Honestly i don’t understand Henna for Somali

[Aegon]

It is clearly an arab custom, so why some of us are into it ?

 

[killerxsmoke]

It is clearly an arab custom, so why some of us are into it ?

Henna grows in somalia naturally wdym it's an arab custom

 

[backgroundISneeded]

It is clearly an arab custom, so why some of us are into it ?

I am curious to understand how you arrived at the conclusion that the use of henna is exclusive to a particular ethnic group.

The henna plant is not typically found in desert regions, but it does grow naturally in the Somali Peninsula.

In fact, I recall my sister collecting henna leaves from the forest to create her own henna mixture.

It's worth noting that the use of henna is not limited to any one specific ethnic group.

It's a practice that's been part of many cultures across Asia and Africa, including our own.

 

[Cartan Boos]

somalis always colored their hair actually very old custom but of course the cuck somalians and their inferiorty complex everything is arab or foreign

 

[Dima&Damo]

somalis always colored their hair actually very old custom but of course the cuck somalians and their inferiorty complex everything is arab or foreign

Having ostrich feather is foereing aswell

 

[Garaad diinle]

We call it cilaan, it grows in somalia and we've been using it for a very long time.

 

[Aurelian]

Ppl can’t be more stupider than this

 

[El Nino]

Haven’t seen a single positive from you ilyaas, walaalo tell me what has happened. Im truly concerned sxb, be positive.

Where is the love man, where is the positivity

 

[Yaraye]

It is clearly an arab custom, so why some of us are into it ?

Don't tell me that you're trying to attract that annoying ajnabi hefexhefx (of whatever the hell their name is). That nigga hijacked my "red henna should be banned" thread by saying henna was from his ethnicity, ignorant bastard

 

[Based]

Aegon with another negative thread

 

[Hotchick12]

It is clearly an arab custom, so why some of us are into it ?

It was invented in ancient Egypt, our ancestors were doing henna long before the Arabs and Indians

 

[killerxsmoke]

It was invented in ancient Egypt, our ancestors were doing henna long before the Arabs and Indians

People say it was invented by Egyptian cuz they were the first to record themselves using it, truthfully no one knows who invented it first

 

[Riftvalley]

It was invented in ancient Egypt, our ancestors were doing henna long before the Arabs and Indians

Does anyone the meaning behind the word cilaan? I see some Somalis use the two words interchangeably. You are correct: Henna another cultural relic of our East African past.

 

[bobby_hill-Punt]

It is clearly an arab custom, so why some of us are into it ?

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[balanbalis]

Does anyone the meaning behind the word cilaan? I see some Somalis use the two words interchangeably. You are correct: Henna another cultural relic of our East African past.

Ive never heard cilaan before, my family just call it xinno/xino

 

[Riftvalley]

Ive never heard cilaan before, my family just call it xinno/xino

I think it might be a southern thing @Angelina?

 

[cunug3aad]

I think it might be a southern thing @Angelina?

Yea hooyo called it cilaan when i was younger. Curiously when i grew older she was using the xinna term and i forgot the word cilaan existed

 

[wonyluvr]

I think it might be a southern thing @Angelina?

My family call it cilaan only we’ve never called it henna I never knew people called it anything else

 

[Riftvalley]

My family call it cilaan only we’ve never called it henna I never knew people called it anything else

I did some quick googling. It is spelled Cillan, from a native Henna tree to Somalia:

Another Arab/Indian import myth busted.