Talk:Music of Somalia

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The Somali Music (Heelo)

The Somali are nature deeply religious, and the birth and acceptance of the modern 'HEELO' had to overcome antagonisms and resistant of tradition and religion leaders in its infancy the HEELO was considered to be some things completely against Somali and Islamic Culture. The musicians were gather in a house in the evening to compose and play and sing while some women dancing around without permission from their family.

Therefore thy said, (Hadii aan sacabka xeeli ku jirin maxaa habeenki loo tumaa ) This is mean. "If there is no hidden purpose in the dance why is it done under cover of darkness?" At that time the musician were using the name BELWO to describe the newly born from the song began with word “Belwooy Belwooy”in the first few bars of the song. Before those traditional song and dances were always performed by young people in the open air in full sight of their elder's, anything else was looked upon with deep suspicion.

The word BELWO meaning –calamity or misfortune- in Arabic- The name BELWO which had negative connotation in Somali language was adding the an acceptability of the BELWO movement in respectable society. So that they change the name to HEELO at the begging of the first few bars of the song, not with (Belwooy Belwooy ) which they were begin their song before, with the acceptability, traditional invitation to dance.

I have to describe that time generally as meaningless, weak and inferior. They were reviled and ridiculed by elder people.