The Modern Dab Shid

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A memory from the past:

http://www.somalicurrent.com/2014/10/07 ... d-culture/

"As time passed and the Somali people moved from the ancient times to the Islamic periods, and Somalis became Muslims, the tradition of Dab Shid did not die but it evolved slightly into a religious ceremony. The burning of the fire is still here, but it also signifies a new connotation: – a time for the southern clans to come together in a general assembly meeting, whereby the Sub-clans show their force and their number. The clans read Qura’an and slaughter mainly 114 sheep or goats (an animal for each surah of the Qura’n), hoping that the new year becomes a good year without any crisis, famine, draught or flooding or a locust year or a year free of spreading diseases. The people pray together to hope for the best year to come. Clans such as the Baadicadde, Abgaal, Shiidle, Sheeqaal, Biimaal, Gelledi, Wacdaan, Murusade, Ajuuraan, Gaaljecel and many others in the South, particularly along and between the Rivers Shabeelle and Juba celebrate the Dab Shid. In the Jubaland area, the practice of Dab Shid is well known to Mareexaan, the Reer Guri type. the Absame, Awrtable, and even Harti and Cawr Maleh, the Gaaljecel, Dagoodi, Garre and Ajuuraan and others."

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Sub-clans show their force and their number.

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