Eskezeia Y.

Dessie
 Outline

 Location
 Basic information about
Ethiopia
 Character / language.
 Historical places
 Food
 Feastival
 Dressing style

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 Ethiopia
 Ethiopia, is a country located in the horn of
Africa.
- is the only African country that are not colonized.
 It shares border with:
- North and North East= Eretria
- -West=Sudan & S/Sudan
- East= Djibouti and Somalia
- South=Kenya
- Capital City= Addis Ababa(AA)
- Working Language= Amharic(semetic Language)
- Regional Languages= Amharic, Tigrigna, Oromia, Afar Somali….
- Religion 1. Christianity, 2. Islam and other religions
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 Cont…

 Area- 1,104,300 Km2(426,400 sqmi)

 Population- 102,374,044 (2017)

 Calling code=+251

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Basic Information about Ethiopia
 the only country which has never been colonized.
 The only African country with it’s own character/
script.
 the source of human being /lucy/.
 The place for African union headquarter starting from
its establishment till now (55 countries).
 Leader in airlines transport / competent with
American and Europe.
 lots of tourist places and heritage.
 With unique calendar /13 month /

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Cont…
 Ethiopia has its own letters, numbers and calendar.

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 Today in Ethiopian calendar

13/09/2011
 13 months
 each 12 month 30 days
 13th month has 5/6 days (6 once in 4 years)
 new year start at September.

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Cont’d…

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 Cont…
 Currency-
Birr(ETB)

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 Ethiopian heritage
1. Semen Maintain National Park

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 LIST OF ENDEMIC ANIMALS OF ETHIOPIA

 African elephant  Gelada Gazelle

 African Wild Dog  Grevy's Zebra  Somali Wild Ass
 Beira (Antelope)  Mountain Nyala  Speke's Gazelle
 Dibatag or  Pale Tawny  Swayne's
Clarke's Gazelle Hartebeest Hartebeest
 Dorcas Gazelle  Red-fronted  Walia Ibex
 Ethiopian Wolf Gazelle
 Soemmerring's

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2. Fasil Castle

 Fasil Ghebbi (Royal Enclosure)

It was founded in the 17th and 18th centuries
by Emperor Fasilides .
Its unique architecture shows diverse
influences including Nubian styles.
The site was inscribed as a UNESCO World
Heritage Site in 1979.

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Obelisk of Axum

The Obelisk of Axum is a 4th-century AD.

24-meter-tall granite stele/obelisk.

weighing 160 tonnes, in the city of Axum in

Ethiopia.

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 Ethiopian heritage
Lalibela
 Lalibela offers an exceptional
testimony to the medieval and
post-medieval civilization
of Ethiopia.
 Ethiopia is one of the earliest
nations to adopt Christianity in
the first half of the fourth
century
 and its historical roots date to
the time of the Apostles.
 Lalibela are widely accepted,
especially by local clergy, to be a
symbolic representation
of Jerusalem 17
Lake Tana

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Lucy Fossil

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UNESCO
http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/sites/country/27051.php

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 Ethiopian Cultural Food
1. Injera

2. Doro Wat (Chicken)

3. Ethiopian Potato Salad

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 Ethiopian festival
 Timkat:- timkat is the greatest colorfulfestival of
Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia. It celebrates the Baptism
of Christ by John the Baptist. The eve of Timket is called
Ketera. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5MTLqrKTFU
/45 min/
 Meskel (Ge'ez: መስቀል, ) is an annual religious holiday in
the EthiopianOrthodox and Eritrean Orthodox churches,
which commemorates the discovery of the True Cross by
the Roman Empress Helena (Saint Helena) in the fourth
century.

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 Ethiopian Cultural Drink
1. Coffee(ቡና)
2. The second source of coffee in the world
3. The first in Africa

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Ethiopian Culture Wearing Styles

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 Traditions in Ethiopia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAngaG20INQ
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NkfYOvyod4
 New year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW9d7t2ye0I

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አመሰግናለሁ ::
谢谢
Thank You !!!

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