WHO ARE THE ORMA PEOPLE?

The beautiful Orma people of Kenya call themselves "Gurraach Abba Jeebano". The Orma is divided into two branches.1.Irdiid and 2. Bareetuma.The hangaf for Irdiida is Utah and that of Bareetuma is Karreyu.This tells you that Orma is a fully packaged.1/11

Oromo tribe with both Bareetuma and Borana clans.
They last put down their legislative agenda at Odha Rooba nefore migrating south. At madda walaabu or tullu nama duri the Orma made their own wells. The famous Tula Sallaan is an Orman well...2/11

The orma respect their Bareetuma hangafa clan Karreyu and they are mostly regarded as Qaallu. They always lead in prayers.
However the Orma have 3 special clans that define most of their agenda be it war or political or social stuff. These three clans are Karara, Meeta and..3/11

Garjeedha. The orma people call these three clans as "Galech sadeen". They are the most respected and they are deemed to be very superior in Orma culture. The three clans is made up of two Irdiidha clan and one Bareetuma. The Galech Sadeen can in a contemporary world be... 4/ 11

Taken for a mascort for the Orma community. They are a sign of peace, prosperity, development and good leadership (hayyoole kaayo).
Our Borana brothers have "Laadu shanaan". The composition is the same only that laadu shanaan has Karreyu in it...5/11

Now i understand karreyu in borana is just but an addition that cannot be subtracted. When the Boranas joined their brothers(Orma) around tullu nama duri or madda waalabu as it is called around Tula Sallaan, they were but just Boranas. The Bareentu Oromo i.e...6/11

the Kareyu joined them later. There was always a room for a brother and hence the Bareentu Kareyyu were taken in as part of sabbo branch. The sabbo were small and hence Kareyu became Borana sabbo. i geuss its through this interaction that laadu shanaan came into being...7/ 11

The Orma people later on left the tula sallaan for Borana brothers and migrated south. The then Soddom Booro(Borana)hayyu warned them of the consequence of migrating further south. Abbaye Baabo the then hayyu then laid "liccho hayyu" in an area called Dadech Woraabo as the...8/11

Final red line beyond which the orma people will be deemed to be "orm". Our elders neva relented on that call to backdown and stayin home. They cut across Kenya and into Somalia until they reached their final destination-Tana River.
Today we are the Southern most...9/ 11

representatives of the once powerful Oromo nation. One day we will come back to our home(Biyye Abba Koo). The Orma Oromo will one day get to know where Odha Rooba is? They will go and see and wonder how their ancesters dug the Tulla Sallaan?...10/11

They will come into contact and live freely with their Borana brothers and Bareentu Oromos of Ethiopia. Guraach Abba Jeebano jeebi daametee meaning Guraach Abba Jeebano promised they will come back In shaa Allah...11/11

From: ORMA NATION.

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