Cuillères sculptés, Somalie

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Cuillères sculptés, Somalie

Ces cuillères ont été sculptées en Somalie en Afrique. Sculpté dans les matières en coin, elles sont faites pour durer.
D’habitude, les hommes Somaliens sculptaient ces cuillères (de temps en temps appellées ‘fandal’ ou ‘qaado’) et peuvent utiliser une herbe, ‘xagar’, et elles sont célébrés par ces motifs géometriques.
Elles sont à la fois belle et viable.
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Comments from Bryony about the translation

I am learning French so I looked up words as I translated. I then asked a friend to check my grammar and let me know how best to phrase things - she pointed out that the gender of the word spoons is feminine (which I'd overlooked), so I changed 'ils' to 'elles' and made the verbs and adjectives agree.

I studied some Somali pronunciation to make sure I was saying the Somali words correctly.

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    Latifa, Amir & Ramona

    In Romani – the spoons made us think about a Roma group called Lingurari (spoon makers), who used to make a living out of carving spoons and other everyday objects. We talked about the past and present of the Lingurari group, and the way they used to make a living through their wood carving. The group is still known as Lingurari even though the trades are being lost. A lot of Roma groups are still known by their trade name this way.

    In the audio, a mum is telling her kids about the tradition.

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