Somali Men Have No Cultural Clothes

[Cush]

We have no cultural clothes other than go and marro and macawiis, all ugly, informal and simple, no variation of colors and style and the rest is Omani influenced

 

[al-Mu'tamid المعتمد]

We have no cultural clothes other than go and marro and macawiis, all ugly, informal and simple, no variation of colors and style and the rest is Omani influenced

It even goes further we barely have any cultural food, architecture, art and more. The only unique thing they got going for them is language, but even this is being hijacked word for word.

 

[Khaem]

We have no cultural clothes other than go and marro and macawiis, all ugly, informal and simple, no variation of colors and style and the rest is Omani influenced

Most wore simple clothes. It's just that as industrialization/modernisation took place people started to wear the clothing that was exclusive to the high class.

The western Suit was worn by nobles in England and France and eventually became widely worn during the industrial revolution as it became mass produced through machinery. The higher class then distinguished themselves by wearing hand made tailored suits with all the fancy hats like the long top hats whereas the working class wore factory made suits made of cheap materials and loosely fitted.

The Arabs wore just random sheets until they decided to modernise their clothing's last century. Alot of modern Arab clothing comes from the Turks. The turks themselves took their iconic Fez hat from maghrebi north Africa.
All cultures are influenced by each other idk why people are so critical of Somalis wearing things that are influenced by foreigners. It just shows how connected somali were to the outside world and how we became a hub that took in elements of cultures as far as India.

The general Somali population wore the two white sheets wrapped around the body in several ways. This isn't special, most culture's just dressed in white sheets. Famously the Romans used to wear the toga which was literally a white t shirt and a long white sheet wrapped around the body.

Somali upper class of men started to wear clothings that much of the Islamic world at the time started to wear.
Each Islamic peoples had their own variations, small or large differences.

Somalis put their own special embroidery on it as you can see on the front. The clothing itself looks classy and modern and should be the modern look that somalis should be wearing. It was the clothing of much of our sultans and other leaders in the past century or so. Other cultures started wearing the clothings of their nobility after modernity and ditched their dry basic bottom class clothes.

For some reason somalis went the opposite way and left this behind for the simple clothes of a white Macawiis and shirt. Not even a white cloth wrapped around the body like our ancestors did. Just cheap shit.

I know there's lots of Somali buisnesses that specialises in clothing. Anyone who starts producing these back home in somalia would make proper bank wlhi.

Somali men need to rebrand their traditional clothings like all other cultures have been doing post industrialization. Who have been taking the classy clothing of their upper class/nobles and making it something all people can wear thanks to factory producing it.
Somalis should do the same and bring this back.

 

[Khaem]

It even goes further we barely have any cultural food, architecture, art and more. The only unique thing they got going for them is language, but even this is being hijacked word for word.

Are you stupid?
If you've never lived in Somaliweyn and spent your whole life in the west just say so.

 

[DALMAR0_0]

Most wore simple clothes. It's just that as industrialization/modernisation took place people started to wear the clothing that was exclusive to the high class.

The western Suit was worn by nobles in England and France and eventually became widely worn during the industrial revolution as it became mass produced through machinery. The higher class then distinguished themselves by wearing hand made tailored suits with all the fancy hats like the long top hats whereas the working class wore factory made suits made of cheap materials and loosely fitted.

The Arabs wore just random sheets until they decided to modernise their clothing's last century. Alot of modern Arab clothing comes from the Turks. The turks themselves took their iconic Fez hat from maghrebi north Africa.
All cultures are influenced by each other idk why people are so critical of Somalis wearing things that are influenced by foreigners. It just shows how connected somali were to the outside world and how we became a hub that took in elements of cultures as far as India.

The general Somali population wore the two white sheets wrapped around the body in several ways. This isn't special, most culture's just dressed in white sheets. Famously the Romans used to wear the toga which was literally a white t shirt and a long white sheet wrapped around the body. View attachment 294132


Somali upper class of men started to wear clothings that much of the Islamic world at the time started to wear.
Each Islamic peoples had their own variations, small or large differences.

Somalis put their own special embroidery on it as you can see on the front. The clothing itself looks classy and modern and should be the modern look that somalis should be wearing. It was the clothing of much of our sultans and other leaders in the past century or so. Other cultures started wearing the clothings of their nobility after modernity and ditched their dry basic bottom class clothes.

For some reason somalis went the opposite way and left this behind for the simple clothes of a white Macawiis and shirt. Not even a white cloth wrapped around the body like our ancestors did. Just cheap shit.

I know there's lots of Somali buisnesses that specialises in clothing. Anyone who starts producing these back home in somalia would make proper bank wlhi.

