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Natives from Northern Somalia



Okaaay so it wasnt always peaceful..but there was relative peace and if they fought it was only with spears and other simple weapons, hardly going to create a refugee problem




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Benadir natives



Ogaden Women




Building a traditional hut..nowadays more and more ugly tin huts are springing up ..the skills are dying out instead of being passed down from generation to generation







View of the Indian Ocean..sooo beautiful and peaceful..hmm who wouldnt want to be there ..right about now??




Ethiopian Somali border..look at these beautiful thatched huts.. .arent they just so inviting??





Somali children..look how happy and healthy they look..no need for computer games and playstation aqliga ka xadaya












Traditional dance by Women





View of the Webi Shabelle






I dont even recognise those people..whatever happened to us? Look at those men's hairstyles so unqiue ma arkagtaan it even has a particular shape to it..the spears , the traditional clothes, the guntino so simple yet beautiful, where have they all gone?? I always believed the biggest tragedy to happen to any country is imperialism..the importing and transporting of alien laws and traditions to a totally different environment and people. Why was the notion of nation-state introduced to free spirited NOMADS who roamed those lands for centuries ? Why did people come and impose their culture specific way of life on us masakiin

I would love to time travel..nothing can compare with that life EVER..the unfettered simple life..the rich culture, the eloquent poetry, the lovely harmonious communal life. Who wants modern life with all its complexities and diseases, pollution, oppressive bills, mortgages, taxes, souless gigantic supermarkets, rude and obnoxious people etc etc ..the list is never ending.


What happened to Somalia is not just the destruction of a nation but the destruction of our culture as well.Its really sad. You can accuse me of romanticising the past but do i care?? I also prefer the classical songs ey cudka lugu qaado to the ones sung with electronic musical instruments..I even thought of getting myself an cud and hanging it on the wall ..am i weird tolay?


Oh how i wish i came from THAT Somalia not the colonised raped, plundered and bloody hell hole of today.
I wish i knew those people..im wish i knew their different gabays and more importantly what they were gabying about

Those people are long dead May their souls rest in peace amiin and May Allah s.w.t help us and rescue us from this dark bottomless pit amiin


Anyways what do you all think?

Those were taken by the Italians all in and around Benadir.

These pictures are a tool of colonialism

Since when is taking pictures a crime? I mean why couldnt they go there just as anthropologists and just 'observed'

Those photos are not all from Benadir

anyways dont spoil my thread!

but im serious..its not a Somalia or Somalis we even recognise? We have lost most of those traditions.

Go to burco and you will find that somalia still exists.

RebelLion wrote:Go to burco and you will find that somalia still exists.

Burco braaaaaaaaaap

was this before the risaala came to somalia walanweyn or after

It was simple back then....
Everything had their order...
No need to dwell, we just have to make due of what we have....
But I would give a left hand and arm to have things as good as then...
No wonder our most elderly people have such sad faces....
My great-grand father is still alive and he is constantly sad whenever I meet him, because he has seen the changes...
What about us, are we going to be miserable in the future because things got worse?
Is this still part of the good era of Somali's?
I'm to worried to think about our future, coz it is dark!

enlightend, those picture's look like your primitive rear abti.They cant be of us, we was driving T-fords working with the empire.

lol Rebel are you serious??

I went there..meeshu meel boodhe weyne with deserted houses bay aheed and there was so much rubbish. I enjoyed it still ..laakin i enjoyed the miyiga more..i wish it was more greener though .Maybe i should move to Jamaame and live with the Mushungli Somalis in their beautiful huts i heard they still live like that

GENERAL_SNM wrote:enlightend, those picture's look like your primitive rear abti.They cant be of us, we was driving T-fords working with the empire.

How dare you insult those NOBLE people They are from the NORTH and SOUTH ..and look at them their dress and look is IDENTICAL..primitive kuye..whats primitive about them?? yeah u wished they wore those levi jeans like you? and had the latest beckham haircut somaha?


You know what i wish they still wore those clothes to this day. They look so beautiful

The south got the best land My dad was telling me story about Jubbayoonka hoose when he was there the got
cheetas there can u imagine but the south Aint got good people dad ma dagana xawayaanka somaliland jiria aya ka fiican dadka konfuurta jiira

enlightened sista

I meant if you wanted the reer miyi no development experience, burco is your place. But if you want greenery, the south is the place to be, in the jubbas and shebele regions even gedo.

But their is moryaan of every clan roaming around, so best you stick to the dusty burco.

GENERAL_SNM wrote:enlightend, those picture's look like your primitive rear abti.They cant be of us, we was driving T-fords working with the empire.

Spoken like a true habar Xabuushed futo ku xaarle.

Keep it real.

The_Emperior5 wrote:The south got the best land My dad was telling me story about Jubbayoonka hoose when he was there the got
cheetas there can u imagine but the south Aint got good people dad ma dagana xawayaanka somaliland jiria aya ka fiican dadka konfuurta jiira

dont forget GIRAFFES