Somali Culture

Somalia is located in east africa, in the horn of africa. it is part of sub- sahara africa. my country is rich of culture and customes such as: Religion and Thoughts, literature, Media and Drama, art, architecture and housing, cuisine and traditional dress, gender roles, marriage and family, socail custome and life style, music and dances. Speaking a culture it is very general. I would discuss about one or two subject. Somali birth ceremony. Somalis usualy hold a ceremony on seventh day after birth. this ceremony we call ( Walqal) and that marks the addition of the chlid in the family. there are several purposes of this ceremony. The first objective is expression of thanks of to the almighty, a second objective is to give child a name and third is a social gathering to relatives to celebrate the occasion. The another one is a somali giving and helping. If five somalis came from different clans are in foreigh country and one of them needs a help , the others are morally bound to help, however, if there a many somalis then one is supposed to seek help first from those nearest to him in clan genealogy. that is a general and there are other ways or venues to help each other like charitys in mosque. I am very proud be somalian, and take party of this uneque and rich culture of ours. i miss the celebrations and feist in my home country although i am very glad that i am in this great country which brings all culture in one basket.