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Somali art is the artistic culture of the Somali people, both historic and contemporary. These include artistic traditions in pottery , music, architecture, wood carving and other genres. Somali art is characterized by its aniconism , partly as a result of the vestigial influence of the pre-Islamic mythology of the Somalis coupled with their ...
Somali woman shows traditional incense during an event to showcase traditional Somali culture Somali woman building a Somali aqal or buul. The culture of Somalia is an amalgamation of traditions developed independently and through interaction with neighbouring and far away civilizations, such as other parts of Northeast Africa, the Arabian ...
Somali art is the artistic culture of the Somali people, both historic and contemporary. These include artistic traditions in pottery , music , architecture , woodcarving and other genres. Somali art is characterized by its aniconism , partly as a result of the vestigial influence of the pre-Islamic mythology of the Somalis coupled with their ...
Pages in category "Culture of Somalia" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * Culture of Somalia;
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. [1] Somalia accepted the convention in 2020, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. In ...
The Rahanweyn (Maay: Reewin, Somali: Raxanweyn, Arabic: رحنوين), also known as the Digil and Mirifle (Somali: Digil iyo Mirifle) is a major Somali clan. It is one of the major Somali clans in the Horn of Africa, with a large territory in the densely populated fertile valleys of the Jubba and Shebelle rivers and the areas inbetween, which ...
Somalia has the longest coastline on Africa's mainland. [15] Somalia has an estimated population of 18.1 million, [16] [17] [18] of which 2.7 million live in the capital and largest city, Mogadishu. Around 85% of its residents are ethnic Somalis and the official languages of the country are Somali and Arabic, though the former is the primary ...
In the years following the institution of the Somali Latin script, Somali officials were required to learn the orthography and attempts were made to inculcate mass literacy—in 1973 among urban and rural sedentary Somalis, and in 1974–75 among nomads. Although a few texts existed in the new script before 1973, in most cases new books were ...