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EPRDF denies land giveaways to Sudan
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
(ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopian deputy prime minister Demeke Mekonen has dismissed accusations alleging that the horn of Africa’s nation has secretly given away farm lands to neighbouring Sudan along its border with Amhara regional state.
Some exiled opposition outlets have frequently released reports accusing Ethiopia’s Amhara regional state bordering Sudan of giving away Ethiopian lands as large as 1,600 Sq Km to Sudan.
Mekonen said those reports are “baseless” and a deliberate smear campaigns by some irresponsible opposition elements.
While responding to questions during a forum with the Ethiopian Diaspora, the deputy premier underscored there was no “inches” of land offered to Sudan by the Amhara regional state.
“In the first place regional states are not authorized to handle border issues,” he said.
He added “It is only the Federal Government of Ethiopia that has the authority to negotiate and decide on boarder issues. Even in that sense there is no piece of land given to Sudan”.
The Ethiopian official added that “it is so easy that any concerned group or individual can go to the place and check the reality on the ground”.
The issue of border re-demarcation has long been a source of conflict between Ethiopia and Sudan, but the two countries worked during the past years to fix it and established joint projects for the benefit of the residents of the border areas from both sides.
A number of opposition parties accuse the ruling EPRDF-led Ethiopian government of offering large territories of the country to Sudan in order to ease the tension which started in 2001 when the two neighbours tried to re-demarcate their boundary.
However, the Ethiopian government says it only gave back a lands occupied in 1996 which belongs to Sudanese farmers adding no single individual from both sides was displaced at the borders as a result.
Ethiopian officials further argue that Ethiopia and Sudan were only implementing prior agreements signed on border demarcation and there are no land given away to Sudan as had been reported by some Medias.
