5 things a foreigner learned from Cigaal Shidaad

[Lamagoodle]

Remember the one where there was going to be a battle and the men were required to sleep outside in order to protect the family and the house but he made his wife and kids sleep outside because according to him, the enemy will run away if they see him, which didn't make sense but he insisted of sleeping inside. I forgot the whole story but that's the parts I remember.

Where did you learn this? I am impressed!!!!!!! You must have had a great ayeeyo

[Idman702]

Remember the one where there was going to be a battle and the men were required to sleep outside in order to protect the family and the house but he made his wife and kids sleep outside because according to him, the enemy will run away if they see him, which didn't make sense but he insisted of sleeping inside. I forgot the whole story but that's the parts I remember.

Where did you learn this? I am impressed!!!!!!! You must have had a great ayeeyo

Ayeeyo of course but I also have to give credit to my dad, growing up there was always short Somali story books in his den...

[Lamagoodle]

Idman, your ayeeyo and dad are

I encountered Cigaal and other stories when I was an adult.

When I was a kid, we were not allowed to read/learn stories about Somali(s) in schools. My dad taught me the history of Somalis(a) but I was under strict rules never to mention them in school. I remember being expelled from school several times because my tongue slipped.

[Bella18]

Cigaal Shiidaad fulay muu ahayn, xigmad baa ku dhamaatay

[Lamagoodle]

Cigaal Shiidaad fulay muu ahayn, xigmad baa ku dhamaatay

I agree.

Essense, how are you? ANy news on our Ceel Jaalle brother? Labadii shaati labaajada ayuu u direy. Toloow ma noolyahay? Mise Cagaaran ayuu aadey? Fadlan haddii qaraabo la yahay raadi?

[Idman702]

Lama: why weren't you allowed to speak about Somalia in school? What kind school have you went to? I remember my 8th grade project, it was social studies class, I invited my dad to speak about good ole Somalia. He went all out, brought pictures about the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, Somalia's map, traditional clothes pictures, he even brought the white cloth somali men used to wear. I remember all my class mates look, they were all interested in, they all had questions, I didn't do anything on that project, all I did was introduce him and I still got an A.

[Lamagoodle]

Idman, I went to school in a country where Somalia(s) was viewed as the enemy nummero uno.

[Idman702]

Idman, I went to school in a country where Somalia(s) was viewed as the enemy nummero uno.

Now I am curious but I won't ask for more details.

[Lamagoodle]

Idman, some funny stuff here

[Bella18]

Cigaal Shiidaad fulay muu ahayn, xigmad baa ku dhamaatay

I agree.

Essense, how are you? ANy news on our Ceel Jaalle brother? Labadii shaati labaajada ayuu u direy. Toloow ma noolyahay? Mise Cagaaran ayuu aadey? Fadlan haddii qaraabo la yahay raadi?

Waa lagu roon yahay eebow, hope all is well with you

I haven't heard from him in a while. If I don't find him around here, Ceel Jaalle ka baafina

The shaxaari is missed

[Lamagoodle]

Waa lagu roon yahay eebow, hope all is well with you

I haven't heard from him in a while. If I don't find him around here, Ceel Jaalle ka baafina

The shaxaari is missed

Odeygu wuu xanaaqay markii la yiri dhig " saalimoowga" aad wadato ; sawirka magaciisa ku hoos yaalo. Waxaan u direy warqad daboolan. Ma furin.

Bal ka war doon inuu nool yahay. Waxaa laga yaaba inuu misaajid ku xarooday oo aay heshay mid gumeeys ah oo 7 yaasin ku akhrisey

Meeshaan la'antiis waa abaar.

[Bella18]

Lama, kaas haday nafta ka dhacayso xita inuu gab-gable noqonayo ilama aha

Hadhow albaabka ku garaaci doona, hadi kab layga hor keena adaa masuul ka ah

[TheGrumpyGeeljire]

Here's a story that I vaguely remember being narrated to me as a kid.

Once when Cigaal Shiidaad was travelling with some men, a lion attacked the sheep they were herding. It was late at night and Cigaal refused to go with the other men to kill the lion. They left him, killed the lion and then tied the lion's skin/corpse (can't remember which) to Cigaal.

The following morning Cigaal woke up, and found a lion next to him. He jumped up and ran for his life, after a couple of miles he realised it was just a dead lion tied to his leg with a rope and that he wasn't being chased. He came back to the camp feeling euphoric since this was a great opportunity for him to portray his 'raganimo'.

He told the men, he killed the lion that ate some of their livestock the previous night. Little did he know, that he was being pranked.

[Thuganomics]

^
It wasn't sheep,it was his best milch
camel called Damal.He was heard singing this when he was bringing the rest home

Wixii Damal diley
Oo dameer leeg
Sooma daayoo (Ilaahey yacni)
Ha igu soo deyn

[Thuganomics]

Lejustier or Lamagoodle or anybody else for that matter.Do you guys remember the Cigaal story with the Xabag.I've asked loads of people but nobody seems to know it.He thought he saw an eye of a creature when her saw the light glinting off a xabag on a tree.