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  2. Music of Ethiopia - Wikipedia

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    Ethiopian music is a term that can mean any music of Ethiopian origin, however, often it is applied to a genre, a distinct modal system that is pentatonic, with characteristically long intervals between some notes. The music of the Ethiopian Highlands uses a fundamental modal system called qenet, of which there are four main modes: tezeta, bati ...

  3. Amhara people - Wikipedia

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    Yekuno Amlak, [149]: 5 founder of the Solomonic Dynasty. Yeshaq I, [150] Emperor of the Ethiopian Empire. Yetnebersh Nigussie, is a renowned lawyer and disability rights activist from Amhara Saint, Bete-Amhara (Wello now), Amhara regional state, Ethiopia. Yidnekatchew Tessema, 4th President of CAF.

  4. Ethio-jazz - Wikipedia

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    bass instrument. Ethiopian jazz, also referred to as Ethio-jazz, is a blend of traditional Ethiopian music with jazz, combining the pentatonic scale -based melodies of Amharic music with the 12-tone scale and instrumentation of western music. Over time the genre has grown to include elements from other genres such as afrofunk, soul, Armenian ...

  5. Culture of Ethiopia - Wikipedia

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    The music of Ethiopia is extremely diverse, with each of the country's ethnic groups being associated with their own sounds. Some forms of traditional music are strongly influenced by folk music from elsewhere in the Horn of Africa, especially Somalia. In southeastern Ethiopia, in Wollo, a Muslim musical form called manzuma developed

  6. List of musicians using Amharic vocals - Wikipedia

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    A. Abatte Barihun. Abby Lakew [ 1] Alemayehu Eshete [ 2] Alemu Aga [ 3] Amsal Mitike [ 4] Ashenafi Kebede [ 2] ayalneh mulat. Asnaketch Worku [ 5][ 6]

  7. Rophnan - Wikipedia

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    Rophnan. Rophnan Nuri Muzeyin (Ge'ez: ሮፍናን ኑሪ ሙዘይን; born 22 June 1990), known mononymously as Rophnan (stylized as all caps), is an Ethiopian musician. Rophnan entered into the mainstream recognition after his debut album Reflection, which pioneered electronic music in Ethiopia.

  8. Harari people - Wikipedia

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    Harari people. The Harari people (Harari: ጌይ ኡሱኣች Gēy Usuach, "People of the City") are a Semitic -speaking ethnic group which inhabits the Horn of Africa. Members of this ethnic group traditionally reside in the walled city of Harar, simply called Gēy "the City" in Harari, situated in the Harari Region of eastern Ethiopia.

  9. Ashenda - Wikipedia

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    Ashenda ( Tigrinya: አሸንዳ Amharic: አሸንድዬ romanized: āshenidiyē is an annual festival celebrating every year in the Tigray region and Amhara region. . Only women participate in the celebration while the men mostly play the role of gifters, in some cases protectors from potential harassment, as the younger girls travel door to door singing Ashenda songs and receiving gifts ...