Question on Cultural Accessories: Beaded Necklaces and Belts

balanbalis

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Yeah there are two primary shapes for xirsi

the rectangle
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And the cylinder-ish
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There were also leather versions, men wore them more

(on his head
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lastly, the bridal necklace needs to be brought back!
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wonyluvr

qaraami lover
Yeah there are two primary shapes for xirsi

the rectangle
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And the cylinder-ish
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There were also leather versions, men wore them more

(on his head
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lastly, the bridal necklace needs to be brought back!
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Yeah since they tend to be minority clans I’m assuming
yeah I heard the come from southerns so did northerners buy it from them cuz my grandma up north had jewellery.
Yeah there are two primary shapes for xirsi

the rectangle
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And the cylinder-ish
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There were also leather versions, men wore them more

(on his head
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lastly, the bridal necklace needs to be brought back!
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how much is it actually to produce them? Is it mostly silver or other materials
 

balanbalis

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yeah I heard the come from southerns so did northerners buy it from them cuz my grandma up north had jewellery.

how much is it actually to produce them? Is it mostly silver or other materials
I’ve asked my mum and she said urbanisation has made some different clans move to major cities, even Hargeisa

Price wise I don’t know until June when my mum goes back lol
 

Espaa_

Ku sali nabiga {scw}
I’ve asked my mum and she said urbanisation has made some different clans move to major cities, even Hargeisa

Price wise I don’t know until June when my mum goes back lol
I have a question. Do northerners wear shaash? I have never seen yall wear it and I always assumed we all wore it until someone on tiktok replied to me saying you guys dont. However some refuted and said they do wear it. Is it a thing in the north? Genuine question

One of my friends is from PL and she said she wears it but its not common. Idk about north west though
 

balanbalis

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I have a question. Do northerners wear saash? I have never seen yall wear it and I always assumed we all wore it until someone on tiktok replied to me saying you guys dont. However some refuted and said they do wear it. Is it a thing in the north? Genuine question
Yeah we still have my mums saash from her saash saar, and we wear dirac shiid/baati that is saash patterned lol
 

Espaa_

Ku sali nabiga {scw}
Yeah we still have my mums saash from her saash saar, and we wear dirac shiid/baati that is saash patterned lol
Thats sick I didnt know that. I thought it was a very southern clothing that got spread throughout all of somaliweyn via trade like how the dirac originated from the north and alindi originated from the south

does it hold cultural relevance up north? Is shaash saar a common practice?
 
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wonyluvr

qaraami lover
I have a question. Do northerners wear saash? I have never seen yall wear it and I always assumed we all wore it until someone on tiktok replied to me saying you guys dont. However some refuted and said they do wear it. Is it a thing in the north? Genuine question

One of my friends is from PL and she said she wears it but its not common. Idk about north west though
They do but they don’t traditionally do shaash saar they do xeedho most of them anyways
 
I have never seen this style of Somali jewellery before, at least in this form (beaded necklaces)

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I mean, I’ve seen reer Djibouti wear beaded headbands often but never in this form. And the necklaces do look very quintessentially Somali.

Secondly , what are these belts?!!
There is a silver one and an aleel (seashell) one

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a closer look at the silver (?) one.

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The design looks like Somali Xirsi, armlets and earrings. But I’ve never seen this before nor do I know what it’d be called.

Does anyone know what these accessories are called so I can further research?!
Cowrie shells come from bantus who use it deeply in their culture.. we were nomadic people for the majority so it's not reasonable that the traditional cloths or accessories would have cowries.

People recently started added cowries to the dhaqan for no good reason
 

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