The deputy prime minister further said that border issues with Sudan could be raised but the government of Ethiopia has the right and duty to keep and maintain the sovereignty of the nation.
He added that the major objectives of such accusations are to create a gap among top leadership; thereby, attempt to jeopardize nation’s development efforts.
የ‹አማራ›ና ‹ቅማንት› ጉዳይ
የ‹አማራ›ና ‹ቅማንት› ጉዳይ
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ይህን ጉዳይ ስሸሸዉ የቆየሁት ነገር ነዉ፡፡ እርግጥ አንድ ጊዜ ፋክት መጽሄት ላይ ነካክቸዉ ነበር (ያኔ ኤዲት ሲደረግ የኔን ሀሳብ ሙሉ በሙሉ ይዞ ባይወጣም) ግን እስከ መቼ እየሸሸሁትስ እዘልቃለሁ? የማያስኬድ ነገር ሲሆንብኝ ይህን ሀሳብ ለመሞነጫጨር ተገደድኩ፡፡ ያለዉን ነበራዊ ሁኔታ በዚህ መልኩ ማስቀመጡ ጠቀሜታም ጉዳትም ይኖረዋል፡፡
ጉዳቱ አንዳንድ የአስተሳሰብ ስንኩላን ከእሳቱ ላይ ቤንዚን ሊጨምሩ ይችላሉ፡፡ በሌላ መልኩ ጠቀሜታዉ ደግሞ የህብረተሰቡን ንቃተ ህሊና በመጨመር እየተፈጠረ ላለዉ ሁናቴ መፍትሄ ሊያፈላልጉ የሚችሉ ግለሰቦችና ምሁራን አይጠፉም፡፡ ጥቅሙንም ጉዳቱንም በመመዘን ለአንባቢያን ማሳወቁ ይጠቅማል ብየ ስላሰብኩ በሚከተለዉ መልኩ አስቀምጨዋለሁ፡፡
የዛሬ ወር አካባቢ መሆኑ ነዉ፡፡ ከአዘዞ አጼ ቴዎድሮስ አዉሮፕላን ማረፊያ ወደ ፒያሳ አንዲት ቢጫ ታክሲ ኮንትራት ይዣለሁ፡፡ የታክሲዉ አሽከርካሪ ደስተኛ አለመሆኑ ፊቱ ቢመሰክርም ምን እንደሆነ መጠየቅ አልፈለግኩም፡፡ ግን በራሱ ጊዜ የሆነዉን ነገረኝ፡፡
እድሜዎ በአርባዎቹ መካከል የሚገኘዉ የታክሲ አሽከርካሪ ያስከፋዉ ነገር ሚስቱንና የልጆቹን እናት ያጣበት ምክንያት ነዉ፡፡ ‹‹አስራ ሰባት (17) አመታት ከሚስቴ ጋር አብረን ስንኖር ስለ እርሷ ዜግነት(?) የማዉቀው ነገር አልነበረኝም፡፡ ሰዉነቷ ብቻ በቂዬ ነበር፡፡ እዉነቴን ነዉ የምልህ የጎንደር ልጅ ከመሆኗ ዉጭ የማዉቀው አልነበረኝም፡፡ በጋብቻችን ለአቻዎቻችን አርኣያ የምንሆን ነበርን፡፡ በትዳራችን 3 ልጆችን አፍርተናል፡፡ የመጀመሪያዋ 16 አመቷ ነዉ፡፡ ባለፈዉ የጥቅምት መድሀኒዓለም እናቷ ደወለችልኝና ለመድሀኒዓልም ዝክር ዝግጅት ታግዘኝ ላካት አለችኝ፡፡ እኔም በደስታ እናቷን እንድታግዝ መሄዷን በደስታ ተቀበልኩ፡፡ የጥቅምት መድሀኒዓለም አልፎ ግን ከነገ ዛሬ ትመጣለች እያልኩ ከልጆቼ ጋር ብናያት የዉሃ ሽታ ሆነች፡፡ ስልክ ስንደዉል ስልኳን ዘግታለች፡፡ መጨረሻ ቤተሰቦቿ ካሉበት ቦታ ትክል ድንጋይ ሰዉ ተላከ፡፡
‹‹ልጃችን ‹አማራ› አግብታ አትኖርም! የሚል መልስ ከእናቷ ሰሙ የተላኩት ሰዎች፡፡ ሶሰት አመት ያልሞላዉን ህጻን ልጅ እና ሌሎቹንም ልጆቿን ትታ ለመቅረት እንደወሰነች ሰማሁ፡፡ በቄስ በሽማግሌ አስጠየቅኳት፡፡ ወይ ፍንክች የአባ ቢለዋ ልጅ! ልጆቼ ሲያድጉ ሰራተኛ አላያቸዉም፡፡ ሙሉ በሙሉ የሚያስፈልጋቸዉን ሁሉ እርሷ እና እኔ ነን የምናሟላቸዉ፡፡ ሰራተኛ አሁን አስገብቼ ለትምህርት ቤት ምሳ እንድትቋጥር ሳደርግ ልጆቹ ሳይበሉት እየተመለሱ እርሃብ ሊገድላቸዉ ሆነ፡፡ አሁን የቤቱንም የዉጩንም ስራ ብቻየን ይዠዋለሁ›› በማለት ልብን የሚሰብረዉን ግለ ታሪክ አጫወተኝ፡፡
