AMHARA

Amhara - Tribe Assessment

Table of Contents

Introduction2

Amhara Tribe3

History4

Culture5

Language6

Masks6

Agriculture7

Conclusion8

References9

Amhara - Tribe Assessment

Introduction

The paper aim to shed light on the history of ambara tribe, their evolution, culture and ceremonies as well as their religious practices. The study focuses on particular elements of their culture and arts, their practice of wearing masks, festivals and special days that are celebrated, the materials that are used to make masks, the crafting, symbols and marks that are used for masks.

The Amhara is the dominant ethnic group in Ethiopia, which marked the history of the country and still tries to maintain a dominant role over other people. They were responsible for the unification and development of the Ethiopian Empire, which began even before his conversion to Christianity Monophysite. Of their historical and cultural development are singular and remarkable examples the archaeological remains, in particular of Axum, and the monolithic churches of Lalibela, built by digging the rock and then formed from a single block, as sculptures. Always a religious character is the refined and ancient tradition of illuminated manuscripts whose production begins with the spread of Christianity.

Amhara language is mainly in Ethiopia spoken Semitic language. It is the second most spoken language of the Ethiopian Oromo then, and it has the Ethiopian Federal Democratic Republic of official and working status, i.e. it is essentially the National Language. Amhara speakers live in Ethiopia's Amhara province, as well as in major cities such as Addis Ababa. Ethiopian outside amharaa is about 2.7 million emigrants' mm. Egypt, Israel and Sweden.

Amhara Tribe

Amhara is one of the nine ethnic divisions (kililoch) of Ethiopia. It is the result of the administrative division of Ethiopia 1994-1995, which took place during the implementation of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Amhara population accounts for more than 1/4 of the population of the country. Amharic is Ethiopia, the Semitic language family in southern dialects, with the Ethiopian Orthodox Church terminology Geez language kinship. The Geez language of the sacraments and the literary language; Ethiopia is an ancient religious Orthodox, 5th century Byzantine Christian sexual Unitarian almost the same strain (Heinrichs, 2005). It covers in particular the former provinces of Wollo, Gondar, Gojam, and Begemder Lasta.

The Amhara are an ethnic group living descendant of losabisinos in Ethiopia in the province of the same name, Amhara. In general, most of the population in this province is outside of the Amhara ethnic group. It is also a useful given that most of the province's population is rural. According to data published in 2005 by the Central Bureau of Statistics in Ethiopia Amhara estimated total of 19,120,005 inhabitants, including 9,555,001 men and 9,565,004 women. The local total estimated area of 159,173.66 square kilometers, thus deriving its population density of 120.12 persons per square kilometer. The urban population of 1,265,315 people, the rural population of 12,568,982 people (about 90%). 81.5% believe the Eritrean Orthodox, 18.1% believe in Islam, 0.1% profess Protestantism.

Amhara language is mainly in Ethiopia spoken Semitic language. It is the second most spoken language of the Ethiopian ...