Author: ianet Bastyan
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Ethiopian Woven Wisdom
Can Ethiopia’s cotton cloth be likened to her people? Refined yet tough? In Bahir Dar, on the shores of Lake Tana at the source of the Blue Nile, I witnessed a fusion of dance and spinning. A slender lady did Eskista shoulder dance while walking in a deep squat in a circle, smoothly without bouncing…
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Ethiopian Pyramids and Water Technology
Egyptians still marvel over the mystery of pyramids. Ethiopians do not need to ask how their Abyssinian ancestors built them. Today in Ethiopia, they continue to maintain their pyramids. Vaska water-reservoir construction and technology was always theirs.
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Yummy, Easy, Cheap Ethiopian Shiro
Stranded in Addis Ababa, Mesfin cooked 1-pot-wonders on a hotplate on the concrete floor. Our health improved. When we sent photos to Australia, friends asked, ‘What have you been doing? You have lost weight. Your hair is long & shiny.’ Our secret? Ethiopian food and drink and her vegetarian dishes.
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Marvellous Ethiopian Charities
SLCO and GPO aim to help all Ethiopians that need their services. They promote gender equity. Donations directly benefit the disadvantaged – money is not wasted on administration. Coordinators and operators work voluntarily. They run cost effective projects.
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Ethiopian Innovations
The golden, domed roof of El Aqs Mosque in Jerusalem dates from before 1,000 BC. Queen Saba built it for King Salamon (Solomon) – El Aqs was originally his. In ancient Abyssinia (Ethiopia), Queen Sheba was Saba, also known as the Engineering Queen. Saba was from Lake Tana, which is the source of Abay or…
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The November War in Ethiopia
In November 2020 in Tigray, mass graves held 70,000 Amhara members of the community. The TPLF had buried alive the elderly, women, children and babies. Rebels ran over people with trucks. TPLF atrocities were as vicious as those of the Nazis. Victims were Orthodox, Christian and Muslim.
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HR6600 Against Ethiopia
The HR6600 bill introduced in April 2022 by the US attacked Ethiopians. It would have stopped Ethiopian diaspora in the US from easily sending so much as $1 to a hungry mother in Ethiopia – AFTER they had paid US tax. Inside Ethiopia, enterprises would not have been able to import medicine or industrial supplies…
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Antique Ethiopian Crosses Turn Up Down Under
Held only by virgin deacons, these types of ceremonial crosses have been used since time immemorial in midnight prayer services – strictly inside and around Orthodox monasteries and churches and Christian Orthodox churches in Ethiopia.
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“Lucy’s People” Book Extracts
You would know about the 2003 US invasion of Iraq and the fate of the museum collection in Baghdad. Since November 2020, the same has happened to Orthodox monasteries and museums in Ethiopia. This month, there were auctions abroad for Ethiopian treasures. Coincidence?