I never understood the sick somali cultural thing called "dumaaal"
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Somali culture needs reforms and dumaal, fgm and giving blood money together with an innocent girl (when she didnt kill anyone) are few examples that need urgent reformation
Somali culture needs reforms and dumaal, fgm and giving blood money together with an innocent girl (when she didnt kill anyone) are few examples that need urgent reformation
Blood money is great you moron. No one can pay 50k dollars on his own.
Blood money is one of the advanage of qabil.
And dumaal is a good way to keep family relation when the husband or wife dies.
Blood money is not the issue you kiddo... the problem is in most cases when the blood money is paid a Female from the killers family is married off to the deceased guys family! Now that is the problem Why should an innocent girl take the burden of a killer??
So let's say u die, u'd rather your wife, now a widow, marry a strange man and have this man live in your house with your kids, not knowing what he's capable of doing to them? If I died it's a no brainer that I'd want my brother to marry the widow I left behind for three reasons 1. I don't want my wife to be with a new man, if someone is gonna taste her malab then let it be my brother 2. My kids will be safe because they're being raised by their blood uncle 3. The wealth I built will be kept in the family instead of going to a new random guy.
Dumaal is one of the few ancient Somali customs that is actually pretty progressive.
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Blood money is not the issue you kiddo... the problem is in most cases when the blood money is paid a Female from the killers family is married off to the deceased guys family! Now that is the problem Why should an innocent girl take the burden of a killer??
The giving of the girl to the family ensures that the blood feud between the two families/clans ends for good, because nothing binds two families together like marriage does. You're coming at this from a Western individualist perspective where personal happiness and fulfillment takes precedence over social cohesion and group solidarity.
is there a term for the reverse - where the wife dies and her sister steps in?
is it called shumaal? shemaal?
I need answers beeble...
lol It's called the same thing. IF ur talking about the guy u say 'wuxu dumaalay so and so', when ur talking about the girl u say 'waxa dumaalay so and so' since it's the guy doing the 'dumaaling'. This goes for whether it's the wife who died and her sister is marrying the widower or the reverse scenario. Same goes for guur (marriage), u can never say 'waxay guursatay so and so' instead u have to say 'waxa guursaday so and so'.
Zorro
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whatever ur imagination wants
When I think of pancakes I think of strawberries and bananas. But nothing else. I fail to make the connection
Zorro
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sucks4uWhen I think of pancakes I think of strawberries and bananas. But nothing else. I fail to make the connection
Zorro
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nacaltulla alaykYou suck
Zorro
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what about ur children
What about them?
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