Calendar notes: as the Ramadan fasting ended in May, the Orthodox Senay Tsom starts on 8th June (running until 12th July). A few weeks later, in Lalibela on 19th June it is the Senay Mikael festival that combines with the anniversary of King Lalibela’s death 799 years ago. This is the 2nd biggest day in […]
Negussie Toye Dribssa was my neighbour. When we first moved he was always in remote parts of Ethiopia, ‘searching for a bird’. On finally meeting him he took us on a wonderful bird watching walk, first explaining what we might see, given the landscape, climate, and season. On stopping to listen to a cacophony of
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Turmeric is a widely known spice that comes from a rhizome belonging to the same family as ginger. It has been used in Ayurveda medicine and in the beauty industry for thousands of years. It is used in dye, culinary dishes including hair and skincare products as an active ingredient. The spice also provides protection
Lovegrass Ethiopia, an Ethiopian Teff brand based in London and Addis Ababa, won the Gold medal in the ‘Breakfast Foods’ category for Crispy Teff Flakes at the thirteenth annual FreeFrom Food Awards (UK). The Awards, the UK’s only industry awards for freefrom food, were started in 2008 by FoodsMatter to encourage innovation and celebrate excellence.
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Coins have a unique significance in the history of Aksum. They are particularly important because they provide evidence of Aksum and its rulers. The inscriptions on the coins highlight the fact that Aksumites were a literate people with knowledge of both Ge’ez and Greek languages. Gold coins were inscribed in Greek and often intended for
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“By staying home today, we can travel tomorrow”. This message is from the UN’s World Tourism Organization in response to COVID-19. Tourism will be the hardest hit of all economic sectors. But tourism has shown an unparalleled ability to recover from crisis and is uniquely positioned to lead wider societal recovery, driving economic growth, creating
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What’s in Homemade Vegetable Soup? To make this hearty vegetable broth soup, simply chop up all or some of the veggies listed below and place them in a large stockpot or Dutch oven. Fill the pot with roughly 6 quarts of water, leaving about an inch of headspace. Bring the vegetable soup to a boil,
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Israel is set to get its first Ethiopia-born minister, with the nomination of a female MP brought there in a secret operation in the 1980s. Pnina Tamano-Shata has been chosen by incoming deputy prime minister Benny Gantz, who is forming a unity government with PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel’s Ethiopian-Jewish community often complains of discrimination. Incidents
A virtual visit to the highlands of Ethiopia is more fun that a barrel full of monkeys in that you will meet one of the world’s most fascinating primates — the Gelada baboons. See link below. The baboons have a dynamic and complex social structure, second only to man’s, making them a fascinating animal to
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