ሌላዉ አጋጣሚ ደግሞ እንደዚህ ነዉ፡፡ በህዝብ ትራንስፖርት ወገራ አዉራጫ ዉስጥ ኮሶዬ ከሚባል ቦታ ደርሼ ለመምጣት ተሳፈርኩ፡፡ መኪና ውስጥ ከፖለቲካ ዉጭ የሚወራ ወሬ መጥፋቱን አስተዋልኩ፡፡ በቃ ግማሹ መንግስትን ተቃዉሞ ከፊሉ ደግሞ መነታረክ ነዉ፡፡ ስሄድ ምንም ሳልናገር ደረስኩ፡፡ ስመለስም ሌላ የፖለቲካ ንትርክ ካለባት ሚኒባስ ውስጥ ገባሁ፡፡ እርግጠኛ ነኝ- የፓርላማ ሰዎች ያን ያክል ውይይት አያደርጉም፡፡ ወደ ጎንደር ከተማ ስንቃረብ ግን ፖለቲካዉ ‹ቅማንት- አማራ› ሆነ፡፡ አንድ መሀል ሰፋሪ ወጣት ነገሩን አቀጣጠለዉ፡፡
ከአምባ ጊዎርጊስ የተሳፈረ ግለሰብ ሸምበቂት ከምትባል አነስተኛ መንደር ሲወርድ ‹አቀጣጣዩን› ልጅ ‹ቅማንት ስለሆንክ እወድሀለሁ!› ብሎት ወረደ፡፡ ግራ ገባኝ፡፡ ይህ ጎጠኝነት ገበሬዉ ድረስ ስር መስደዱ አሳዘነኝም አንገበገበኝም፡፡ ከደቂቃዎች በኋላ ከጀርባየ ካለዉ ወንበር የተቀመጡት ሁለት ሰዎች ሊደባደቡ ሲታገሉ ዞርኩ፡፡ መኪናው ቆሞ ሰዎቹን መገላገል ያዝን፡፡
ከአፍታ በፊት በወዳችነት ሲያወሩ የነበሩት ግለሰቦች ለምን እንደተጣሉ አጣራንና የበለጠ አዘንን፡፡ ሊደባደብ የሚገለገለዉ ሰዉዬ ‹እኔ በአባቴ ቅማንት ነኝ፡፡ እርሱም ቅማንት ነዉ፡፡ የሚኖረዉ ጎንደር ዙሪያ ሆኖ ሳለ እባክህ በእናንተ አካባቢ ‹ኮሶየ› ምሽት ፈልግልኝ አለኝ፡፡ ጎንደር ዙሩያ ጠፍቶ ነዉ ኮሶየ ድረስ ምሽት ፍለጋ የምትመጣዉ? ስለዉ ከዚህማ ሁሉም አማራ ሆነብኝ፡፡ ቅማንት ከእናንተ አካባቢ ብዙ አለ ብየ እኮ ነዉ ይለኛል፡፡ አማራ ቢሆኑ ምን ችግር አለዉ? ብየ ስመልስለት ‹ደሞ ከነዚህ ‹እንትኖች› ጋር ነዉ የምጋባዉ? ሲለኝ ስሜቴን መቆጣጠር አቃተኝ!›› በማለት ሲያብራራ እኔ የምናገረዉ ስላልነበረኝ ዝም አልኩ፡፡ አብረዉ የነበሩ ሊደባደቡም የከጀሉ፣ የተጨቃጨቁም፣ ብዙ ያወሩም አሉ፡፡
የተሳደበዉ ግለሰብ ዝምታን መርጧል፡፡ ጥፋተኛነቱን ያመነ ይመስል ነበር፡፡
ግን ከዚህ ሁሉ ምን እንመለከታለን? ዘረኝነትና ጎጠኝነት ገጠር ካልተማረው ማህበረሰብ ድረስ ገብቷል፡፡ በአርማጭሆ፣ ወገራና መተማ በዚህ አመት ብቻ በርካታ ጥንዶች ትዳራቸዉን አፍርሰዋል፡፡ ልጆቻቸዉን በትነዋል፡፡ በሰሜን ጎንደር ዞን ያሉ ፍርድ ቤቶች በዚህ አመት ያስተናገዱት የፍች ጥያቄ ከዚህ በፊት ካለዉ ዘመን ጋር የሚነጻጸር አይደለም፡፡
ለእኔ እስከሚገባኝ ቅማንትና አማራ መካከል ምንም ልዩነት አላየሁም፡፡ የሚኖረበት ቦታ፣ የሚናገሩት ቋንቋ፣ የሚያመልኩት ሀይማኖት፣ የሚመገቡት…. ሁሉ ተመሳስሎ ሳለ ለምን ግን መለያየት አስፈለገ? የ‹ቅማንት ብሄረሰብ› አለባቸዉ በተባሉ ቦታዎች ሁሉ ዞሬ ለመታዘብ እንደቻልኩት ከ‹አማራዉ› የተለየ ቋንቋና ባህል አልገጠመኝም፡፡ ይህ መሬት ላይ ያለ እዉነታ ነዉ፡፡ ቅማንት የሚባል ቋንቋ ነበር፡፡ አሁንም በእድሜ ገፋ ያሉ ሰዎች እንችላለን ያሉኝ አሉ፡፡ አባ ወንበሩ መርሻ (የቅማንት መሪ) ከመሞታዉ በፊት ይህን ጉዳይ አረጋግጠዉልኛል፡፡
በእኔ እምነት ይህ ቋንቋ ፈጽሞ ከመጥፋቱ በፊት ዩንቨርሲቲዎቻችን (በተለይም የጎንደር ዩንቨርሲቲ) መዝገበ ቃላትና ሰዋሰዉን ማስቀረት አለባቸዉ፡፡ ፈቃደኛ የሖኑ ሰዎችም ሊማሩበት ይችላሉ፡፡ ነገር ግን ይህ መሰረታዊ እዉነታ መሬት ላይ ባለበት መልኩ እርስ በራስ ቅራኔ ውስጥ መግባቱ እጅግ አስቀያሚና ኋላ ቀር የሆነ አስተሳሰብ ነዉ፡
ኣጼ ዉሃ- Debre Tabor Gondar by Muluken Tesfaw
ኣጼ ዉሃ- Debre Tabor Gondar by Muluken Tesfaw: http://youtu.be/wH3UQJ-vYuE
Sefardi Haredi Rabbi Refuses To Allow Ethiopian Jews To Marry
Failed Messiah
By Shmarya Rosenberg
The Sefardi chief rabbi of the Israeli city of Petah Tikva has allegedly repeatedly refused to allow Ethiopian Jewish couples to marry, forcing them to leave the city and get married elsewhere, the Times of Israel reported based on a report on Army Radio.
