Somali Songs/Music praising the all mighty

[N.O.R.F]

As I type this there is a bunch of women on Universal TV singing some sort of song praising Allah along with music, hair uncovered, make up on, gold, hidi iyo dhaqan clothes etc.

 

I have also seen men do it on the Djbouti channel.

 

What is this all about? Was this common back in the day?

[Paragon]

^^Brother before the mid-80s, most of Somali women dressed with guntiino (gar-xir leh iyo ganbo for the married ones), occasionally garbasaar, and uncovered hair oo la tidcay (or braided). So it wont be surprising if you see some women still dressed as such. Raggu timaweyn kuu ahaan jirey, tintuna xaga sare ayaa dab lagu diirin jirey to stop dust getting into the afro, and a tuurin will be sticking out from the hair.

 

Dressing up to cover all parts of the female body and praising Allah were not contradictory things then. Rather, as accorded by the sufism people adhered to those days, all was natural.

[N.O.R.F]

I have heard of Sufism being more prominent back then. My uncle would always repeat a story of the time he went to pray and heard drums coming out of the mosque. 'Waar ma Michael Jackson ayaa meesha ka ciyaaraya' was his line

 

I did see a timo weyn or two on my recent trip believe or not. In the miyi mind you.

[nuune]

Sure it was common on waayo waayo back in the days, people actually loved those Nabi Ammaan Songs, women and men used to mix, even sometime hold hands when doing Qasiidooyinka Nabi Ammaanka.

 

 

Soomaalida sideedaba waxyaalaha qaarkood inuu shirki yahey maba aaminsano, xataa hadaad dhahdo war maad sidan iska deysaan waxaa lagu orani, ma magaca ilaahay aan qaadayo ayaad ii diideysaa, bidciyahow akhwaan muslimiinka ah,

[Jacaylbaro]

with all those rap nebi-amaan music coming from Djibouti someone would open a night club and play thsoe songs for dancing.

 

Some of those songs you really think it is 50 cent ........