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Somali women performing a traditional dance Somali singer Fartuun Birimo wearing henna hand and arm designs. 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.
Shushumow is a fried Somali pastry with a crystallised shell which is usually made as a party snack. Basbousa is a traditional Somali sweet cake of Arab influence. [11] It is made from cooked semolina or farina soaked in simple syrup. Also in the north there is lokma, a sweet fried-dough pastry. Baklava is also eaten by some Somalis.
Somali young women and men performing the traditional dhaanto dance-song in Jubaland. Dhaanto is a style of traditional Somali music and folk dance . [ 1 ] It is a cultural folk dance native to Somali people in the Horn of Africa .
The textile culture of Somalia is an ancient one, and the Somali textile center in Mogadishu was, from at least the 13th century to the late 19th century, considered to be one of the main textile hubs in the Indian Ocean. It competed with those of the Indians and later the Americans in domestic and foreign markets such as Egypt and Syria. [3]
Dabqaad. It is traditional for Somalis to perfume their homes after meals. Frankincense (Somali: foox, Arabic: اللبان ) or a special man-made incense called unsi (in Arab countries it is called Bukhoor, this also may be used) is placed on top of hot coal inside the Dabqaad which will burn continuously for about ten minutes until the foox or unsi is completely consumed.
Hassan's Sing-Again Lullaby and Oral History Project seeks to turn oral history and storytelling into a written children's book through interviews with Somali elders who share the traditional ...
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 songs are pentatonic.That is, they only use five pitches per octave in contrast to a heptatonic (seven note) scale such as the major scale.At first listen, Somali music might be mistaken for the sounds of nearby regions such as Oromo in Ethiopia, Sudan or the Arabian Peninsula, but it is ultimately recognizable by its own unique tunes and styles.