Rabbi Benjamin Atias is a member of the Sefardi haredi Shas Party and the brother of former Housing and Construction Minister Ariel Atias. He allegedly refuses to grant permission for the Ethiopian Jews to marry because he denies (or questions) their Jewishness.
10,000 Ethiopian Jews live in Petah Tikva.
Dachilo Abaye, an Ethiopian Jew Atias refused to allow to marry, reportedly told Army Radio that members of his community were getting married exiled from the city with “hatred for the rabbinate” instead of “joy and happiness.”
“No one can question the Jewishness of Jewish Ethiopians,” Abaye insisted.
There are no civil marriages in Israel. Mixed marriages between Jews and non-Jews are not allowed (unless the Jew converts first to another recognized religion). And all Israeli Jews are forced to marry through the country’s haredi-controlled Chief Rabbinate and its local affiliates.
Until a new law was passed over vehement haredi objections in October 2013, Jewish Israelis were forced to marry in the city where their official residence was located. They needed rabbinic approval for the marriage, and the marriage had to be performed by a local state-sanctioned and state-employed Orthodox rabbi like Atais.
But since October, Jewish Israelis are free to some extent rabbi-shop and can marry outside their home communities. However, all of the other restrictions on marriage, including the necessity to have the ceremony conducted by a state-approved Orthodox rabbi and the need to have a marriage registrar who works under the authority of those Orthodox rabbis approve the marriage beforehand.
“The law and the Chief Rabbinate of Israel’s procedure mandates that any rabbi who registers marriages serve every Jewish Israeli citizen without discrimination, including members of the Ethiopian community. If a breach of the law or procedure will be discovered in this case, the issue will be thoroughly investigated and rectified,” Israel’s Chief Rabbinate reportedly said in a statement.
Several months ago, the state-recognized chief rabbi of Israel’s Ethiopian Jewish community, Rabbi Yosef Adana, reportedly told the Chief Rabbinate about Atias’ refusal to marry Ethiopian Jews. That reportedly led to a special arrangement that gives 14 Ethiopian rabbis special permission to act as marriage registrars and perform marriages for Ethiopian Jews.
Atias’ behavior is odd because his former leader and mentor, the late supreme Sefardi haredi leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, ruled in 1973 as Israel’s Sefardi Chief Rabbi that Ethiopian Jews are 100% Jewish and do not need to be converted. Yosef ruling as adopted by the entire Chief Rabbinate in the late 1980s and became the law of the land.
However, except for followers of Yosef and a handful of Ashkenazi haredi rabbis, haredim completely reject Yosef’s ruling and the subsequent decisions by the Chief Rabbinate and the country to follow it. Some recognize as Jewish only Ethiopian Jews who have undergone conversion through a recognized Orthodox beit din (religious court) while others refuse to recognize Ethiopian Jews as Jewish unless their conversions were done through an Ashkenazi haredi beit din.
መሣፍንት ባዘዘው: ጎንደሬ አድምጥ!
ጎንደሬ አድምጥ!
