Worancha ወራንቻ

Most trips southwards will include a stop in the Sidamo region, the very lush area of southern Ethiopia, best known for its moka coffee and selection of tropical fruits. To break our journey south, we decided to start with a relaxing stop at Aregash Lodge in Yirga Alem, about 45 minutes south of Lake Awassa. The lodge is famous for being the best run in Southern Ethiopia. Owned by an Italian-Greek couple who inherited a piece of land for having helped Hailé Sélassié and his family during the troubled times of the 1970s (or so I was told), it is a small family place with only about ten tukuls, or traditional round houses, arranged as bedrooms suites. The lodge is very comfortable in a green and secluded private park, and offers home made organic food with fruit and vegetables from their own garden. During our stay there, we met two other families we knew from Addis, who had the same idea of spending Christmas Eve at the lodge. a rural dwelling, typical of the Sidamo region The

In the 1980s, the Ethiopian Tourism Commission published several books. The text that follows is from one of those books, titled  Ethiopians and The Houses They Live In , written and illustrated by Jill Last. The book is broken up into various regions of Ethiopia. I've copied the section on Sidamo, as that is where most children from Sele Enat are from. ___________________________________________________ Sidamo Region, stretching from Lake Abaya to Lake Awassa, is the deep south and the name instantly conjures up a picture of green coffee-growing country. The huge shady forest trees dense on the mountain slopes, and the brighter green of the ubiquitous ensete plant which surrounds every smallholding, fades gradually to the brown and sand of the semi-desert near the Kenya border. Ensete actually exists as a wild plant throughout tropical Africa but the sixty-eight cultivated varieties grow exclusively in Ethiopia. Ensete is a root tuber, the same sort of thing as a yam, an

ፎቶ ከፌስቡክ This is a traditional split bamboo plaited roundhouse by the Sidama people of Ethiopia. The dome, with its pointy top, is designed to shed heavy rainfall where a circular dome would have a flat region prone to leaks. Bamboo once played an important role in the rural economies of East Africa but indiscriminate clearing of natural bamboo forests have resulted in losing natural resources and many of the traditional building skills. You can find out more about traditional bamboo construction at  The International Network for Bamboo and Rattan .  የቀርካሃ እንዴት ማልማት እንደምገባ የምተርከውን መጽሀፍ ከታች ያንቡ ቀርካሃን እንዴት ማልማት ይቻላል

አዋሳ ሐምሌ 04/2005 በግብርና የህብረት ስራ ልማት ዘርፍ መሰረታዊ ለውጥ ለማምጣት መንግስት በሰጠው ትኩረት ሀገር አቀፍ ስተራቴጂ ተነድፎ ተግባራዊ እየተደረገ መሆኑን የፌዴራል ህብረት ስራ ኤጀንሲ ገለፀ፡፡ በሀዋሳ ከተማ ሰሞኑን በተከበረው ሀገር አቀፍ የህብረት ስራ ቀን በዓል ላይ የኤጀንሲው የህዝብ ግንኙነት ዳይሬክተር አቶ ይግዛው ዳኘው እንደገለጹት ግብርና ለኢትዮጵያ እድገት መሰረት፣ ለውጪ ምንዛሬና የአብዛኛው መተዳደሪያ ገቢ ምንጭ መሰረት በመሆኑ ትኩረት ተሰጥቷል፡፡ ስለሆነም ስትራቴጂው የህብረት ስራ ማህበራት ከተለምዶ አሰራር ተላቀው በአደረጃጀት፣ በአሰራር ስርአታቸውና በሰው ሀይላቸው ይበልጥ ጎልበተው የአርሶና አርበቶአደሩን ምርትና ገበያ ማሻሻል ነው ብለዋል፡፡ የግብርና ህብረት ስራ ዘርፍ ልማት ስትራቴጂ በግብርና ትራንስፎርሜሽን ካውንስል ባለፈው አመት ጸድቆ በ2005 በጀት አመት መተግበር ጀምሯል ብለዋል፡፡ ስትራቴጂው ቅድሚያ መተግበር የጀመረው በትግራይ ፣ በኦሮሚያ፣ በደቡብና በአማራ ብሄራዊ ክልሎች የግብርና ዕድገት ፕሮግራም ተግባራዊ ባደረጉ የተመረጡ ወረዳዎች እንደሆነም ገልጸዋል፡፡ በስትራቴጂው ትግበራ የመጀመሪያው ዓመት ከተመዘገቡ ውጤቶች መካከል የህብረት ስራ ማህበራት የላቀ ዕውቅና የመስጠትና የልቀት ማዕከል የማቋቋም ስራ መጀመሩ፣በአራቱ ክልሎች ለሚገኙ ለ9 የህብረት ስራ ዩኔየኖች ከአባላቶቻቸው ምርት በማሰባሰብ ግብይት እንዲፈጽሙ ከ354 ነጥብ 6 ሚሊዮን ብር በላይ ብድር እንዲያገኙ መደረጉ እንደሚገኝበት ተናግረዋል፡፡ ከዚህም ሌላ የማህበራት ግብይት ሰንሰለት ለማሰጠር ትኩረት ተሰጥቶ እየተሰራ ነው ያሉት ዳይሬክተሩ በሰሊጥ፣ በቡና፣ በስንዴ፣ በጤፍ በገብስና በሽምብራ ግብይት የተሰማሩ የህብረት ስራ ዩኒየኖችና የህብረት ስራ ማስፋፊያ አ

