Four black and white screenshots of Maroodi’s instagram page show sequenced moments from a performance. Maroodi is evoking pre-Islam Somali deities, including Queen Arawelo and Dhegdeer. Maroodi has long hair, long nails painted white, and fake blood dripping from their lips down to their chest. Maroodi is holding an incandescent vessel which is emitting incense smoke. In one image, the vessel is balanced on Maroodi’s head. The caption for each of these posts reads: My trans ancestors said take their blood!
