions of the local customs and traditions of the Nubi tribe that have been preserved until now and what is the form of the relationship between the local traditions of the Nubi tribe between one element and another. The study uses Borislaw Malinowski's functionalism theory which raises the main concept that every element of culture has a function. The surviving culture fulfills human physiological and psychological needs. Another concept in Malinowski's functionalism is about holistic culture which means that every element of a culture has an influence on other elements of a culture. The findings of the study prove that the Nubi customs and traditions that still survive are traditions during pregnancy, traditional healing traditions, the prohibition of riding donkeys for women, traditions in marriage, traditions of requesting pregnancy, traditions around death and traditions of keeping crocodiles. The existence of a holistic culture or relationship is the use of a special Nubi language in rituals, oral traditions and communication between the older and younger generations. The use of the Nubi language has succeeded in protecting the Nubi tribe from the invasion of foreign cultures.

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