THE MONTH BY ISA MUHAMMAD INUWA 4/7/2013 KOSAI is the favourite snacks in RAMADAN, but KUNU is for me, the best food at IFTAR The month brings about fancy change in affairs – Our breakfast at dusk and our dinner towards dawn Nights are livelier with cores, prayers and chats Traditional delicacies of TASHE entertainment, Debilitates the fangs of hunger with tinged relaxation This traditional cinematography where actors dress weirdly, Mimicking and cannibalizing all sorts of characters; to laugh out Your boredom and doll out token alms in appeasement The month of worship and joy, when variety of cuisines and Lovely smells from roasting and frying eateries tickle appetite Woe onto GWAURO by the turn of Ramadan! You are A subject of mockery by the bachelor tamer – NALAKO – He hoists his flag, blows his horn and hunts for GWAURO By mocking Gwauro, GWAURUWA is being symbolically mocked As Nalako combs nooks and crannies in hunt for Gwauro He and his boys sing in chorus: “We are here jokingly, not to fight; for we came to arrest bachelors” “While the Emir arrests thieves, Nalako tames the bachelors” “Gwauro is just useless, he stole thread and yarn” “Gwauro is damn useless, he stole thread, what a useless thief?” While Nalako’s touch of Tashe may sound hard, softer ones Such as “Ka Yi Rawa”, “Mai Kiriniya”, “Dan Dukununu”, “Samodara”, “Hajiyar Kauye”, “ Matar Malam”, “Jatau Mai Magani” “Zan Buge” and “Macukule” are good enough To squeez out laughter from the traditional Hausa man Above the leisure and amusement, Ramadan boots spirituality – The night devotions of TARAHEEH and TAHAJJUD and The daily TAFSIR sessions as well as mammoth congregation that Regularly throng prayer rows are there to turn men to semi-angels!
Posted on: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 19:05:57 +0000
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