Cashar Ku Saabsan Joogtaynta

W/Q: Axmed Ibraahin Cawaale

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Baadigoobkaygii midho xerodhalad ah (indigenous) oo saliid laga tuujiyo waxa ay i dul joojisay midhaha geedka Quudka.   Geedkani waxa uu la bah yahay Kidiga iyo Kulanka, waxana inta badan laga helaa Gubanka xiga dhinaca buuraleyda Golis, iyo Oogadaba.  Aniga oo hore u tijaabiyay labada geed ee hore, saliidna ka tuujiyay, waxa aan, sidan oo kale, ku abdo weynaa (rajo weynaa) in kanna laga heli karo.  Hase yeeshee, waxa iiga  soo dhex baxay laba astaamood oo u gaar ah geedkan: Marka hore dahaadhka ama lafta midhaha geedku in ay aad u adag tahay, ta labaadna, beerka midhuhu (oo ah inta saliidda laga heli karaa) aad u jimidh yar yahay (marka la barbar dhigo labada geed ee hore), saas daraddeedna aanan haleel iskaga lumin, kol haddii aan laga heli karaynin saliid door ah.

Kaddib, waxa aan ogaaday in ay iiga habboon tahay in aan ka sameeyo tusbax. Haaheey! Mid aan gacmahayga ku sameeyo! Fikraddaas iyada ah ayaa dhimbiil u qaabaysan xiise xooggan iyo tamar dheeraad ah gudahayga ka shidday; waxana ay igu xambaartay in aan sameeyo tusbaxaygii ugu horreeyay oo ka kooban 33 midh, watana labadiisii qaybiye oo aan 11kii midhba hal ku xigsiiyay, iyo dhowrkii midh ee caaradoodu ku dhammaanaysay bulka ka samaysan dunta.  Waxa ay igu qaadatay saacado tiro badan in aan ku dhammaystiro – taas oo aan suurtogal ahaateen haddii aaney jiri lahayn u janjeedhsigayga tasawufka ee dhowaalahan (beryahan dambe).

Lidkeeda e, ka-shaqaynta midh kasta oo ka mid ah midhahaasi waxa ay i gelisay dareen hoose oo taban, oo ah in aanay laabtaydu ku degganayn falaaddaas.  Maxaa yeelay, in aan  abuurkaas ama midhaahaas oo mid kastaaba iskii geed taabbogal ah noqon lahaa ka dhigo qaar ka aayo tirmay in uu sii tarmo, isla markaana ay noqdaan uun walaxo ay rogrogaan faraha cidda ku werdiyeysaa, ayaa laabtayda ku samaynaysay xadanto uu weheliyo dareen gabboodfal. Hase yeeshee, waxa aan ku tirtiray dareenkaas taban beeritaan aan ku bilaabay qaar ka mid ah midhihii guntiga iigu jiray.  Geedkan oo kale, marka uu taabbogal noqdo, waxa uu bixin karaa, xilli kasta oo bixitaankiisa ah, in ka badan boqol iniinyood. 

Kanina waxa uu yahay cashar yar oo la xidhiidha joogtaynta – kaas oo lagu dabbaqi karo waxyaabe iyo saansaanno kala geddisan.  Waxa kale oo halkan innooga muuqan karta sida go’aan-qaadasho kastaa – haddii ay tahay mid kelikeli ah ama qofeed, iyo haddii ay tahay mid wadareed, ama labadoodaba, ay yeelan karaan saamayntooda deegaan ee togan ama  taban.

A Lesson on Sustainability

My quest for indigenous oil seeds led me to ponder over the fruits of Quut tree.  This tree is related to the kidi and Kulan, and generally found in the subcostal and the Golis Mountain range areas.  Having already experimented on the latter two as a reliable source of oil, I had high hopes to extract the same  from those seeds.  However, I found the Quut seed has  two peculiarities – a very strong testa (seed cover) and a tiny endosperm – which made them not cost-effective and seemingly unpractical to press oil from it.

Instead, I found it very suitable for making prayer beads (tusbax).  Yeah!  Prayer beads of my own making!  That idea sparked great enthusiasm and tremendous energy in me, urging me to fabricate my first thirty-three bead tusbax, with two dividers placed after every 11 pieces, as well as  its dangling end pieces.  It took me more than two dozen hours to accomplish  this task which would not have materialized  in the absence of my recent exposure to tasawuf (Sufism).

Paradoxically, working on every piece was not without some feeling of displeasure. I felt some guilt in making those seeds, which would have grown into full trees, redundant to propagate and only to roll indefinitely in the fingers of worshippers.  However, I neutralized such negative feeling when I started germinating some of the seeds in my possession.  A mature tree can produce over one hundred seeds in a single growing season.  This is a simple example of sustainability that can be replicated on and/or applied to different things and circumstances.  This also shows how decisions, be they individual or collective, can have either a negative or positive bearing or both on the environment.