Somali men need to rebrand their traditional clothings like all other cultures have been doing post industrialization. Who have been taking the classy clothing of their upper class/nobles and making it something all people can wear thanks to factory producing it.
Somalis should do the same and bring this back.
View attachment 294134

Nah bro thats literally completely copied from omani thobes.. i prefer our authentic wrapped styles (there are many). We judt need to recall and document how they wrapped this outfits (from bottom/gunti-hoos to top/huwasho)

 

[Banadiri Warrior]

We have no cultural clothes other than go and marro and macawiis, all ugly, informal and simple, no variation of colors and style and the rest is Omani influenced

No geeljire was wearing macawiis 100 years ago

 

[Banadiri Warrior]

It even goes further we barely have any cultural food, architecture, art and more. The only unique thing they got going for them is language, but even this is being hijacked word for word.

Cad iyo caano can't be that bad plus theres munduls, cariish and waabs and other forms of huts

 

[xiin-finiin.]

We have no cultural clothes other than go and marro and macawiis, all ugly, informal and simple, no variation of colors and style and the rest is Omani influenced

ugly? informal? simple? my guy, the two white sheet are one of the coolest clothes i've ever seen in my life ngl.

 

[al-Mu'tamid المعتمد]

Cad iyo caano can't be that bad plus theres munduls, cariish and waabs and other forms of huts

Those type of huts are not unique to Somalia.

 

[al-Mu'tamid المعتمد]

ugly? informal? simple? my guy, the two white sheet are one of the coolest clothes i've ever seen in my life ngl.

Anyone would assume you're either going to Umrah, or that you would be a Roman senator.

 

[Cush]

No geeljire was wearing macawiis 100 years ago

We been wearing macawiis since the time of the Akkadians E-V32 is Akkadian so are our swords and features verified by DNA companies

 

[Emir of Zayla]

We have no cultural clothes other than go and marro and macawiis, all ugly, informal and simple, no variation of colors and style and the rest is Omani influenced

This looks sick ngl.

 

[Emir of Zayla]

Nah bro thats literally completely copied from omani thobes.. i prefer our authentic wrapped styles (there are many). We judt need to recall and document how they wrapped this outfits (from bottom/gunti-hoos to top/huwasho)

Evidence?

 

[MR.𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘]

We have no cultural clothes other than go and marro and macawiis, all ugly, informal and simple, no variation of colors and style and the rest is Omani influenced

Somali men do have indigenous cultural attire you fool. Stop bringing Arab you self hating idiot

 

[Cush]

ugly? informal? simple? my guy, the two white sheet are one of the coolest clothes i've ever seen in my life ngl.

This can not be worn in public and is too simple and repetitive, it's not beautiful and colorful like other cultural clothes

Somali men do have indigenous cultural attire you fool. Stop bringing Arab you self hating idiot

I garuntee you don't wear Somali clothes on eid, show me these beautiful Somali indigenous cultural attires we have, and yes some of our clothes are Omani you idiot, Go and marro is simple repetative and isn't colorful and in multiple variations like other cultural clothing, what else do we have? Nothing

 

[Adeersyber]

I don't understand how hard it can be.to recreate just buy a shaal and thobe

 

[Adeersyber]

This can not be worn in public and is too simple and repetitive, it's not beautiful and colorful like other cultural clothes

I garuntee you don't wear Somali clothes on eid, show me these beautiful Somali indigenous cultural attires we have, and yes some of our clothes are Omani you idiot, Go and marro is simple repetative and isn't colorful and in multiple variations like other cultural clothing, what else do we have? Nothing

Just copy those majeerteen aristocracy

 

[xiin-finiin.]

This can not be worn in public and is too simple and repetitive, it's not beautiful and colorful like other cultural clothes

It’s not repetitive, it’s beautiful. The other attires have too much going on and are kinda cluttered . IMHO the robes just ooze dignity, grace, and regality.

 

[Adeersyber]

It even goes further we barely have any cultural food, architecture, art and more. The only unique thing they got going for them is language, but even this is being hijacked word for word.

@killerxsmoke @Step a side I thought hawiye was civilization builders why don't yall debunk this

 

[MR.𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘]

This can not be worn in public and is too simple and repetitive, it's not beautiful and colorful like other cultural clothes

I garuntee you don't wear Somali clothes on eid, show me these beautiful Somali indigenous cultural attires we have, and yes some of our clothes are Omani you idiot, Go and marro is simple repetative and isn't colorful and in multiple variations like other cultural clothing, what else do we have? Nothing

You don't even know me and i have wore my traditional clothing before you idiot.