(መሣፍንት ባዘዘው)ዛሬ ልወርድብህ ነው! ከዛ መሃል ፒያሳ ላይ ከቆመው የመይሳው ሃውልት ላይ ተለጥፈህ ፎቶ መነሳትህን ተው!! ለጊዜው የቴዲ ልጅ ነኝ እያልክ መዝፈኑንም ያዝ አድርገው።ጀግና ሳንሆን የጀግና ልጅ ነኝ እያሉ መኮፈስ ይብቃን!! የቴዎዽሮስ ሃሞት እንጥፍጣፊዋ እንኳ ከኛ ዘንድ ሳትኖር እንዴት የጀገናውን ስም በከንቱ እንጠራዋለን?
(መሣፍንት ባዘዘው)ዛሬ ልወርድብህ ነው! ከዛ መሃል ፒያሳ ላይ ከቆመው የመይሳው ሃውልት ላይ ተለጥፈህ ፎቶ መነሳትህን ተው!! ለጊዜው የቴዲ ልጅ ነኝ እያልክ መዝፈኑንም ያዝ አድርገው።ጀግና ሳንሆን የጀግና ልጅ ነኝ እያሉ መኮፈስ ይብቃን!! የቴዎዽሮስ ሃሞት እንጥፍጣፊዋ እንኳ ከኛ ዘንድ ሳትኖር እንዴት የጀገናውን ስም በከንቱ እንጠራዋለን?
ወልቃይት ሲቆረስ ዝም! ጠገዴ ሲቆረስ ዝም! ዋልድባ ሲታረስ ዝም! አርማጭሆ ሲሸጥ ዝም! የቴዎድሮስ ሃገር ቋራ ሲሸጥ ዝም! ትውልድ በጫት ሱስ እዬደነዘዘ ፣ የትምህርት ፖሊሲው ጥራት እያሽቆለቆለ… እያዬህ “እምቢ!” ማለት ካቃተህ የቴዎድሮስ ልጅ ነኝ አትበለኝ። አሁንስ በዛ ብለህ መነሳት ከቃተህ …እንኳን ከመይሣው ሃውልት ላይ ፎቶ ልትነሳ ነው እና በአጠገቡ ማለፍ የለብህም። እውነት እኔ እዛ ሃውልት ላይ ተደግፌ ፎቶ መነሳት አፍራለሁ። ሌላውን ሁሉ ተወው! እስኪ የወያኔን ሃሳብ ከመደገፍ ተቆጠብ።እስኪ መጀመሪያ በሃሳብ ደረጃ “እምቢ!” በል!
እስኪ ግራ እና ቀኝህን ተመልከት! ያቺ የተቀደሰች ከተማ በጫት ቤቶች ስትሞላ እየታዬህ አይደለም?ትንንሾችህ በአንተ እግር እዬተተኩ ወደ ሱስ እዬገቡ እንደሆን አስተውለሃል? ከ20 አመት በፊት የነበሩት ቸቸላ ሆስፒታል እና ፖሊ ክሊኒክ ስንት ሆስፒታል እና ክሊኒክ ተጨመረላቸው? ወገንህን እሲኪ ቸቸላ ላይ ሄደህ እየው…ሜዳ ላይ እንደ ምናምንቴ ወዳድቆልሃል!ፋሲለደስ ስንት ሃይድኩል ወለደ? ምንም!! ስንት ፋብሪካ ተተከለ? …… የወያኔን ሴራ ከአንተ የበለጠ ማን ያውቀዋል? እና ምነው ተኛህ? ኧረ ንቃ!!!
በእንግሊዝ ፕሪሚየር ሊግ እዬተቧደንክ ከመነታረክ እስኪ ስለ ቴዎድሮስ መንፈስ ተወያይ። እውነት የቴዎድሮስ ልጅ መሆናችንን በተግባር እናሳይ!! ዘፈን ብቻ ሰለቸኝ!! የኛም ትውልድ ቴዲን አምጦ ይውለድ እና መጭው ትውልድ ይዝፈንልን!! በየመጠጥ ቤቱ የአራዳ ልጅ፣ የፒያሳ ልጅ እያልክ በቢራ ጠርሙስ ስትፈነካከት ለም መሬትህ ለሱዳን ተቸብችቦ አለቀልህ…እስኪ በየቀበሌ መቧደንክን ትተህ አንድ ሁን እና በጠላትህ በወያኔ ላይ ተነስ!!
