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Ethiopia: Culture and Music. By: Dan Allen. Ethiopian Culture and People. Ethiopia is in east-central Africa, bordered on the west by the Sudan, the east by Somalia and Djibouti, the south by Kenya, and the northeast by Eritrea.
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Ethiopia: Culture and Music By: Dan Allen
Ethiopian Culture and People • Ethiopia is in east-central Africa, bordered on the west by the Sudan, the east by Somalia and Djibouti, the south by Kenya, and the northeast by Eritrea. • The Blue Nile is the largest river in Ethiopia that starts and a semi-circle and eventually flows into Sudan.
Ethiopian Culture and People Cont. 1 • Ethiopia is a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic country. • Religion plays a major part in Ethiopian life. • Nearly half the population belongs to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church but there is a also large Muslim population. Others are part of an ancient form of Judaism.
Ethiopian Culture and People Cont. 2 • The dress of Ethiopian people has changed over the years. • Years ago you could find them just wearing pretty much cotton pants that had been introduced to them. • Now a days they dress in pretty normal or should I say modern clothes,
Ethiopian Instruments • Traditional musical instruments include the masinko: a one-stringed violin played with a bow.
Ethiopian Instruments Continued • The krar: a six-stringed lyre played with your fingers or a plectrum.
Ethiopian Instruments Continued • The washint: is a simple flute
Ethiopian Instruments Continued • Three types of drums : the negarit (kettledrum)- played with sticks • -The kebero: played with the hands • -The atamo: tapped with the fingers or palm.
Ethiopian Instruments Continued • Other instruments include the begena: a huge, multi-stringed lyre often referred to as the Harp of David • The sistrum: which is used in church music • The meleket: a long trumpet without fingerholes • The embilta: a large, simple, one-note flute used on ceremonial occasions.
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