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Is it just me or did Puntland elders dress differently from other Somalis? There seems to be a strong yemeni influence, turbans, salwar khakis and other oriental garments were en-vogue.














Elders in Kismayo;

Yes very different even compared to Isaaq dervishes.
However I do like their primitive interesting head gear akin to Wene wa Zulu.

Well I've seen a picture of my great grandfather in jigjiga and he had on roughly the same type of clothes.

I'd prefer that over the the mismatched clothes somali elders where now a days

JaalleBarre wrote:Yes very different even compared to Isaaq dervishes.
However I do like their primitive interesting head gear akin to Wene wa Zulu.

Horta what's with you and this picture. Those people don't look like our typical Somalis

Not even one of them

And we don't send our women into battle (at least I don't think they used to lol)

mcali wrote:Well I've seen a picture of my great grandfather in jigjiga and he had on roughly the same type of clothes.

I'd prefer that over the the mismatched clothes somali elders where now a days

Ogaden's originate from Puntland, here is one of their elders;

Puntlanderska waa dad xadaarad badan

there is a significant size of harti community in rural yemen and cumaan who still dress tht way

http://www.gahetna.nl/collectie/afbeeld ... mali%C3%AB

Somalis in waqooyi galbeed obviously dress like that ! A very eclectic way of dressing indeed.

They dressed just like other Somali's stop sucking up to Arab's it's not healthy.

garoweboy wrote:They dressed just like other Somali's stop sucking up to Arab's it's not healthy.

What? When did I suck up to anyone??
Besides, what is wrong with Arabs? Yemenis have been nothing but helpful towards Puntland, from the time Sultan Keenadiid returned with Hadramaut soldiers
to present day relations.

My fault but I'm just saying we shouldn't want to be other's or look like other's. we should stand out because we are unique people you get me my fellow Puntlander?

lol they much look like an ugly african to me f-king jackass dress they are wearing....

mcali wrote:Horta what's with you and this picture. Those people don't look like our typical Somalis

Not even one of them

And we don't send our women into battle (at least I don't think they used to lol)

Yeah sxb. They don't look anything like Somalis cause they are obviously not Hamitic to begin with. The caption is fake; it was Photoshopped. It's yet another lame example of trolls deliberately trying to distort the image of our people, and of Darod specifically.

The reality is, those are Nilotic tribal warriors who served under the Mahdist dervishes in the old Anglo-Egyptian Sudan colony. The image was taken in 1913 in Port Said, which is in present-day northeastern Egypt. Its original caption reads “Derviches à Port-Saïd [soldats de tribus africaines en armes ... 1913”.

The picture is today part of the French National Museum's collection:

http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b69268179

Guul13 wrote:Ogaden's originate from Puntland, here is one of their elders;

Indeed. The Sultans of the past dressed similarly, in regal garb. Sultan Kenadiid actually often wore precious gems in his turban: