Somalia bids farewell to legendary poet

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HARGEISA, Somalia, January 14, 2016 (Garowe Online)-Somaliland President Ahmed Mohamed Siilaanyo along with an entourage of state officials has given final tribute to legendary poet Ali Sugulle Dun Arbed on Thursday, Garowe Online reports.

A division from armed forces received late Sugulle’s coffin covered with flags at Hargeisa International airport before being driven into Nasa-Hablod graveyard.

Mourning crowd, among them family members, relatives, fellow playwrights and singers attended the state funeral accorded to poetry legend.

Officials said, late Sugulle will forever be remembered for being a man of virtue in subsequent eulogy.

Sugulle who very recently became popular with mesmerizing ‘Dab iyo Dhagah’ in which he discussed clan ideology and principles of modern nation-state notion, has passed away at the age of 80 in Dubai on January 11.

GAROWE ONLINE

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