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The Tigrayans trace their origin to early Semitic-speaking peoples whose presence in the region may date back to at least 2000 BC. [8] According to Edward Ullendorff, Tigrinya speakers in Eritrea Tigray, and the Amharic speaking people of Amhara are the authentic carriers of the historical and cultural tradition of ancient Abyssinia. [9]
Written documents are amended by a rich, and often very strictly transmitted oral tradition on genealogies and land rights, poetry, songs and legends which form a rich intangible heritage of Tigray. In the course of history, many sanctuaries in Tigray were affected by war, especially in the 16th century, when the armies of imam Ahmad b.
The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) was a coalition of various ethnically-based political movement created by the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), a guerrilla movement formed in the contemporary Tigray region of northern Ethiopia in 1975.
The Tigray Region [A] (or simply Tigray; officially the Tigray National Regional State) [B] is the northernmost regional state in Ethiopia. The Tigray Region is the homeland of the Tigrayan, Irob and Kunama people. Its capital and largest city is Mekelle. Tigray is the fifth-largest by area, the fourth-most populous, and the fifth-most densely ...
Ashenda (Tigrinya: ኣሸንዳ) is a festival that originated in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, dating back to around 400 AD during the Axumite civilization. [1] While it is now celebrated across various regions of Ethiopia, its origins are tied to Tigray and an ancient pagan ritual known as “Ayni Wari” (Tigrinya: ዓይኒ ዋሪ ...
Tigrayan nationalism is an ethnic nationalism that advocates the interests of Tigrayan people in Ethiopia. [1] Inspired predominantly by the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) with its predecessor Tigray Liberation Front (TLF), this type of nationalism holds that Tigrayans are an independent group with unique ancestry, heritage, history and culture outside Ethiopia.
Ras Mengesha Seyoum, the last monarch prince in Tigray, attested to the fact that, during his youth, all of Western Tigray and Southern Tigray to Alwuha Milash was known to be ethnically Tigrayan. However, portions of Western Tigray and Southern Tigray were taken from Tigray in the 1940s by Haile Selassie as a punitive measure and to expand ...
Raesi Mengesha Seyoum, the last monarch prince in Tigray, attested to the fact that, during his youth, all of Western Tigray and Southern Tigray to Alwuha Milash belonged to Tigray. However, portions of Western Tigray and Southern Tigray were taken from Tigray in the 1940s by Haile Selassie as a punitive measure and to expand Amhara influence. [5]