Observations about Traditional Community Feasts and their Free Use of Space: a Symbolism of Community

                                                   Wolbert Smidt

Modern times are both marked by a great belief in change, progression, and improvements in technology and economy – while often moving away from established traditions, including age-old feasts. At the same time, modernization is marked by repeated rediscoveries of traditional

Pre-Aksumite Evidence from the Betä Gǝyorgis Archaeological Site (Central Tǝgray)

                                           Kathryn Bard

Aksum was an early African state that arose in the highlands of northern Ethiopia in the late 1^st millennium BCE. Origins of this ancient kingdom are unclear, but archaeological excavations on Betä Gǝyorgis Hill at Aksum, by the University of Naples “L’Orientale” and Boston

Dǝbartä and Tǝgray Females’ Spiritual Power 

               Hagos Abrha Abay

With an erratic pattern of congregated women’s time-space, Tǝgray culture, and folk belief are endowed with a multi-fasted narrative of female spirits like däqqi ḥǝdrti/ḥalwul: branded, at the same time concealed tales of nymphs and elves in most parts of Tǝgray

Dances of Joy and Agony: The Kunama of Tigray               

     Mitiku Gabrehiwot Tesfaye

The Kunama are a Nilotic people sandwiched between Ethiopia and Eritrea. This research focuses on the Kunama of Tigray on the border.

ጉማየ ኣብ ማሕበራዊ ህይወት ገጠራት ሽረ

                       ወልደጊዎርጊስ ገብረሂወት

‘ጉማየ’ ኣብ ገጠራት ከባቢ ሽረ ብወፈራ ኣብ ዝስርሑ ሕርሻዊ ንጥፈታት፣ ማለት እውን ፃህያይ፣ ምሒስ፣ ዓፂድ ዝውቱር እዩ። ወፋሮ ድኻም ከይስምዖምን ሰለጤን ክህልዎምን ይሕግዝን ብዝተፈላለየ መልክዑ ድማ ይቐርብን። ቆልዑ “ሆያ ሆየ” ኣብ ዝብልሉ እዋን እውን 

On Tigray Heritage Self Determination; Clashes on Heritage Sovereignty between International Declarations and FDRE Bylaw

Hiyab Gebretsadik

This research has analyzed the substantive essence of the constitution of Ethiopia on jurisdictions of heritage matters between Federal and State governments, and articulated the FDRE Proclamation No. 209/2000 on its constitutionality and against international 

Heritage of Tigrayan Betä Israelites in Northwestern Tigray, Ethiopia

Friyat Angesom Kidane and  Negasi Awetehey Nega

Betä Israelites in Ethiopia have a debated origin and history. This debated nature and the need to preserve Tigrayan values prompted the  northwestern and western Tigray

Preserving Tigray’s Cultural Heritage: A Family-Level Approach

Alula Tesfay Asfha

The Tigray Region in Ethiopia is home to a diverse cultural heritage that is currently under threat due to armed conflict and destruction.

Speaking Through Food 

                                            Solomon Mezgebe

The anthropology of food helps us see the connection between ethnographic and historical context with current social and cultural issues in food production and consumption systems, and the language of food helps open the key to connecting and relating with one’s heritage, as well as communicating with each other in one’s community and the larger contemporary global community. Food does not just nourish the body but,

Tämben History and Culture: From Music and Folk Art Perspective

Gebrekidan Gebresilassie  Eshetu  

                          Grmay Hailu Lilay

 Tämben (Tembien), a labialization form of Tänben, is a place in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, known for its rich cultural heritage, long and colorful historical significance, art and artisanship, music, and religious practices. Tämben has a proud history of heroism and is the birthplace of many heroes and heroines, kings and queens of Tigray, Ethiopia, and Africa at large, including the first black African general, General

The Lineage and Spiritual Biography of Saint Yared

                             Fisseha Hailu Gebregiorgis

The legendary Axumite hymnologist St Yared was born when the Axumite Empire was on the course of its zenith in civilization, which was one of the four world superpowers at that time. One of the remarkable Axumite civilizations was the invention of Gǝʿǝz writing system as such genre represents a decisive