Blogs about: Somali Traditions
Featured Blog
Wise Old Nomads 2
After travelling for several hours, the family had just settled into their new location with ample grazing ground and access to water nearby. The mother was disassembling the hut, sticking the Dhigo a… more →
Incoherent Thoughts...
Wise Old Nomads 2
— 9 comments
shafi wrote 1 year ago: After travelling for several hours, the family had just settled into their new location with ample g … more →
Wise Old Nomads
— 11 comments
shafi wrote 1 year ago: time to rest Everything in life has its peak then its glory fades. And we are no different. After a … more →
Somali Hospitality II
— 8 comments
shafi wrote 1 year ago: A story has it that once a weary traveller came to a nomadic family by dusk. Unable to contin … more →
Somali Hospitality
— 5 comments
shafi wrote 1 year ago: Somalis are renowned for their hospitality. Though in their breast lies an indomitable spirit … more →
Gaaf Poetry
— 1 comment
shafi wrote 1 year ago: Once the drumming starts and the Gaaf is initiated, silence fills the air. Every ear is tuned … more →
Somali Cultural Weddings - Gaaf
— 3 comments
shafi wrote 1 year ago: As the sun plummets down the horizon, the joyous people of the village depart company … more →
Somali Cultural Weddings - Gelbis
— 5 comments
shafi wrote 1 year ago: The Gelbis (escorting the bride to her new home), as I said earlier, is the occasion that marks the … more →
Spot the difference!
— 23 comments
shafi wrote 1 year ago: The Raw Somali The trained Somali Is there anything wrong with these two images … more →
Xeedho
— 9 comments
shafi wrote 1 year ago: The Xeedho is a custom usually prevalent in the Northern parts of Somalia. After the wedding is cons … more →
Gelbis
— 3 comments
shafi wrote 1 year ago: Gelbis – the process of escorting the bride and groom to their newly constructed hut/ho … more →
Somali Cultural Weddings
— 11 comments
shafi wrote 1 year ago: During the rainy seasons of Gu’ and some times throughout the moderately infrequent rains of … more →
The Battle of Jidbaale
— 5 comments
shafi wrote 1 year ago: click on the above image to read entire letter or click here to read This letter dated … more →
Nomadic Culture
— 12 comments
shafi wrote 1 year ago: Continuing on from my previous post on Somali Culture, here are a few other images that I managed to … more →
No Post
— 5 comments
shafi wrote 1 year ago: Salaamu Calaykum dear friends, I have been rather busy lately and have been unable to update this bl … more →
Somali Culture
— 54 comments
shafi wrote 2 years ago: On the wall behind the woman is Salli or Derin. It is mainly used as a prayer mat, but it is also us … more →
I am Somali
— 24 comments
shafi wrote 2 years ago: These are the words to the classic song Soomaali Baan Ahay that I’ve tried to translate. I mus … more →
Sheep Logic vs. Goat Logic
— 5 comments
shafi wrote 2 years ago: During the Jiilaal seasons when winds and scarcity of water hit the parched Somali terrain, the noma … more →
Dialogues in the Diaspora
— 2 comments
shafi wrote 2 years ago: Somali art, film, music & culture DIALOGUES IN THE DIASPORA Sunday, 4th November 2007 7pm-11pm H … more →
