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Funeral Ceremony of Sidama People (South Ethiopia)

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Senior Essay, Hana Gabriel, 2011, Hawassa University,  Department of Anthropology CHTPTER THREE 3.1 Background of the Area Sidama people found in southern nations, nationalities and people of  Ethiopia . It covers the area of 69818.8 meter square of land. Sidama zone share a border with oromiya in south-west and northwest, Gedio and Oromiya again in south and Wolaita in west side (SNNPR profile 2001) Sidama zone has three kinds of ecological zone “dega, woynadega and kola”. According to the 1999 census the population number of Sidama zone Is 2,966,652. Hawassa is the central city of  Sidama  zone its about 270km south of the federal capital city  Addis Ababa . (SNNPR profile 2001). Sidama zone have many natural and manmade heritages like Logita and Bonora waterfalls, megalithic in local language “sodiya” natural caves and natural bridges also found. For the ritual and recreational purpose there are hot streams like “gedabo, burketo ,wondogenet, and lake are found. Differen

ትክክለኛ አስተሳሰብ ሲኖርህ ትክክለኛ ሰው ትሆናለህ

ለቃላት ትክክለኛና ጥርት ያለ ትርጉም ለመስጠት ብሎም የቃላትን ብዥታና (vagueness) አሻሚነትን (ambiguity) ለማስወገድ ለእያንዳንዱ ቃል በተለያየ አውድ ውስጥ የሚኖረውን ብያኔ በትክክል መረዳትና እያንዳንዱንም ቃል በተገቢውና በትክክለኛ ቦታ ብቻ መጠቀም እንደሚገባ የቋንቋ ፍልስፍና ሊቃውንት ያስተምራሉ፡፡ ለምሳሌ “ደረቅ እንጀራ አለ” እና “ለምለም እንጀራ አለ” የሚሉትን በአዲስ አበባ እና በሐዋሳ ከተሞች የተለመዱ ሁለት የእንጀራ ሽያጭ ማስታወቂዎችን የቃላት አጠቃቀም ትክክለኝነትን ብናነጻጽር “ደረቅ እንጀራ” የሚለው ቃል “ድርቆሽ እንጀራ” የሚለውንም ትርጉም በውስጡ ስለሚይዝ የበለጠ አሻሚ (ambigious) ሆኖ እናገኘዋለን፡፡ የእስራኤሉ ንጉስ ዳዊት የሚሞትበት ቀን በቀረበ ጊዜ ልጁ ሰሎሞንን ያዘዘው ዋነኛ ትእዛዝ “ሰው ሁን” የሚል እንደነበር በመጽሐፈ ነገስት ቀዳማዊ እናነባለን፡፡ ሰው ሆኖ ከተፈጠረ በኋላ ሰው ሁን ተብሎ መታዘዙ ሰው መሆን በስጋና በደም ጸንቶ ከመንቀሳቀስ የዘለለ መለኪያ እንዳለው የሚያስረዳ ነው፡፡ ታላቁ የግሪክ ፈላስፋ አሪስጣጣሊስ “ማሰብ የሰውነት መገለጫ ነው” ሲል ደግሞ አንዱ መስፈሪያ ማሰብ (thinking) መሆኑን ይመሰክራል፡፡ “ማሰብ የሰውነት መገለጫ ነው” በሚለው ዓረፍተ ነገር የተስማማ ሰው “ትክክለኛ አስተሳሰብ ያለው ሰው ደግሞ ትክክለኛ ሰው ነው” የሚለውን ዓረፍተ ነገር እውነትነትም በአመክንዮ መርህ መቀበል ይኖርበታል፡፡ በርግጥም ሁሉም ሰዎች ማሰባቸው እውነታ ቢሆንም ሁሉም ሰዎች በትክክል ማሰባቸው ግን በጥያቄ ምልክት መቀመጥ የሚገባው ጉዳይ ነው፤ ምክንያቱም በህጸጽ የተሞላ አስተሳሰብ ያላቸው በርካታ ሰዎች ህጸጾቻቸውንና የተሳሳተ ድምዳሜያቸውን በየደቂቃው በንግግራቸውም ሆነ በጽሁፋቸው ሲገልጹ ይስተዋላሉና

GONE FISHING

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Wild fishery in Ethiopia is conducted using traditional methods, as seen in this picture, where two young boys are cleaning fish that were caught in Hawassa Lake, located 273Km from Addis Abeba.  The two boys work for a local hotel which sells the fish for 20 Br each. Various data indicate that the aquatic resources of Ethiopia are underexplored and underexploited. From a production potential of about 50,000tn a year, only about 15,000tn are being utilised, according to researchers. http://addisfortune.net/articles/gone-fishing/

PUBLIC SERVICE

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Although close to 5,000 pay phones are found in Ethiopia, most of them are not working properly and are used for different functions. The phone booth, minus the phone, in the picture is in Hawassa town, where a street vendor selling books is seen using it as shelter from the sun. It would seem that ethio-telecom has forgotten that although there has been a significant increase in mobile phone users, the majority of the population still relies on landline phones and public phone booths. http://addisfortune.net/articles/public-service/