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sissa-arrows · 8 months

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How do you feel when people say Arabs are colonizers/settlers in North Africa? Like yeah it's true North Africa today has wrongly become synonymous with Arab, and that indigenous Imazighen had their cultures and languages supressed by the non-Imazighen state (like many years in Morocco for example), but some people go further and say they are worse than European colonialism???

1: I invite you to read this post if you haven’t already.

2: Most of the “Arabs are settlers in North Africa” come from ignorant people in the diaspora who know nothing about their history and have identity problems.

3: I will use the term Amazigh to simplify but there is no unique Amazigh identity it doesn’t exist. There’s a Kabyle identity, Chaoui, Chenoua, Kel Tamasheq, Riffi, Siwa… they are all Imazighen but they have different clothes different music, different languages, different traditions… anyone who try to pretend there’s one unique identity is full of shit.

Now to the subject. I’ll talk about Algeria as it’s what I know.

Arab/Imazighen in North Africa is not about race it’s about culture.

Most North African are genetically Imazighen but culturally some of us have been more or less Arabized.

In my own blood related family some of us are completely Arab some of us are completely Amazigh and some of us are a mix of both. Does that mean some of us are settlers or descendants of settlers and some of us are indigenous Algerians?

When the Arabs came (it wasn’t just Arabs by the way) I’m not gonna pretend they came with flowers and it was all happy and peaceful. It was war. It was ugly. There was resistance (and today you can see people calling themselves Arabs celebrate the resistance of people like Dihiya for example because they don’t see it as an Arab vs Amazigh fight but a non Algerian vs Algerian fight). But the goal wasn’t to come and steal our land and replace us. The goal was to spread islam. You can see it just with the Imazighen dynasties (there was a Persian dynasty at some point) that ruled over Algeria AFTER the spread of Islam. The “Arabs” who took over Spain afterward and created Al Andalus. They were actually mostly Imazighen (genetically AND culturally).

So like I said the divide is cultural not racial cause the majority of us are descendants of indigenous Imazighen. Now that cultural divide created by Arabization was made in different ways. There’s those who were Arabized by being in contact with Arabs. Those who were Arabized because Arabic is the language of Islam so they Arabized themselves. Those who were Arabized as an answer to French colonialism (in some region for example the French insisted on removing our “arabness” so the way to resist was to insist on keeping and strengthening that Arabness in other region they did the opposite so keeping and strengthening your Amazigh identity was the way to resist.

Later after Al Andalus, after the Ottoman Empire (which was an alliance not colonialism), after French colonialism started… The independence war came and while the Chaoui and the Kabyle paid a heavy tribute none of the leaders and people asked for a Chaoui or Kabylian Algerian their slogan were not “An Amazigh Algeria” it was “An Algerian Algeria”. Then the independence came and with it the time to rebuilt came. The government didn’t want to rebuild with division they wanted unity. That’s where a huge mistake was made. I think the unity should have been built on simply being Algerian. But because of politic, because teachers were sent from Egypt to help us and those teachers spoke Arabic and also because we wanted to get rid of French influence and wanted one language the identity chosen was “Arab” and the arabization by the state started. There were times when schools were not allowed to teach the regional variant of Tamazight. It was really bad and that’s where the whole “Arabs are settlers in North Africa” come from. I do think unity was needed. One of the reasons the French managed to colonize us was the lack of unity. One of the reasons we won was the unity between all Algerians. So unity was needed to rebuild. We needed one banner one identity but that identity shouldn’t have been “Arab” it shouldn’t have been “Amazigh” either it should have been just Algerian. Because at the end of the day our country was saved by Algerians some Arab some Amazigh. So the Algerian identity should have been enough. People have every right to be angry because while it’s getting better now a generation (who fought for the independence) was still robbed of part of their identity and they had to fight to keep it.

Now things are getting better. It’s not perfect but it is getting better despite the attempts to create division made by foreign entities.