የተዋበች የምንተዋብ ፣የጥሃይቱ ሴት ልጆች በየሺሻ ቤቱ ሲውሉ እያዬህ እንዴት አስቻለህ? ከትንንሽ እህቶችህ ጋር የሺሻ ገመድ እዬተቀባበልክ ስታጨስ ምንም አይሰማህም?? ኧረ እንደተኛን ነግቶ ተመልሶ መሸ………
Ethiopia’s Timket festival in Gondar
http://youtu.be/GI3GYFypKTA
Every year during Timket — the holiest holiday on the Ethiopian Orthodox Christian calendar — thousands of pilgrims flock to the city of Gondar to immerse themselves in holy water. Two days of festivities ends in a jovial splash about.Holy festival
- Timket is an Ethiopian holy festival that re-enacts the baptism of Jesus
- Historical bath is filled with holy water for the festival, pilgrims jump in
- Thousands of visitors flock to Gondar for the event
- Priests parade replicas of the Ark of the Covenant
Gondar, Ethiopia (CNN) — France has Lourdes, India has the Ganges. Ethiopia, meanwhile, has Gondar.
Situated about 450 miles north of Addis Ababa, encapsulated by hills and tall trees, and dotted with 17th-century relics from the city’s glory days (when it was the country’s capital), Gondar today can seem somewhat remote. During the religious festival of “Timket,” however, the city is inundated with pilgrims who come to re-enact the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan, and take a dip in the holy waters at the historical Fasilides Bath.
Nearly two thirds of Ethiopia’s 94 million population is Christian, and the majority of those belong to the Orthodox church. For them, Timket — celebrating the Epiphany — is among the most important occasions of the year. It’s is a two-day affair that begins with a procession of “tabots,” holy replicas of the Ark of the Covenant — the sacred chests described in the Book of Exodus as carrying the stone tablets on which the 10 Commandments were written.
The tabots are wrapped in cloth and placed on the heads of Ethiopian Orthodox Christian priests, who parade the streets en route to the bath. The priests, clad in ceremonial robes, are escorted by drums and by the clapping and singing of worshipers, who hold an overnight vigil until dawn.
There are services the following morning which culminate in the priests blessing the waters of the historic bath, while onlookers crowd every nook surrounding the bath — some getting a pristine view from nearby trees.
When the priests are done, the mood turns jubilant, and the spectators rush to jump into the pool.
The water is now sacred, and the sick shall be cured
Ezra Adis, head priest
Ezra Adis, head priest
“The water is blessed in the name of the Holy Trinity … in the name of God. The water is now sacred, and the sick shall be cured,” explains Ezra Adis, the head priest at the local Medhanelem Church.
“That is why the young people who jump in first get excited; it is a spiritual love,” he adds.
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The plunge is so swift that some participants get battered in the process — though most are unperturbed by a few scratches.
Awaiting daybreak during Timket
Holy water wash away sins“I jumped from high above,” boasts one man who dived into the waters from one of the nearby trees.
“I was apprehensive,” he adds. “The branches could give way and you could fall on the rock edge of the pool, and there was a possibility I could have lost my life, but at this moment, I am doing what I feel good about, and that possibility of death doesn’t scare me.”
The Timket festival dates back to the 16th century, but it was marked only in churches until the baptismal ceremonies were introduced, explains Bantalem Tadesse Tedla, a historian at the University of Gondar.
The baptisms, usually held on January 19, are celebrated differently in other parts of the country. “There are three options for Timket,” says Tedla. “To be immersed, to collect water from three pipes and pour it on people, or to collect water and sprinkle it — it depends on the availability of water.
“In Gondar, the first is implemented, because of the existence of this very important building,” he adds, referring to the stone bath — a UNESCO world heritage site built in 1632 for King Fasil (Fasiledes).
As the afternoon winds down, people begin to leave the pool and head back to the streets, but the festivities aren’t quite over. Each tabot is now paraded back to its respective church with crowds of onlookers eager to get one last look at them.
Back at the churches, it’s a different, quieter scene. Congregants fill the church grounds to listen in on a final service, and after a closing prayer it’s time to send the tabot back inside the church to its resting place.
