Maacawees is actually Ancient Egyptians heritage, Arabs and Indians were late adopters

Just an expression of brotherly love, huuno. And I laughed at you calling the macawiis gay. 😅
It's Gay Our Ancestor Are Seething In The Heaves Seeing Us Wear It No Wonder Al Shabaab Is Still Here
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Let's be real and not become revisionist We Wuz people.

The Somali macawiis comes from the Yemeni one and the Yemeni one comes from the South Indian/Sri Lankan one and that one came from Indonesia and Malaysia which in turn came from Taiwan with the early Austronesian cultures.
the original white sjirt with lines is created by somalis tho
 
Let's be real and not become revisionist We Wuz people.

The Somali macawiis comes from the Yemeni one and the Yemeni one comes from the South Indian/Sri Lankan one and that one came from Indonesia and Malaysia which in turn came from Taiwan with the early Austronesian cultures.

If you’re referring to the colourful ones then there’s definitely cultural exchange but the traditional Somali macawis was white & this predates these coloured ones.

The traditional Somali macawis is native to our region & hasn’t been borrowed from either yemenis or hindida.Most people simply conflate the 2
The all white one is ours
 
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