Side Goodo “Human inability to alter the course of wretchedness and misery results in a desire for diversion. But the flaw in diverting our attention via diversion lies in the fact that it keeps us from realizing truth: And yet it is the greatest of our miseries. For it is that above all which prevents us thinking about ourselves and leads us imperceptibly to destruction … diversion passes our time and brings us imperceptibly to our death”. (Pascal, 1995. Trns.) Based on naturalistic framework taken for granted by scientifically validated common sense, human beings are considered to be a particular sort of evolved animals, homo sapiens. Thus, undeniably, as a particular animal species, human beings have common attributes that distinguish them from other animal species. However, unlike other animals, human beings have passed through intricate processes of identity development which takes us far beyond the philosophy of human being. Human identity is just that animal identity re

Side Goodo 1. Introduction Time and again the Sidama people have rejected the use of the derogatory term “Sidamo”. The term was a deliberate fabrication by the invading Abyssinian soldiers of King Minelik as part of the campaign to humiliate, undermine and subjugate the newly conquered territories in the South of the country. This article is motivated by the outrageous statements made by Eremias Woldemikael during his email conversations with Kambata Xola of Sidama National Liberation organization (SNLO) regarding the Abyssinian occupation, subjugation and exploitation of the Sidama land. Eremias writes: “When I was referring to Sidama and Oromo relationship, I was using the term ‘Sidama’ in a historical sense. Historians use the term ‘Sidama’ to refer to peoples that lived South of and including some part of Shewa. The term "Sidamo" is used to one of the ethnic groups of those peoples. As you may know the region was conquered by the Oromo during their expansion in the 1

በሲዳማ ዞን አርቤጎና ውስጥ በአገር ሽማግሌዎች የተከወነ የፍትሃዊ ምርጫ ሂደት ተመክሮ እንካችሁ… ምርጫው ሊካሄድ ሁሉም ነገር ተዘጋጅቷል… አስመራጮች… ታዛቢዎች… ጸጥታ አስከባሪዎች… ሽማግሌዎችና ሌሎች የሚመለከታቸው አካላት ሁሉ ቦታ ቦታቸውን ይዘዋል…. መራጩ ህዝብም የምርጫ ካርዱን እንደያዘ ተሰልፎ ይጠባበቃል… ምርጫው ይጭበረበራል፣ ኮሮጆው ሊቀየር ይችላል ብለው የሰጉት የአገር ሽማግሌዎች የራሳቸውን የፍትሃዊ ምርጫ መላ ዘይደዋል… ሁሉም ነገር መጠናቀቁን ሲያረጋግጡም ተነሱ… ለጸጥታ አስከባሪዎችም አሏቸው: ”ቴኔ ኮሮጆ ሃዺ !” … በደምሳሳው ሲተረጎም ”ይህን ኮሮጆ ወዲያ አንሱት!”… ”ኮሮጆውን ውሰዱት!” እንደማለት ሊሆን ይችላል… በመቀጠልም የለበሷቸውን ረጃጅም ቡሉኮዎች (ጋቢዎች) ለሁሉም ግልጽ በሆነ መሃል ቦታ ላይ አነጠፏቸው… ለፍትህና ለሃቅ ቆሙ… ለመራጩ ህዝብም አሉት… ”ኮኤ ፉሺ !…” ”ሃኮ ፉሺ !…” በግርድፉ ሲተረጎምም : ” እዚህ አድርግ! … እዚችው ጣል !”  ” እዚህ አስቀምጥ! … እዚችው ቁጭ አድርግ !” … እንደማለት ሊሆን ይችላል … ሕዝቡ በሽማግሌዎቹ እምነት አለውና አላንገራገረም!… የፓርቲዎች አርማ ያለበትን ወረቀት ወስዶ… ሚስጥራዊ ክፍሏ ውስጥ ገብቶ… የሚመርጠው ምልክት ላይ የ X ምልክቱን አኑሮ… ወረቀቱን እያጣጠፈ ወደ ውጭ ይወጣል… ወደ ተዘረጋው ቡልኮ ላይ ሁሉም እያዩት ወርውሮ ይሄዳል… ሽማግሌዎቹም በንቃት ይጠባበቃሉ… ድንገት የሚያንገራግር… ከሂደቱ የሚያፈነግጥ ሲገኝም ሽማግሌዎቹ ይገስጹታል… ”ኮኤ ፉሺ !…” ”ሃኮ ፉሺ !…” … ይሉታል… ”እዚህ አድርግ! … እዚችው ጣል!” … ወይ ፍንክች!… እያሉ ይመልሱታል… እንዲሁ ቀኑን ሙሉ ”ኮኤ ፉሺ !… ”ሃኮ ፉሺ !…” እንዳሉ ይውሉና ምርጫው ይጠናቀቃ