Gara Man and Bareento, I am very opposed to this whole inappropriate categorization of Oromo as a singular body. I maintain the Oromo are a people united only by language, the Arussi Oromo is more Somalified today then some Somalis and the Wallo and Wallega Oromos are more Habeshified then some Habesha.
In the context of association I believe any usage of the term "Oromo" should be detailed then just merely "Oromo" which believe is a blank statement.
Voltage, Oromos do have Abtirsi, and it goes back more than 40 generation
But it was only used for Diya paying and self help purpose, and also to determine the eldest tribes and the eldest clans, as they were the one who should lead some ceremony;
Bareento here you are making my point. Abtirsi and Diya are aspects of Eastern Oromo culture. They are not part of say the Wallo culture. Keep in mind I have said before the Eastern Oromo are a merger of dispersed Somali stock during the campaign of Ahmed Gurey and people whose culture we severely impacted as a result of our shared unity in religion. I define this Eastern Oromo group as anyone of the Afran Qallo (primarily the ones of dispersed Somali stock), the Qalu and Arussi (the ones whose culture we impacted).
You as an Afran Qallo Oromo of Somali descent, tell me honestly if you feel more comfortable in the smallest village of Somalia amongst the Somalis whom you share culture and religion with and even physical look (I can always differentiate an Oromo and Somali by face except the Nolle and other Afran Qallo) or a Shawo and Wallega Oromo who is practically an Oromo-speaking Habeshi?
SA,
Are you claiming that the Geri Komboo Daroods really are Oromos? This is something i been known. You might as well add the Dir clans too. While i was digging on info on the net i came across what Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, Volume 8 By Bombay Geographical Society where it says in a statement regarding the DIR that "THE GALLA CLANS OF ESA SOMALI and GIDRBURSI" and then later says the the issa and gedrbursi have "several peculiarities that mark their Galla orgin." If this is true that would mean the most clearest of western Somlais the Dir are Oroomo. The text says Nothing about Akicho, nothing about Gurguraa, and nothing about Jaarso.
The same Gerri Koombe prominantly mentioned with their Marehan Darod kin as the main legions of Imam Ahmed's army in the 1500's? Oromo did not even live in the land nor was anywhere close to it when the Gerri had a prominent roles in Somali people.
As for the rest of what you said particularly concerned the observation of "similarity between those Somalis and the Eastern Oromo", I refer you to what I wrote above. There are many shared characteristics between Eastern Oromos and neighboring Somali clans but almost all of those characteristics are shared by other Somalis whereas few of those characteristics are shared with other Oromos such as the Wallo pinpointing to a Somali origin of them.
