Dharkeena hanoo dhigaan and I hope it sets off a trend among Southern Yemenis to do the same thing. It suits her too, there is just something so cool about being authentically yourself. Nothing like it.
Dirac has become popular with other Muslim Africans
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Dharkeena hanoo dhigaan and I hope it sets off a trend among Southern Yemenis to do the same thing. It suits her too, there is just something so cool about being authentically yourself. Nothing like it.
The only people I've seen look cute are Somali wedding guests.
There is something about having 'permission', that makes an outfit look more palatable. Dadkaan kale, end up looking sloppy somehow.
There is something about having 'permission', that makes an outfit look more palatable. Dadkaan kale, end up looking sloppy somehow.
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I honestly wouldn't have blamed her for just keeping the dirac though. It must be expensive to buy two dresses
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Then the civilwar happened..
I wonder if the textiles were made in-house pre-civilwar. I remember seeing an old video of the Somali Republic investing in the textile manufacturing and looking to restart that industry, in the 70s/80s I think
Traders moved their production to india/ME after β91 it seems
Iβm assuming this is when people in Uganda etc. were introduced to alindi, they call it kikoy
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We should aspire to rebuild our infrastructure in this way. Not only do we have a marketable fashion and culture, we have a location that would let us make real money off it.
Also did Alindi originate in Somalia? Because I heard Uganada tried to trademark it or something. They cannot be that shameless can they?
Most UK Somalis are SL I think? I've not run into many of us so I wouldn't know but I read a statistic somewhere.
I think vocabulary is less of an issue than actively selling the idea that we're a mix of africa and the middle east with no originality.
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We call it Hilib in my household I'm from Awdal.
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We created it https://x.com/virtualalindi/status/1405187464998928385?mx=2 Theres photos of us wearing it back in the day. I have not come across any other groups during those time periods wearing it or documented in the same way it has been for us. We introduced it to these other communities. If you scroll up to the post @Varriris made it notes the communities we influenced with our textiles and fabrics.
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