(Also the Arabs tried to convert us the French tried to wipe us out of earth. So I’m willing to hear people who say both are bad but saying the French were better? That’s bullshit. That’s what the French say to justify what they did.)

#politic #Algeria #ask #arabization #colonialism

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wafadz · 2 years

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Algerian Chaoui woman 🇩🇿.

#algeria #الجزائر

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sustainableprosperity2 · 1 month

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#stop cop city

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sabrinedz · 3 months

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La Femme Chaouia de l'Aurès (1935 / 1937) ⵣ 🇩🇿

Photo colorisée par : Omar El Ankaoui

#algeria #algérie #welcome to algeria #algerian chaoui #chaoui #algerian women #algerian culture ✨#patrimoine #culture #archives

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milokissa707 · 10 months

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Weak 1 wttt/wttsh headcanon post, this one’s about Louisiana by a local.

Louisiana and Maine got in a small scrap when they first met because of lobsters. At first Louisiana said it was a large Crawfish(if he actually thought it was one or he was just messing around is up to you) and then it devolved into the time old argument of how to say Crawfish. I’m telling you, somebody who is born and raised in the state of Louisiana, that Carw-Fish, not Crayfish, but crawdad is accepted. Anyways, there are other things that they have gotten into arguments about due to the difference of the French.

Louisiana points to a raccoon: Oooo, un chaoui! (a raccoon, Louisiana French)

Maine, absolutely confused, so he switches to English: What did you just say? Why are you pointing to that raccoon?

For those who do not know Louisiana French has basically compiled West African Spanish, and indigenous American languages, and just kind of threw them together very violently.

He’s Louisiana Creole (this also includes Cajuns if you didn’t know, there used to not be a real big distinction between the two, it’s a complicated thing).

A small historical thing for you

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Creole_people

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creoles_of_color

The term Créole was originally used by the Louisiana French to distinguish people born in Louisiana from those born elsewhere, thus drawing a distinction between Old-World Europeans and Africans from their Creole descendants born in the New World. The word is not a racial label and does not imply mixed racial origins—people of any race can and have identified as Louisiana Creoles.

This is one of the older definitions of the creole identity. It has been shunned and forcibly erased because of racism specifically from White Creoles and the americanization of Louisiana from Anglo-American ideals. Racism is a very big problem and I wish that I could shake people and maybe even kill a few. We must acknowledge the discrimination and segregation of people of colour(of all backgrounds) in Louisiana and throughout its history. Also let’s not forget the colonization of indigenous groups done by the US, France, Spain,and Creoles. We must not forget the disgusting and horrible actions we have done and must take actions to mend these deplorable and horrific things we have done! “ But blah blah nonsense that is just racism” shut the fuck up I will kill you, I can kill the alligator I can kill you. Anyways, this is also my small reminder that we should not focussed on just the Cajun identity and just stops teaching fucking Parisian French in our schools and that we should focus on our own stuff not whatever the fuck Paris is doing.

He is definitely a Creole of colour, he’s specifically a Gens de couleur libres (free persons of color) if you want to learn more about this look at the Creole of colour Wikipedia page,you can try to fight me on this I WILL WIN🙂! He was also a grands habitants (a Creole aristocrat, aka this boy got MONEY). I actually think he still has a lot of the money but chose to live more down to earth and rarely, if at all, uses it. Because to be honest, a good amount of us in Louisiana are poor. Anyways, thank God for Mississippi.

We know from canon that he uses CajVE(Cajun Vernacular English), no that’s not just a “Louisiana accent”. I mean he does have a Louisiana accent, but what most people think is a “Louisiana accent” is just CajVE. If you can see I am a bit annoyed by this whole thing (not at Ben he is giving us amazing representation). Most of the time you see this done badly(CRIMINAL MINDS😡) by having a character from NoLa using CajVE when NoLa has its own Vernacular English(sometimes called the Yat accent, to me it is closer to a NYC accent). Like are there people in NoLa that use CajVE, yes of course, but if you’re character’s hole family has lived in NoLa since the beginning of colonization why in hell are they using a different vernacular dialect of English. Sorry about that tangent but anyway we have multiple Vernacular English, mostly because of the Americanization of Louisiana. He also can probably speak all of the little variations of Louisiana French.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Creole

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cajun_English

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans_English

I think he has long hair, but not really long, probably around his shoulders. If you have been anywhere in the deep south it is hot and humid and even when I lived there I was impressed about people who have long and thick hair, bro like are you ok? Look, just give him Lafayette’s hair from Hamilton and yeah you should get it.

