How comes the appearance of Somali women is so radically different compared to the past?

[embarassing]

What could be the reason behind that do you think?

Less harsher climate, probably better nutrition, better access to whatever form of healthcare was around, and probably less stress. Being a camel herder is a rough life.

 

[MadNomad]

Less harsher climate, probably better nutrition, better access to whatever form of healthcare was around, and probably less stress. Being a camel herder is a rough life.

Sounds about right

 

[EternalLightX]

Less harsher climate, probably better nutrition, better access to whatever form of healthcare was around, and probably less stress. Being a camel herder is a rough life.

But we're becoming obese, less healthy and chronically sick. I think the nomad lifestyle is much healthier than our sedentary pill popping former era. A disarray of useless people who cannot even pick up water from a well 100 miles away.

 

[embarassing]

Sounds about right

Yeah you can see this in old pictures from any region, I've seen pics of levant arabs +100 years ago similiar to these and they were a lot darker. It's normal.

 

[BigSubeer]

thank God I wasnt born at that time

our xalimos now

 

[embarassing]

But we're becoming obese, less healthy and chronically sick. I think the nomad lifestyle is much healthier than our sedentary pill popping former era. A disarray of useless people who cannot even pick up water from a well 100 miles away.

there are pros and cons on either side but I was just speaking to the possible difference in some physical characteristics of nomads vs city dwellers of the same time.

 

[Prince of Lasanod]

thank God I wasnt born at that time

our xalimos now

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Back home, they have this weird obese dripping face and bleached skin. I do not find them that attractive tbh.

 

[EternalLightX]

Back home, they have this weird obese dripping face and bleached skin. I do not find them that attractive tbh.

Fat is encouraged and embraced in Somalia oh boy when I traveled there I was told I'm to slim, 7st ,5"7 I was a stick to my relatives. I kept insisting that fat isn't good for you, allas it all fell on deaf ears. The more bigger a lady the more pretty she is.

 

[embarassing]

Fat is encouraged and embraced in Somalia oh boy when I traveled there I was told I'm to slim, 7st ,5"7 I was a stick to my relatives. I kept insisting that fat isn't good for you, allas it all fell on deaf ears. The more bigger a lady the more pretty she is.

Not exactly true, they don't like fat and skinny is even worse to them. They just like healthy looking with some meat.

 

[EternalLightX]

Not exactly true, they don't like fat and skinny is even worse to them. They just like healthy looking with some meat.

Naa I like my long slender look, when I wear the guuntino it floats very well on me. I want to wear the guuntino with my arms exposed drenched in chains and buetiful beads around my neck and collar bone. It will be a challenge in a conservative society, however I will be known as the women who'd deified authoritarian theocratic Reign. However I am coward and my father will hang my neck for defining the so called Muslim tradition, whatever that means. As he lived through a more free liberal era.

 

[Jeesto]

look at the array of jewlerry the little girl is wearing at the end, so magnificent. I wouldn't mind wearing a type of clothing such as this, when representing Somalia, instead of dirac, overrated garment. We have really lost our art in jewlerry making, the elaborate chains. I should invest in returning such a garment of historical signifance however with a modern twist when thinking of the design.

The traditional silver jewellery

 

[The Cushitic One]

I think there's nothing more beautiful the the Somali traditional dress, Insha'Allah, when I marry plan on wearing on just like this :

Than you have the useless Somalis who wear saris to their weddings, disgusting!

 

[embarassing]

Naa I like my long slender look, when I wear the guuntino it floats very well on me. I want to wear the guuntino with my arms exposed drenched in chains and buetiful beads around my neck and collar bone. It will be a challenge in a conservative society, however I will be known as the women who'd deified authoritarian theocratic Reign. However I am coward and my father will hang my neck for defining the so called Muslim tradition, whatever that means. As he lived through a more free liberal era.

I don't know how you look sis I wasn't talking about you. But alhamdulilah I'm happy you're happy with yourself.

 

[embarassing]

The traditional silver jewellery

My mom still has gold jewelry designed this way and so does my ayeyo

 

[Kaleel]

Living standards improved. Those women lived in a harsh environment.

 

[EternalLightX]

The traditional silver jewellery

Where can I buy this particular jewlerry ? I will be willing to buy them for any price even a grand lol, their of sentimental value is worth the money, if their price is high I don't mind. I tried finding them in garowe but I couldn't all I got was head scratches from local stall employees when I asked them about it. I will go to Somalia again and definitely travel around to see if I can find any. I want to buy one so that I can wear a traditional guuntino matched with this particular Jewlerry for special charity events hosted by my hospital. Instead of wearing gowns lol.

 

[Nightline Kid]

I still see women like this. Hell, some of them have similar qualities to myself. Thick hair, dark skin, relatively tall height. We're so diverse, mashallah. I swear Somali people are an enigma.

 

[nadia]

I guess we look better now than before

 

[Starscream]

thank God I wasnt born at that time

our xalimos now

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Where is the pic from

 

[Prince of Lasanod]

Where is the pic from

Hawiye militia commander