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The following is an alphabetical list of notable musicians using Amharic vocals in their musical compositions. The Amharic language is predominantly used in Ethiopia
P'ent'ay (from Ge'ez: ጴንጤ P̣enṭe) is an originally Amharic–Tigrinya language term for Pentecostal Christians.Today, the term refers to all Evangelical Protestant denominations and organisations in Ethiopian and Eritrean societies.
Zeritu Kebede [1] was born in Addis Ababa on 19 February 1984. [2] [3] Her father, Kebede Woldegiorgis, was an architect, and her mother, Engida Mitiku, was a housewife who was thirty years younger than her husband.
Protestant music also plays a dominant role since booming its distribution via CDs in 2000s, and recently it evolves from digital downloads. Some Ethiopian religious music has an ancient Christian element, traced to Yared , who lived during the reign of Emperor Gebre Meskel (Son of Kaleb of Aksumite Empire ) in the 6th century.
Elias Melka Geresu ኤሊያስ መልካ ገረሱ (10 December 1977 – 4 October 2019) was an Ethiopian record producer and songwriter. Elias became popular after successfully composing Teddy Afro's debut album Abugida, which was released in 2001.
In more modern times, the Ethiopian Church has experienced a series of developments. The 19th century witnessed the publication of an Amharic translation of the Bible. Largely the work of Abu Rumi over ten years in Cairo, this version, with some changes, held sway until Emperor Haile Selassie ordered a new translation which appeared in 1960/1. [29]
Ethiopian (Ethio-Eritrean, Eastern) Easter, or Fasika, however, takes place in all the Christian Churches throughout the country, whether it be Orthodox, Catholic, or Protestant, and follows the eastern method of calculating Easter (see Computus for details), thus tending to fall after Easter in the Western calendar (some years both fall on the ...
Video Saint Yared's Hymn for the Feast of Saint Stephen on YouTube , recorded by Beide Mariam Ejigu Retta at St Stephen's Church in Addis Ababa , retrieved 1 April 2017 Students of Ethiopian liturgical chants study the Geʽez language, and begin to practice singing at no later than five years of age in a local elementary school called nebab bet.