I am torn between if he is just a Catholic who practices Voodoo, or if he just practices Hoodoo.But honestly, that doesn’t really matter when it comes up to this next part. He still definitely has a name that follows Catholic tradition. For those who don’t know you are supposed to have at least one part of your name that is also a Saint’s name. I think he would be named after Hubert of Liege (said like A-Bert though, because French and like the patron st of hunting… and rabies), but there are like so many st so yeah. That would probably be his middle name. For his first I really like any name like Lou, Loui, Louis because well it fits and I actually know like 7 people named something along those lines. For his last name probably Landry, Fontenot, Guidry, Boudreaux. I kind of want to throw magnolia in there, maybe it’s Latin clasificacion. I know it says that he practises voodoo, this is a headcannon so yeet!

He’s either psychic, or he can talk to ghosts, maybe even both. I’m not religious by any means, but the whole state of Louisiana is haunted. I lived in the suburbs and I lived relatively close(less than a mile) away from some families personal graveyard. Even in my little small town, you could find places that almost everybody could agree upon that “Yeah, somethings a little bit off there”. I’m not saying this in a bad way, not completely at least, it’s just what it is. Like I said, I’m not religious (not anymore) nor am I particularly a spiritual person(even though, yeah, I’m a pagan). When I tell you, I have seen shit that I cannot explain by science that I’ve heard shit from people that I cannot explain by science. I tell you the entire state of Louisiana, maybe not the north but at least the south is haunted as hell I’m not joking. It’s important to our culture to. A lot of people here(the majority of the state population) is Catholic and our saints and ghost stories are very important to us. You don’t have to believe in the supernatural. I don’t even know if I fully do, but I can admit to you when I have seen things that I cannot explain. If you’re interesting about what I saw in with my experience have been super ask.

I think he probably use and practises with tarot cards. It might shock you that even still a lot of people in Louisiana both people who are solely Catholic and people who practice voodoo use tarot. I associate tarot with my home. I was taught by my grandmother when I was younger, remember her teaching me all the cards in their meaning . Some of my dearest memories of New Orleans is walking around the French quarter in front of The St. Louis Cathedral (even more reasons I wish to call this man Louis) and gazing into the crystal balls, tarot cards, and crystals booths lined up in front of the cathedral. Maybe it’s because of my very strong connection to it but I cannot imagine Louisiana not doing it at least once in his life. It always shocked a lot of people especially ones who are not Catholic when I tell them that Louisiana has a strong history with Tarot.

Turn on my ideas for Cryptid Louisiana, it’s more specifically local stuff comparative to giant bird alligator monster.

Rougarou- I grew up on stories of this, I remember my Ma (my great grandmother, who was born in I think 1920 and spotted French and had scars from when her teacher would hit her for speaking French instead of English) tell me stories of naughty little Catholics getting eaten alive. Rougarou it’s like a weird dog, werewolf, I’ve heard alligator thrown in there sometime creature that comes and get you if you’re bad. It’s never really specified how one becomes a Rougarou or how they transform(or even if they do at all) but unlike werewolves, they are not limited to being transformed under the full moon. Hell they’re not even limited to it being night. it’s probably one of the most well-known folklores out of Louisiana, stinking rolling and even supernatural have mentioned, and had episodes about it. Sold 6/10, probably only that high because of nostalgia.