The locals will eventually return to their homes for a special feast, but in the meantime, the celebrations on the streets of Gondar continue — a chance for orthodox Christians to celebrate and come together for one of the most sacred and festive days of the year.
የጎንደር ከተማ የጎብኝዎች ካርታ ተዘጋጀ
Thursday, 06 February 2014
የጎንደር ከተማ የጎብኝዎች ካርታው ለጎብኝዎች የተሟላ መረጃ ለማቅረብና የጎብኝዎችን ቁጥር ለማሳደግ እንደሚያግዝ የባህልና ቱሪዝም ሚኒስቴር አስታወቋል፡፡
በጎንደር ከተማ የሚገኙ መስህቦችንና በዙሪያዋ ያሉ የመስህብ ስፍራዎችን የሚመለከት ሙሉ መረጃ የሚሰጥ የጎብኝዎች ካርታ በስፔን መንግስትና በጎንደር ከተማ አስተዳደር ትብብር ተዘጋጅቶ ይፋ ሆኗል፡፡
የጎንደር ከተማን የጎበኝዎች ካርታ በዋናነት ያዘጋጁት ፕሮፌሰር ኤድዋርደ ማርቲን በክልሉ የሚገኙ የመስህብ ስፍራዎችን የሚገልጽ ካርታ ለመስራት ያሰበው የቅርስ ጥናት ስራውን በጎንደር ሲያካሂድ እንደነበር ገልጿል፡፡
‹‹ የጎንደርን የጎብኝዎች ካርታ ለመስራት ያስብኩት የቅርስ ጥናት ስራ እየሰራሁ በነበረበት ጊዜ ነው፡፡ ሁሉንም ታሪካዊ ቦታዎችና የአማራ ክልልን የተፈጥሮና የታሪክ ስብጥር ለመለካት እነዚህን መረጃዎች ለጎብኝዎች በሚሰጥ ካርታ ቢዘጋጅ ጥሩ እንደሆነ አሰብኩ፡፡ ሁሉንም መረጃዎች በተመሳሳይ ይዘት እና ካርታ ላይ ለጎብኝዎች ለማካተትም ቻልኩ፡፡››
የባህልና ቱሪዝም ሚኒስትር ዴኤታ ወ/ሮ ታደለች ዳሌቾ የተዘጋጀው ካርታ ታሪካዊ ስፍራዎችን ለሚጎበኙ ሰዎች ሙሉ መረጃ ከመስጠት ባለፈ የጎብኚዎችን ቁጥር ለማሳደግና የጊዜ ቆይታ ለማራዘም ያግዛል ብለዋል፡፡
በ27 ሺህ ዩሮ የተዘጋጀው የጎንደር ከተማ የጎብኝዎች ካርታ በናሽናል ጅኦግራፊ ተቀባይነት አግኝቷል፡፡
የጎንደር ከተማ እንደ በጎርጎሮሳውያኑ ዘመን ቀመር በ1979 በአለም የቅርስ መዝገብ የታሪካዊ ቅርሶች መገኛ በሚል መመዝገቡ ይታወሳል፡፡
ሪፖርተር፡-የልቤ ማዘንጊያ
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Astounding Revelations on the Road to Gondar, Ethiopia the Garden of Eden
02/03/2014
By Bernard Anderson, MD
It was April, 2008, a bleak 5 A.M. in Meskel Square, Addis Ababa that we set out for Gondar, 740 kilometers away on the Sky Bus. It was my third time to make the trip, and I was no longer glued to the vistas on the other side of the window as the bus speedily but steadily made its way through the mountains and villages of the Ethiopian northern highlands. I soon fell asleep, hypnotized by the cold and dark of an Ethiopian morning 2,200 meters above sea level, as well as by the rolling neon sign in big red characters above the driver’s head declaring to all: “Young Entrepreneur, German Engineering, Chinese Price…Young Entrepreneur, German Engineering, Chinese…”.
First stop at Dejen marked a successful passage through “The Gorge”- a deep valley cut by the Ghion of the bible, or the Abbay of the Ethiopians, themselves the children of Kis (later the Cush/Kush of the Hebrew), recorded first in the hieroglyphs of Kmt in 1970 BCE.There we got a chance to stretch our legs, use the bathroom and to have lunch in any of several small hotels. All aboard again, we set off to Gondar passing through the towns of Debre Markos, Dembecha, Finote Selam, Injibara, Dangla and finally Bahirdar, at the southern point of lake Tana, (Ethiopia’s largest lake and Africa’s 2nd largest), from where it pours it’s waters into the head of the Abbay to become the Blue Nile in the Sudan.
