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Legendary kings, queens and saints. In Somali mythology, there is an abundance of tales about men and women who defied cultural traditions or acquired heroic and saintly status amongst the masses of the Somali Peninsula. Queen Kola of Abasa (Queen) Queen Kola of Abasa was a powerful and legendary Queen from the town of Abasa in the Awdal Region ...
Taqiyah is the Arabic word for a Muslim skullcap. In the Indian subcontinent, it is called a topi (Hindi: टोपी, Urdu: ٹوپی, Bengali: টুপি) which means hat or cap in general. In Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh, men usually wear the topi with kurta and paijama.
Traditionally, Somali men typically wear the macawis. It is a sarong that is worn around the waist. On their heads, they often wrap a colorful turban or wear the koofiyad, which is an embroidered fez. [185] Due to Somalia's proximity to and close ties with the Arabian Peninsula, many Somali men also wear the jellabiya (jellabiyad or qamiis).
Somalis have a rich musical heritage centered on traditional Somali folklore. Most 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. Somali art is the artistic culture of the Somali people, both historic and contemporary.
The Isaaq (Somali: Reer Sheekh Isxaaq, Arabic: بنو إسحاق, Banu Ishaq) is a major Somali clan. [3] It is one of the largest Somali clan families in the Horn of Africa, with a large and densely populated traditional territory. The Isaaq people claim in a traditional legend to have descended from Sheikh Ishaaq bin Ahmed, an Islamic scholar ...
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The Ogaden were the principal force behind a series of Somali expansions that led to expulsion of the Wardey clan from west of the Jubba river and displacing Borana in parts of the North Eastern Province in the 19th century. [10] Frank Linsly James, one of the first Europeans to travel deep into Ogaden territory while being accompanied by Lord ...
Aden, 1892. Suudi Shabeele Omar, more commonly known as Haji Sudi ( Somali: Xaaji Suudi Shabeel; 1858–1920) [1] was one of the leaders behind the Somali Dervish movement. [2] He was also the movement's right-hand man and chief lieutenant till its demise in 1920. [3] [4] He is described as the Mullah's right hand in the earlier days of his ...