1 New Site thing

2 Wikipedia

Vampire- I don’t remember who made the art of it I know someone has, yeah vampires. Shockingly we have them if you watch the origins, you probably know that. This also links back to a good story about one of our favourite vampires! 8/10

Ghost- nothing one specific just a GHOST ! 4/10

Honey island swamp monster- I’m gonna be very blunt here. I don’t like this one and the next one I’m gonna talk about is in my opinion is better than this, but I digress. I don’t like Bigfoot but sometimes he’s also like part alligator. Eh 4/10 next one’s better

Letiche!- Boys I finally get to talk about it, this is the original OG honey island swamp monster. A combination of Cajun-Creole and Native American folklore this shit fit him this shit is my favourite creature that we have. Sometimes it’s described as the soul of an illegitimate unbaptized infant, or a human child raised by alligators. This monster haunts the swamps of Louisiana and capsizes boat(or just messing with them) or attacking people. 10/10

“There are two different origin stories for this monster. The first, more commonly accepted theory is that Letiche are the souls of unbaptized children who have passed away, cursed to linger in the unforgiving swamps and bring havoc to the area. The second story has roots in Native American mythology. The legend goes that a child was taken by swamp alligators and raised as one of their own. Over time, the Letiche developed the qualities of an alligator. So while he may still maintain some features of a man, such as walking upright and having human hands and feet, his life in the swamps among the alligators has caused him to develop many reptillian characteristics. This includes a green hued hide, not unlike that of an alligator, and of course, a set of sharp, lethal teeth”

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If you wish to read more folktales from Louisiana, here you go, here’s some links, you can usually function from here

Jean Lafitte

Abita Mystery House in Abita Springs, Louisiana

Bonnie and Clyde Gas Station in Gibsland, Louisiana

Feu Follet

Jones–Liddell feud

Gris-gris (if you were wondering what he meant by that)

Marie Laveau, I don’t even truly need to link stuff for her or you can just look her up. You could buy books about her.

Chicken Chase

I do hope you enjoyed my borderline deranged rambling about my state, feel free to use this for whatever! I very much encourage (I’m begging you) to make fanfiction and Fanart of this.

#wttt #wttsh #wttt headcanons #welcome to the statehouse #welcome to the table #wttt louisiana #wttsh louisiana #my home state #my blorbo #or beloved #wttt cryptid #cryptid #cryptid states #I beg of you to make this #into fanfiction #or fanart #it is welcome to please do it actually that’s for all my post but please please do it for this one I need more representation of my culture

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freeart-by-lalmi · 1 year

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One another Portrait of Women with traditional habits. / Encore de nouveaux portraits de femmes avec des habits traditionnels. Chawi Women (Algeria) / Femmes Chaouis (Algérie) Ink on paper / Encre sur papier. 2000. A. LALMI #chaoui #algerianwomen #femmealgerienne #portrait #portraitdrawing #portraitpage #portraitdraws #portraitblackandwhite #portraitmood #portraitphotography #inkonpaperdrawing #encredechine #inkart #inkartwork #inkartist #inkonpaper #encresurpapier #artworks #art #paintingoftheday #artofinstagram #painter #painting #artwork #paint #artwork🎨 #originalcharacterart #autodidact #artworkchallenge #bijoux (at Paris 18e) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmR5luzL3J6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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anonbinaryweirdo · 5 months

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omg oli consider this: chaoui dehya

gasp what's this mean

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clothingaroundtheworld · 1 year

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#africa #algeria

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thefourthhexgirl · 1 year

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Qashabiya

A traditional berber Algerian garment most often associated with the Chaoui, and those from Djelfa. It is made of camel hair and wool, and is held in high esteem by many Algerians because of the warmth it provides during the cold winters, especially in the high plateaus of the Chaouia region.

