@mayleees@AmbRubac In todays episode of factually wrong statements. Both sides of my family (not the same area or qabiil) are from the north of beledweyne and they both say burtuqaal
Syria is barely out of their civil war, if at all, and they’ve already introduced new banknotes in an effort to stabilize their currency.
Meanwhile Somalia is still running around with the 1000 shillin notes that are at least 35 years old🙂
You’ve posted a two-line equivalent of an ad-lib, something sung lightly as an accompaniment to dance, and presented it as if it encompassed the great richness of the Somali poetic tradition.
Here is an example of maanso, actual Somali poetry: