Can anyone give any background info to this picture?

[Medulla]

 

[Medulla]

Also what's the wooden board thing called again in Somali? I know everyone used it to write quran and arabic etc as kids back home

 

[MadMullah99]

I know the task she is performing but that is about it.

 

[Medulla]

I know the task she is performing but that is about it.

Do tell I haven't got a clue what she is doing I just assumed it was something to do with making tea

 

[MadMullah99]

Also what's the wooden board thing called again in Somali? I know everyone used it to write quran and arabic etc as kids back home

It is called a Quran Board lol. It is used for teaching Quran calligraphy typically for impoverished kids in Africa etc

 

[Medulla]

It is called a Quran Board lol. It is used for teaching Quran calligraphy typically impoverished kids in Africa etc

Is it called "loox" in somali?

 

[sambuusi]

Also what's the wooden board thing called again in Somali? I know everyone used it to write quran and arabic etc as kids back home

my dad was just talking about it the other day
i don't know the name of the board, but the practice of writing quran on it is called "duksi luux"

 

[SOULSEARCHING]

She is as tall as the
house.

 

[Medulla]

She is as tall as the
house.

She's perfect take me back to the good days when somali naago were 6 foot +

 

[SOULSEARCHING]

She's perfect take me back to the good days when somali naago were 6 foot +

There's a lot of tall ones I've seen.

 

[King Khufu]

Mashallah, everything looks perfect!

 

[King Khufu]

Simple times, they were at then, hmmm yes???

 

[Ayubi]

I seen this on twitter. Apparently, tall skinny women were the beauty standard for xalimos back then. Now Somali men like short thick/slim women (sometimes fat, bleached with horrible makeup).

 

[firefox]

It's called luux, she's probably mashing cardamom and other spices to add to tea.

Her height!

 

[MadMullah99]

Do tell I haven't got a clue what she is doing I just assumed it was something to do with making tea

No it is not tea but she is crushing various ingredients. I think it used for xawaash too etc.

Here is the modern version the cadaans sel

Here is our one. On the image above she is using a bigger one so that she can handle more and stand.

It is called a Mortar (Wooden bowl) and Pestle (long wooden stick) in English, I have not got a clue how to say it in Somali.

 

[MadMullah99]

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Also if anybody else is wondering what the various other items are, you can have a look at the Minnesota Somali Musieum online gallery http://www.somalimuseum.org/

They have various traditional art and cultural education and an online gallery.

The founder Osman Ali is doing gods work!

 

[Grant]

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My spelling is terrible , BUT: I know the house as a munduul, the stool as gambaar, and the water or storage pot as an ashoon. The mortar is a moi, and it was used to crush maize to make soor and mishari. The jar at the right is a dhil, for milk. That is a very large and new luux. Judging from her bare shoulder, this photo was taken before the civil war.

Corrections appreciated.

 

[Medulla]

My spelling is terrible , BUT: I know the house as a munduul, the stool as gambaar, and the water or storage pot as an ashoon. The mortar is a moi, and it was used to crush maize to make soor and mishari. The jar at the right is a dhil, for milk. That is a very large and new luux. Judging from her bare shoulder, this photo was taken before the civil war.

Corrections appreciated.

Thank you very much for the information! I've seen this picture flying around been super curious to know the name of some of the items