In Sudan it joins the White Nile at Khartoum, from where it runs for 200 hundred miles north to the city of Saba (Merowe since about 500 BCE), This Saba, was a place where many Ethiopian kings and queens ruled from. There at Saba/Merowe the Nile is joined by the fabled Atbara, “From there the Nile runs for 1700 more miles to the Mediterranean sea as the longest river on the planet Earth giving the gifts of life, high culture, and civilization from the Anu, or the Anu/Agu. The first gifts were to Kmt, meaning Black Land. Kmt, later named Egypt by the Greeks, passed them on to the world. Yes, this same Kmt made us know Osiris, Thoth, Isis, Horus and Maat; gave us Imhotep, the architect of Sacara’s Step Pyramid in 2,700 BCE and according to Breasted, was the author of the Smith papyrus. This African Imhotep, was deified posthumously as God of Medicine 2000 years before Hippocrates swore in his “Oath” to him in the name of Asclepius; the same Kmt gave us the city Akhetaten that made us know one God, the primary creative force of nature, whose emblem was the solar disc and also gave us Moses, who tamed the Apiru/Habiru, gave them the law and even the name of their God Jehovah. This generous Kmt, also gave the world the art of writing. These are just a few of the gifts of Kmt and the Nile, the child of Tana and Atbara. How sad now to see Kmt embroiled in conflict and totally disconnected from its glorious and special past. Read More Bernard-Anderson-MD-Road to Gondar
የአማራ ክልል ም/ ፕሬዚዳንት እና የብአዴን ጽ/ቤት ሃላፊ የሆኑት አቶ አለምነው መኮንን የስድብ ውርጅብኝ
የአማራ ክልል ም/ ፕሬዚዳንት እና የብአዴን ጽ/ቤት ሃላፊ የሆኑት አቶ አለምነው መኮንን “የአማራው ህዝብ ሰንፋጭ የሆነ ትምክተኝነት የተጠናወተው በመሆኑ በቤንሻንጉልና በሌሎችም ቦታዎች ለመሰደዱ ምክንያት ሆኖታል” በማለት፣ ለብአዴን ነባርና አዳዲስ ካድሬዎች ተናግረዋል።
ካድሬዎቹ “የአማራው ህዝብ ለምን ይሰደዳል? ለምን በእየክልሉ ጥቃት ይደርስበታል? አማራውን ከጥቃት ለመከላከል ለምን ሙከራ አይደረግም በማለት ጥያቄ ያቀረቡ ሲሆን፣ ም/ል ፕሬዚዳንቱ የአማራው ህዝብ በቅድሚያ እንዳይሰደድ ለማድረግ ስራ እየተሰራ ነው፣ ነገር ግን ከተሰደደ በሁዋላም ቢሆንም ሰንፋጭ የሆነውን ትምክህተኝነቱን በመተው ከሌላው ጋር ለመኖር መልመድ አለበት ብለዋል።
አማራው “በባዶ እግሩ እየሄደ የሚናገረው ንግግር ግን መርዝ ነው” ያሉት ምክትል አስተዳዳሪውና የብአዴን የጽህፈት ቤት ሃላፊው፣ ይሄ መርዝ ንግግሩ አንድ የሚያደርግ አይደለም ሲሉ አክለዋል።
ከኢትዮጵያውያን ጋር አብሮ ለመኖር አማራው የትምክህት ለሃጩን ማራገፍ አለበት ያሉት አቶ አለምነው፣ ይሄ ለሃጭ ሳይራገፍ በጋራ መኖር አይቻልም ሲሉ ድምድመዋል።
ማንኛውም ስም ያወጣ ሙትቻ ፓርቲ ሁሉ መንገሻው አማራ ክልል ነው ያሉት ምክትል ፕሬዚዳንቱ፣ ምክንያቱንም ሲገልጹ ትምክህትን እንደ ምግብ ስለሚመገበው ነው ብለዋል። ያንን ምግብ እየተመገበ እንደሚያቅራራም ገልጸዋል።