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Belief in Zār (evil spirits) is widely prevalent in Ethiopia, though many Ethiopian also believe in benevolent, protective spirits or adbar. Zār is also practiced by Beta Israel, the Ethiopian diaspora living in North America and Europe, and northern Ethiopian Amhara people with its center in Gondar. Zār is believed to have its origin in ...
Buda (Ge’ez: ቡዳ) (or bouda), in Ethiopian and Eritrean folk religion, is the power of the evil eye and the ability to change into a hyena.Buda is generally believed by the wider society to be a power held and wielded by those in a different social group, for example among the Beta Israel or metalworkers.
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.
As we bid 2023 adieu and welcome the first few days of 2024, we look forward to what the next 12 months have in store. In Chinese culture, this year marks the Year of the Wood Dragon, which ...
Waaqeffanna is an ethnic religion indigenous to the Oromo people in the Horn of Africa. [1] The word Waaqeffanna is derived from Waaq which is the ancient name for Creator in various Cushitic languages including the Oromo people and Somali people.
On 2 October 2016, between 55 and 300 festival goers were killed in a stampede at the Irreecha cultural thanksgiving festival, which was the largest and most sacred cultural festival for the Oromo people. [9]
Timkat (Ge'ez: ጥምቀት T’imk’et) is an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church celebration of Epiphany. It is celebrated on 19 January (or 20 in a leap year ), corresponding to the 11th day of Terr in the Ge'ez calendar .
An Ethiopian priest carries a tabot during a Timkat ceremony. Tabot ( Ge'ez : ታቦት , romanized: tābōt , sometimes spelled tabout ) is a replica of the Ark of the Covenant , and represents the presence of God , in Ethiopian Orthodox and Eritrean Orthodox Churches.