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The culture of the Gedeo is distinguished by two features. The first is the baalle, a tradition of ranks and age classes similar to the Gadaa system of the Oromo people. Beckingham and Huntingford describe the system as seven grades that span a 10-year period of birth, creating a 70-year cycle. [2]
The Sidama people number 3.81 million (4.01% of the national population), of whom 149,480 are urban inhabitants, the fifth most populous ethnic group in Ethiopia. [8] Their language is called Sidaamu-Afoo, which according to the 1994 national census was the mother language of 99.5% of them. [9]
Furra or Fura was a medieval queen (Nigist) of the Sidama region in southern Ethiopia.According to oral tradition, she ruled for about seven years in the 14th or 15th century, encouraging the women and oppressing the men, especially the bald, old and short ones.
The Sidama Region (Sidama: Sidaamu Qoqqowo; Amharic: ሲዳማ ክልል) is a regional state in southern Ethiopia. It was formed on 18 June 2020 [ 1 ] from the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR) and transformation of the Sidama Zone after a 98.52% vote in favour of increased autonomy in the 2019 Sidama referendum .
[1] The Konso mainly reside in Ethiopia's South Ethiopia Region, south of Lake Chamo in the Sagan River bend. [5] Many are concentrated in the Konso Zone. Their territory is adjacent to Omotic, Sidama and Oromo communities. Konso typically live in large towns, each governed by a council of elders. A few can also be found in parts of northern ...
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The Sidama Region is administratively divided into four zones and the zone-level city of Hawassa; which in turn are subdivided into districts (woredas) and city administrations: Central Sidama Zone Arbegona
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