The Yibir Curse

[James Dahl]

According to legend, the first muslim Somali in northern Somalia entered the land in the 12th century, when northern Somalia was ruled by the Yibir, who's king was a powerful sorcerer who wielded terrible powers. His favorite display of power was walking through the inside of mountains.

While inside one of these mountains, a Somali holy man in turn prayed for Allah to close the mountain upon him, killing him. Before he died though, the Yibir holy man cursed all Somalis and all of their descendants with terrible misfortunes. Upon birth, a newborn Somali could avoid the curse if he immediately paid a blood price for the dead Yibir king to the first Yibir his parents saw.

How many of your parents paid this blood price I wonder?

[Somali2003]

Be careful , Some Somalis claim to be related to other clans when in fact they belong to this clan and Tumaal. Majority of Waqoyi Tumaals and Yibir hide their identity under the shadow of fear and humiliation.

[Warsame101]

The Yibir played a big role in the campaigns of Imam Axmed Gurey, particulary in the battle of ShemberaKure where they and other Somalis faced 250,000 and defeated them , but Somalis being ignorant and illiterate find it better to hold on some imaginery curse or event that never happend.

[AbdiWahab252]

James,

My family paid off the Yibir who traveled nearly 700 miles.

[Somali2003]

They are under the confederation of Gabooye title. Like I said in my last comment, there is a girl in Ceerigaabo, which claims to be Habar Yoonis but is indeed Gabooye. She was born to a GAbooye family, but the girl was raised and adopted by Isaaq. The GAboooye are now asking the elders of the Habaryoonis to restore the girl to her Gaboye family so that she be culturally reshaped and conditioned to her true identity. Of course, it is now impossible to do but efforts are underway.

This is one example

http://www.midgaan.com/dhacdad.htm

[King-of-Awdal]

[quote="AbdiWahab252"]James,

My family paid off the Yibir who traveled nearly 700 miles.[/quote]

so ur family belives in sorcery.

[PosH]

I thought the "bloody money" was only paid for newborn boys? Anywho, yes, my family did..

[Advocatar]

my family never did, we dont believe in that bullsh!t, however we helped those in need.

[Somaliweyn Commando]

nope

[Somaliweyn Commando]

nope

[Alluring]

[quote="Warsame101"]The Yibir played a big role in the campaigns of Imam Axmed Gurey, particulary in the battle of ShemberaKure where they and other Somalis faced 250,000 and defeated them , but Somalis being ignorant and illiterate find it better to hold on some imaginery curse or event that never happend.[/quote]

Perhaps you are illiterate and ignorant, but that does not speak for the rest of the Somali populous!

[King-of-Awdal]

[quote="PosH"]I thought the "bloody money" was only paid for newborn boys? Anywho, yes, my family did.. [/quote]



are u freakn serious. are u guyz sure ur somalians because that shit just sounds like it from a story that took place in papua new guinea/ hell no my parents and i for that matter dont belive in that crap.

[musika man]

[quote="James Dahl"]According to legend, the first muslim Somali in northern Somalia entered the land in the 12th century, when northern Somalia was ruled by the Yibir, who's king was a powerful sorcerer who wielded terrible powers. His favorite display of power was walking through the inside of mountains.

While inside one of these mountains, a Somali holy man in turn prayed for Allah to close the mountain upon him, killing him. Before he died though, the Yibir holy man cursed all Somalis and all of their descendants with terrible misfortunes. Upon birth, a newborn Somali could avoid the curse if he immediately paid a blood price for the dead Yibir king to the first Yibir his parents saw.

How many of your parents paid this blood price I wonder?[/quote]

^^^


what do u expect of nomadic lamagodleys?

[PosH]

Hey, these people would turn up at your house, and sing some gabay with your newborn sons' abtiris and all that ish and demand that you pay them some money. How could any decent human being turn away poor people who'd traveled from far and wide to come to your house? Who cares about the curse, neither of my parents believed in it, it's just common courtesy.

[King-of-Awdal]

[quote="PosH"]Hey, these people would turn up at your house, and sing some gabay with your newborn sons' abtiris and all that ish and demand that you pay them some money. How could any decent human being turn away poor people who'd traveled from far and wide to come to your house? Who cares about the curse, neither of my parents believed in it, it's just common courtesy. [/quote]



ahhh ok now i get it than its just the somali way of begging. makes more sense eh. for once i thought yall weren't of the same planet as me.