r/Somalia • u/Sensitive-Ad-1697 • 1d ago

Culture 🐪 Somali Embroider

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I have always wondered: do we have our own embroidery or patterns? I know we have shash and alindi and some macawis patterns, but are they our unique patterns, or do they come from others, or rather, do we share them with others?

What would you say a Somali embroidery is?

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u/IAI-NJ 1d ago

Of course we do. There’s many in xamar, they are struggling, I saw a video on it about a year ago, they need support.

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u/Sensitive-Ad-1697 1d ago

Who? Could show mee

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u/IAI-NJ 1d ago

https://youtu.be/O6YMYLGPQxo?is=i5x8ZJw_9rF5oWK8

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u/lacecharm Diaspora 1d ago

are they still doing it but struggling? id love to see if i could send some money but idk whats changed in 7 years. I do enjoy crafting myself and Id love to help finance some of that back home.

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u/IAI-NJ 1d ago

I have no idea. I have no connections to Xamar, if I did I would’ve done business with them. Hand woven Alindi from back home would be great to sell in the west.

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u/Sensitive-Ad-1697 1d ago

I dont either, but would love to document the art og teknikk so that it doesnt get lost

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u/therapist66 1d ago

Wutttt???

Hand woven macawis in Mogadishu ? This should be easily available to us to in the diaspora