#Q #Algeria #North Africa #Africa

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lecoque · 2 years

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******* INFO-POÉTIC ********

******* PHRANCOPHONÉC *******

******* T A Y T A Y *******

------ LA SERVIETE DU BAIN MOOR ----------

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------ LA SERVIETE DE SALLE DE BAIN ------

------ LA SERVITE DE PLAGE ------------------

------ LA SERVITE DE L EAUX DE TOILETE ---

------ LA SERVITE DU HAMMAMME ---------

------ LA SERVITE DU BAIN DE VAPEUR ------

------ LA SERVIETE DU MASAGE -------------

- LA SERVITE DE CHANBRE A COUCHEERS -

------ LA SERVITE PASEFIC ---------------------

------ LA SERVITE CHAOUI(CHA OUI) ---------

-LA SERVITE TOMAY(COTON PUR DU NILLE)-

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Note : & les autres services

dictent;il ne faut jamais mélanger les services avec les torchon avec les papier à mouchoir ou les clinic kif kif(LE COQUE NAPPO)

"Ni bone avec berline ni avec constentine ni algier ni oron ni avec le rife ribat ni fes ni mannes ni tlamcene ni el kayraouane ni Tunis ni tables avec sirt ou el guarbia bi el charekia ni ni chame ni khalidj khalidj ni hidjaze hidjaze et irac irac Jourdain Jourdain Syrie syrienne libon libon palestine icrael ni Gaza sina sina ou soufi yamani Mizabi saltanate amante allaouit allaouit el hacenne el houcinne ou el houcinne el hacenne fatima kif kif tandouf tamenrasete tasilli hogar el aouerassi djarjara ejbale adbague maouenna mermoura idoug idoug hipponne sainto berber amazigue noumedien des homme bleut point on mélange pas l hictoir de l hictoir avec la geaugrafic de l hictoir ou l hictoir de la geaugrafic mzhiche kif kif sort i m vert Welles sory plese.

FACK of of of and of fackkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

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ne faut j amais mélanger torchons et serviette

Avec le papier à mouchoir cuillère ou fourchette

Non de table ni de potager des mains d homlete

Ni du v.c comme le w.v.c avec couche lingette

Ni du miroir le journal eseouille bien l omprainte

Ni les sendalle avec les babouche et claquette

Ni des nitoiyages des femmes des menagette

Ni des partis des salles des fêtes resto et buvete

Ni d autres usage à jeter ifecas etulle bagatelle

Ni melanger sendalle et babouche et clacette

Le soulier est signe de fortunne et d idiquette

Le sentiago ou bouts saint tiago el kadre mat

Le rengerse cooboy charif avec boucle bragtte

sabo gauloix bonoi Boston passage riviere haut

Et sur le quet des bateaux de pêche ou tempte

Le sabo pharmacetic tic liger ou fine ou diabet

sabo de boix ou de cuire vouloir soi et tapitte

L homme se couvre et se découvre étant bette

sa propre natur natal et vital d eter nud et lette

se qui est oudessu ce n est que vetment de fete

Et sabille au suivent de la température onbiante

Des saisents l hotonne hiver printemps ete net

Il n accept aucun tissu sauf sa peaut on chaufte

Quand il fait chaud l humediter coule et jette

De s ont corp nue évaporée un liquide qui tite

Une sieur un exquis de luxure ou l ixir moitte

La peaut elle respire et expir une eaux de patte

D argille par odeur saller qui parfume sa odete

la ou il a besoin d une serviette a sa suillette

Comme tout usag quans il se mouille se lavette

par instain l eaux pour boir ou se laver ou plat

Il etulise la serviete pour éponger les goutlette

Sauf a uncas de pluie ou sa parapluie le rejette

Ou il se couvre ou un monteaut ou kawi sauvte

Sauf dans se cas il ne veut pas se moullie faut

dans le bain il lave se relave comme une chatte

Dans la piscine piscine par un va et vien conbat

A el-hammamme ha ma me par des seaut soitte

Mais a la plage nul besoin d une serviete cravat

Et Il nage comme comme les poisson sans hute

quoi contre l eaux sa peaut sont corp on vedette

Et Teser vous sont mot l aisse la natur du dette

Et sauf le sex se déplumé de toute autre facete

******* D A V I N C H I *******

#davinchi info poetic

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