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Most of the Ethiopian Jewish communities in Ethiopia and Israel speak Amharic. [72] Many followers of the Rastafari movement learn Amharic as a second language, as they consider it to be a sacred language. [73] Amharic is the working language of the federal authorities of the Ethiopian government, and one of the five official languages of Ethiopia.
The culture of Ethiopia is diverse and generally structured along ethnolinguistic lines. The country's Afro-Asiatic-speaking majority adhere to an amalgamation of traditions that were developed independently and through interaction with neighboring and far away civilizations, including other parts of Northeast Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, India, and Italy.
The first two sites in Ethiopia added to the list were the Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela, and the Simien National Park, both at the Second Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Washington, D.C., in 1978. [4] The most recent site listed was the Melka Kunture and Balchit, in 2024. [3] Simien and Bale Mountains are natural sites while ...
Gabi (clothing) The Gabi (Amharic: ጋቢ) is a handmade cloth worn by Ethiopians mainly over the shoulders and upper body, and is made out of cotton. Unlike the two-layered kuta (worn by men) and netela (worn by women), it consists of four layers. [1]
Eskista (Amharic: እስክስታ) is a traditional Ethiopian cultural dance originated from the Amhara ethnic group [1] performed by men, women, and children. It's known for its unique emphasis on intense shoulder movement which it shares with the shim-shim dance of the Tigrinya people in neighboring Eritrea. The dance is characterized by ...
Kambaata (Amharic: ከምባታ) is one of the ancient kingdoms in south-central Ethiopia. It is also known as Cambat, Kambata, Cambatta, Kambatta, Khambat by various historians and early explorers. The Kambaata people and Kambaatissa (their language) belongs to the East Highland Cushitic language family. Kambaata Zone is located within the ...
Ethiopian cuisine (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ምግብ "Ye-Ītyōṗṗyā məgəb") characteristically consists of vegetable and often very spicy meat dishes. This is usually in the form of wat, a thick stew, served on top of injera (Amharic: እንጀራ), a large sourdough flatbread, [1] which is about 50 centimeters (20 inches) in diameter and made out of fermented teff flour. [1]
Kebra Nagast. The Kebra Nagast, var. Kebra Negast (Ge'ez: ክብረ ነገሥት, kəbrä nägäśt), or The Glory of the Kings, is a 14th-century [1] national epic of Ethiopia, written in Geʽez by the nebure id Ishaq of Aksum. In its existing form, the text is at least 700 years old and purports to trace the origins of the Solomonic dynasty ...