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According to Ethiopian officials, the state funeral was attended by hundreds of political and public figures from around the world, most of them African leaders, including South African President Jacob Zuma and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. Among regional leaders, President Jacob Zuma praised Meles and said Ethiopia lost "a patriot and a ...
In Ethiopian poetry, most poets recount past events, social unrests, poverty and famine. Qene is the most used element of Ethiopian poetry – regarded as a form of Amharic poetry, though the term generally refers to any poems. [19] The most notable poets are Tsegaye Gebre-Medhin, Kebede Michael and Mengistu Lemma.
Ethiopian Talismanic scrolls have practical remedial functions within ritual contexts as well. In this pantheon of remedial applications, these scrolls possess the capacity to aid in the exorcism of demons. By presenting the patient with a scroll, the demon is stirred and forced to leave the body of the afflicted.
The Ethiopian counting of years begins in the year 8 of the common era. This is because the common era follows the calculations of Dionysius, a 6th-century monk, while the non-Chalcedonian countries continued to use the calculations of Annianus , a 5th-century monk, which had placed the Annunciation of Christ exactly 8 years later.
The Bandlet of Righteousness [1] (Ethiopic: Lefāfa Ṣedeḳ), [2] also known as the Ethiopian Book of the Dead, is an anonymous Ethiopic magico-religious funerary text. It consists of a frame story about how God the Father revealed the secret names of God to his son, Jesus Christ, who then gave them to his mother, the Virgin Mary, who passed them on to her relatives.
Other superstitious Ethiopian practices and beliefs include: [6] The common practice of slaughtering a goat before the birth of a baby (this may be due to Ethiopia's relatively high infant mortality rate). The belief is that if a spotted hyena scratches a house, the resident will be victim to a future war. That a hyena screaming is an omen of ...
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Holy water is often used during public holidays such as Timkat (), when Christians gather around a small water pool prepared by priests on Ketera, the eve of Timkat. [15] [16] After priests and deacons pray over and bless the water, it is sprayed onto the people "for the purification of their souls from sins committed."