why does every other neighbouring group wear somali clothing but we don't wear theirs

then they say that "we are all African, we share culture". I've never seen a somali wearing Oromo clothing or any other groups clothing. so why does it not go both ways. why do we not wear or appropriate their culture like they do to us
 
then they say that "we are all African, we share culture". I've never seen a somali wearing Oromo clothing or any other groups clothing. so why does it not go both ways. why do we not wear or appropriate their culture like they do to us
Because being β€œSomali” is a trend nowadays. Other Africans, Arabs and South Asians are obsessed with us.
 

Juke

Asagu/Asaga
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You're using too much of a narcissistic/Somali-centric lens lool

Sarongs and koofiyad in my pfp don't come from Somalis and they're ubiquitous for men in our culture
 
You're using too much of a narcissistic/Somali-centric lens lool

Sarongs and koofiyad in my pfp don't come from Somalis and they're ubiquitous in our culture
I know that. I never say they are ours. I've made multiple threads about that.

this thread is about other Africans labelling somali clothing and textiles like alindi as African or East African. how they wear our clothing while we don't wear theirs
 
Somalis themselves adopted that colourful Macawiis from Hindi and that Hat Somali elders wear, was adopted from those mixed communities in South Somalia.
I've looked into that and made threads about that. those were only worn in the coastal communities and has recently spread to other somalis.
 

Juke

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I know that. I never say they are ours. I've made multiple threads about that.

this thread is about other Africans labelling somali clothing and textiles like alindi as African or East African. how they wear our clothing while we don't wear theirs
No, your title wasn't just about Africans. "why does every other neighbouring group wear Somali clothing but we don't wear theirs". Somalis "appropriated" those clothes from Asian groups on the coast.
 
No, your title wasn't just about Africans. "why does every other neighbouring group wear Somali clothing but we don't wear theirs". Somalis "appropriated" those clothes from Asian groups on the coast.
neighbouring group means Africans. what are you on. who else neighbour's us. swahillis, Oromos, habeshas. those are our neighbours. what group do you think neighbours us. we are African so other Africans neighbour us :draketf:
 

Boqorada

F*ck Your Feelings
Right down to dhaanto
They're some copy+paste niggas. How are you 30+ million with no culture of your own. They're wearing hido iyo dhaqan attire aswell also claim baati, macawis and dirac as theirs.

We look down on our neighbouring ethnic groups so we don't copy anything of theres, they copy us because we live amongst them and wherever we go we take our somalinimo with us so open shops and trade, so they mistake what we introduced/told to them as being theirs. Their parents shoulda taught them better. They're misinformed.

Somalis get influenced by arabs, whites and lately Indians, niggas back home act like they're living a Bollywood movie, wearing saris and the men dressing like sleazy knockoff Indians.

Example of the fits

It's so cringey and I've been saying for ages to ban Bollywood from somalia.
 
Right down to dhaanto
They're some copy+paste niggas. How are you 30+ million with no culture of your own. They're wearing hido iyo dhaqan attire aswell also claim baati, macawis and dirac as theirs.

We look down on our neighbouring ethnic groups so we don't copy anything of theres, they copy us because we live amongst them and wherever we go we take our somalinimo with us so open shops and trade, so they mistake what we introduced/told to them as being theirs. Their parents shoulda taught them better. They're misinformed.

Somalis get influenced by arabs, whites and Indians lately, niggas back home act like they're living a Bollywood movie, wearing saris and the men dressing like sleazy knockoff Indians.

Example of the fits

It's so cringey and I've been saying for ages to ban Bollywood from somalia.
that's facts. somali people are now starting to wear saris at weddings. they arrive and appropriate Indians because of bollywood. it's so cringe
 

Juke

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VIP
neighbouring group means Africans. what are you on. who else neighbour's us. swahillis, Oromos, habeshas. those are our neighbours. what group do you think neighbours us. we are African so other Africans neighbour us :draketf:
Swahilis, Arabs, Benadiris on the coast who brought these things to us count as well lmaoo

The discourse makes no sense
 

Juke

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? do you want me to change my title because you're making a problem out of nothing
Bullying other groups for taking from others and claiming it as our culture (same way we did) makes no sense. Just trying to understand the argument.
 
Bullying other groups for taking from others and claiming it as our culture (same way we did) makes no sense.
it's not bullying. I don't mind them wearing it but they're claiming and saying it's East African or that we are neighbours so we share even though we have distinct cultures. also the fact that they say we share but we don't wear their clothing
 

Juke

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it's not bullying. I don't mind them wearing it but they're claiming and saying it's East African or that we are neighbours so we share even though we have distinct cultures. also the fact that they say we share but we don't wear their clothing
It is bullying, Somalis have been spamming their stuff across social media and videos on youtube lol. Somali nomadic clothing before we incorporated all this stuff wasn't that much different from Oromos. The things you believe they're appropriating became widespread in Somalis not even a 100 years ago. If we're going to nitpick about "appropriation", are they even ours?
 
It is bullying, Somalis have been spamming their stuff across social media and videos on youtube lol. Somali nomadic clothing before we incorporated all this stuff wasn't that much different from Oromos. The things you believe they're appropriating became widespread in Somalis not even a 100 years ago. If we're going to nitpick about "appropriation", are they even ours?
i saw an Oromo on tiktok doing shaash saar. you can not say that's shared culture. alindi guntiino is not shared. dhaanto is not shared.

also me saying talking about other groups wearing our clothing while we don't wear theirs is not bullying. I'm not actively attacking any group. I'm just bringing this up
 
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