Istunka Afgooye

[Somaliman50]

[Warsan_Star_Muslimah]

Salaam,

What does it signify horta? Why do they do it?

Afgooye.

p.s. I think shirib posted this b4 btw

[snoop12]

Afgoye is so beautiful mashallah

Warsan_Star_Muslimah

its their yearly ritual and they believe if they dont beat each other they wont get any rainfall and their crops cant grow

by the my parents stayed in Afgooye for a year, when students were sent to Badiyo teaching them how to read and write and i heard a lot of Funny stories about these people

[Shirib]

its their yearly ritual and they believe if they dont beat each other they wont get any rainfall and their crops cant grow

That is a BIG LIE.

No one believes that. Istunka is played as an ciyaar. Its just a festival and the stick fight is just one part of it. It started out with throwing objects at each other and evolved into a stick fight.

But not a sole believes that beeraha won't grow and they have never believed it either. Thats just a story injected into it by people who don't even take part in the istun

[snoop12]

Shirib dont take it personal, we all have our crazy suufis, but denying it is not good bro

the istun is traditionally something unislamic, and it did have real mortality rate as weapons and serious beatings was its traditional customs, but the Kacaan changed it into a regional sport with teams fighting each other with sticks etc, also they were monitored very closely so it did not turn into something else.

Shirib i advice you to do a bit more research on it

[Keyse_0208]

Waar dadkani ma Shiica Muslin baa .? waa maxay Dhaqan xumadani

this is what you guys should stick to

[Addoow]

kyse!
this is our tradition,our dhaqan and we have been doing it from years ninyahow,stick to your qaad n qabyaalad qaldaan boy,we are culturallly richer than you.vive istunka.

snoop
No offense but you are speaking out of your arse.

[Shirib]

Shirib dont take it personal, we all have our crazy suufis, but denying it is not good bro

the istun is traditionally something unislamic, and it did have real mortality rate as weapons and serious beatings was its traditional customs, but the Kacaan changed it into a regional sport with teams fighting each other with sticks etc, also they were monitored very closely so it did not turn into something else.

Shirib i advice you to do a bit more research on it

Let me see this I, who's people have been doing it for years should do more research on it because u who's people learned about it when the kacan happened know about it more than we do.

Get the hell out of here you don't know what ur talkin about.

High mortality? 1 person has died in the history of the istun, and that wasn't even due to a blow but from more complex problems.

[Shirib]

Best part of the istun isn't even the actual fight. The shiribs and shirta are the best part of the istun

[snoop12]

Best part of the istun isn't even the actual fight. The shiribs and shirta are the best part of the istun

i totally agree with you on this , but bro the government did limit this istun and it was made into a sport by the government since the locals did not want to stop it

horta is it true you guys say maleyxan instead of maley?? i heard a funny story about this

[Xashi]

This is not good and should be stopped. Most rituals started out as belief concept. Even if now is just a ritual it should still be stopped. Muslims have to festivals, Eids and Jumah.

[Shirib]

Snoop,

Thats not what I was disputing you about. The government made the istun a national event. People used to come from all over. A lot of government ministers and even MSB used to attend. Workers from the embassies used to come and see the event. It was a big boom economically.

btw istun was always a ciyaar and played as a sport with teams and stuff.

What I was disputing with you about was the origins and why it is played

[Shirib]

double post.