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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 ...
Lalibela (Amharic: ላሊበላ) is a town in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Located in the Lasta district and North Wollo Zone, it is a tourist site for its famous rock-cut monolithic churches designed in contrast to the earlier monolithic churches in Ethiopia. [1] The whole of Lalibela is a large and important site for the antiquity, medieval ...
low · 9th of 11. The Amhara Region (Amharic: አማራ ክልል, romanized: Åmara Kilil), officially the Amhara National Regional State (Amharic: የአማራ ብሔራዊ ክልላዊ መንግሥት), [2] is a regional state in northern Ethiopia and the homeland of the Amhara, Awi, Xamir, Argoba, and Qemant people.
Amharic is an Afro-Asiatic language of the Southwest Semitic group and is related to Geʽez, or Ethiopic, the liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox church; Amharic is written in a slightly modified form of the alphabet used for writing the Geʽez language. There are 34 basic characters, each of which has seven forms depending on which ...
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 ...
Addis Ababa (/ ˌædɪs ˈæbəbə /; [5] Amharic: አዲስ አበባ, lit. 'new flower' [adˈdis ˈabəba] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. [6][7][8] In the 2007 census, the city's population was estimated to be 2,739,551 inhabitants. [2] Addis Ababa is a highly developed [9] and important cultural, artistic, financial and ...