Appropriation of Somali Culture- Official thread

[𐒁𐒚𐒒𐒂𐒘𐒂𐒗 𐒎𐒚𐒗𐒗𐒒]

I just saw a clip of a Yemeni (Adenite) woman wearing a dirac, a group of Oromos wearing a dirac, my friend showed me one yesterday of Swahilis wearing diracs, claiming it's their culture.

It's getting out of control. Dadkaan yaa naga qabta.



Post all the examples you can find. What's worse, it doesn't even suit them at all.

 

[𐒁𐒚𐒒𐒂𐒘𐒂𐒗 𐒎𐒚𐒗𐒗𐒒]

Bal day, our favourite copy cats are at it again.

 

[𐒁𐒚𐒒𐒂𐒘𐒂𐒗 𐒎𐒚𐒗𐒗𐒒]

Waxaan fiiri

 

[Basra]

 

[𐒁𐒚𐒒𐒂𐒘𐒂𐒗 𐒎𐒚𐒗𐒗𐒒]

Don't even get me started on the Alindi print, that is now claimed by

1. Uganda (they call it Kikoy)
2. Comoros
3. I saw some Masai herdsman wearing it.



Here are the stalkers, wearing Alindi to their 'cultural' show.

 

[𐒁𐒚𐒒𐒂𐒘𐒂𐒗 𐒎𐒚𐒗𐒗𐒒]

They look nice in their own clothes, why not wear them. Ilaahay amarkiisa farawayna

 

[Lightshow]

Do you know how all of this can be stopped? Somalis and the Somali government have to trademark our stuff and create an industry out of it. This also includes teaching the history.

 

[Sophisticate]

You cannot appropriate Somali swagger.

 

[wonyluvr]

Bal day, our favourite copy cats are at it again.

Oromos have more variety with cultural clothes than us what’s up with the diracs bruh

 

[Galool]

Oromos have more variety with cultural clothes than us what’s up with the diracs bruh

Tbh its not really variety. You will notice all their cultural clothes is regional and each regions cultural clothes are exactly the same as their ethnic neighbours.

So those who border Somalis wear Somali cultural clothing, the ones who borders amhara wear similiar clothes as them, Sidama, Welayta, Agaw, etc. Look it up.

 

[𐒁𐒚𐒒𐒂𐒘𐒂𐒗 𐒎𐒚𐒗𐒗𐒒]

You cannot appropriate Somali swagger.

The dirac really does not look good on people who don't have elongated necks and other Somali features and like you said, "swagger".

They would look so good in their own outfits.

 

[Moon-]

Don't even get me started on the Alindi print, that is now claimed by

1. Uganda (they call it Kikoy)
2. Comoros
3. I saw some Masai herdsman wearing it.



Here are the stalkers, wearing Alindi to their 'cultural' show.

wtff

 

[Moon-]

being on tiktok i learned same thing happens to morroco with their neighbouring countries everybody copies their drip i always see them fighting them in comments

 

[𐒁𐒚𐒒𐒂𐒘𐒂𐒗 𐒎𐒚𐒗𐒗𐒒]

being on tiktok i learned same thing happens to morroco with their neighbouring countries everybody copies their drip i always see them fighting them in comments

It doesn't even suit these people, walahi. With those Yemenis they look washed out etc, the East African Bantu girls are drowned out, they are petite.

Every ethnic group made clothes that suited them but they want to copy and paste.

I feel the same about Somali men in Khaleeji attire, they look silly to me.

 

[OPIUM KHAT]

somalia/somalis should copy-right it (the alinidi print,diracs,baatis) also we should market it as SOMALI like making museums about somali cultural clothes for both men and women etc..

 

[ditto]

It doesn't even suit these people, walahi. With those Yemenis they look washed out etc, the East African Bantu girls are drowned out, they are petite.

Every ethnic group made clothes that suited them but they want to copy and paste.

I feel the same about Somali men in Khaleeji attire, they look silly to me.

The way Yemenis wear Dirac is actually so hideous. How tf did they butcher something beautiful

 

[OPIUM KHAT]

The way Yemenis wear Dirac is actually so hideous. How tf did they butcher something beautiful

mocking us while wearing our culture

TikTok - Make Your Day

 

[Galool]

@Moon- where are you from?

 

[𐒁𐒚𐒒𐒂𐒘𐒂𐒗 𐒎𐒚𐒗𐒗𐒒]

mocking us while wearing our culture

TikTok - Make Your Day

Their 'diracs' are so basic, and doesn't even suit them in in general. I guarantee you that the Northern Yemenis look better in their normal Arab attire.

 

[𐒁𐒚𐒒𐒂𐒘𐒂𐒗 𐒎𐒚𐒗𐒗𐒒]

somalia/somalis should copy-right it (the alinidi print,diracs,baatis) also we should market it as SOMALI like making museums about somali cultural clothes for both men and women etc..

This right here. We need to start collecting evidence and finding ways to get our clothes trademarked by the government. It's disgusting at this point, seeing all this cultural theft.