ok in the spirit of celebrating occassions. let us toss few blah blahs at occassions we actually give a damn about instead of those gaalo dhaqan bs. so the other day, my friend who recently got married invited me to her shaashsaar. for those of u who don't know this, its a celebration that happens 7 days after the wedding, practiced mostly by reer koonfurs. I'm mostly familar with xeedho(this is for the northerners SomaliLanders etc.). the shaashsaar i went to was pretty cool, it was full of young people, contrary to most of the xeedho i've been to as it was moslty frequented by my auntie and dumar of her age. anyways. As a reer waqooyi girl, i must admit that i like shaashsaar better..in fact i'd prefer one personally but my hard core reer waqooyi mom and aunties would kill me.

oh and btw: if anyone can clue me in on the origins of shaashsaar, pleez do.