ETHIOPIA
•LOCATION: EAST AFRICA
•FLAG
•CAPITAL CITY: ADDIS ABABA
•POPULATION: 105 Million (2017)
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Traditional Ethiopian Food
ETHIOPIAN Dish TIbs
Tibs is one of the most popular dishes among Ethiopians.
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INGREDIENTS:
1.2 pounds beef or lamb, cut into bite-sized pieces
2.1 large red onion sliced thin
3.1/4 cup vegetable oil or Ethiopian spiced butter
4.1 teaspoon salt
5.½ or 1 teaspoon black pepper
6.1 or 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
7.1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
8.2 tomatoes, cut into bits
9.1 to 2 jalapenos, deseeded and sliced (add more jalapenos or don’t remove the seeds for extra spicy)
10.2 sprigs fresh rosemary (can use dried rosemary as well)
Instructions:
1.In a nonstick skillet heat oil over high heat. When the oil easily slides across the pan, add the onions, garlic and garlic.
§Cook for about 4 minutes until the onions become translucent. Stir often so the garlic doesn’t burn.
2.Add tomatoes and cook for another 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3.Add beef and mix well until the meat cubes are well coated with gravy.
§Reduce the heat to medium and cook for 15-20 minutes or until the meat is well cooked.
4.Add salt, black pepper, jalapenos, and rosemary.
§Give it a last stir and let it cook for 3 more minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning.
5.Serve beef Tibs with bread or tortilla.
If you can buy it from Ethiopian grocery stores, it is best served on Injera (Ethiopian flat bread).
•Vegetarian food is very common.
•A sour flatbread called Injera is used to scoop up meat and vegetable stews.
•Injera is made with a tiny round grain called Teff that flourishes in the highlands of Ethiopia.
•Teff is gluten free grain.
Injera, Shiro Wot and More
Words or Phrases of Ethiopia
Click here to learn more words or phrases of Ethiopia.
Click here to see your name in Amharic.
•There are more than 80 individual languages and up to 200 dialects in Ethiopia.
•Most of these languages belong to the Afro-Asiatic (Semitic), Cushitic, Omotic and Nilo-Saharan.
•Amharic is the national language of Ethiopia.
•Amharic is written left to right using Amharic alphabet called “Fidel” that grew out of the Ge’ez writing system.
The legend of the ark of the covenant
•The Ark of the Covenant also known as the Ark of God, is a gold-covered wooden chest with lid cover described in the Book of Exodus as containing the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments.
•According to Ethiopian tradition, the Ark of the Covenant is preserved in the ancient holy city of Aksum (in Ethiopia).
•The relic is entrusted to a single guardian, who burns incense before it and recites the Biblical Book of Psalms. No one else can approach it, including the high priest of Aksum.
•The guardian is not only a monk, but a virgin as well, and he serves the Ark until he appoints a successor as his own death approaches.
Click here to watch the video "Is the Ark of the Covenant hidden in Ethiopia?".
Click here to watch the video "Finding Ethiopia's Lost Ark".
Major holidays of Ethiopia
•Genna – Ethiopian Christmas (7 January)
•Timkat - Ethiopian Epiphany (January 19th or 20th)
•Fasika - Easter (May – date varies)
•Enkutatash - Ethiopian New Year (September 11th)
•Meskel - Finding of the True Cross (September 26th and 27th)
Click here to learn more about Ethiopian culture.
Ethiopian Coffee
•Ethiopia is the birthplace of coffee
•Coffee ceremony has a special place in every family in Ethiopia
Ethiopia Numbers
Ethiopian Calendar
•The Ethiopian calendar is based on the older Alexandrian/Coptic calendar with 13 months.
•12 months of 30 days each completed by a thirteenth month of five days or six in a leap year (every fourth year).
Click here to look at the Ethiopian calendar.
The rising pan-african nation
•Battle of Adwa (March 1, 1896) - Military clash at Adwa, in north-central Ethiopia, between the Ethiopian army of Emperor Menilek II and Italian forces.
•The Ethiopian army’s victory checked Italy’s attempt to build an empire in Africa.
•The victory had further significance for being the first crushing defeat of a European power by African forces during the colonial era.
•Contributed to the establishment of the African Union
•Nation that was not colonized during colonization of Africa
African Union Headquarter in Addis Ababa
Emperor Menelik II
Nobel Peace Prize of 2019
Traditional Ethiopian Clothes
Ethiopian Musical Instruments
Kebero Drum
Krar
masinqo
Begena
Band
Washint
Dallol
•Dallol – one of the lowest places on the planet, at 410ft (125m) below sea level. It has an active volcano.
Ethiopian Religion
•The main religions in Ethiopia are Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.
•Ethiopia is a predominantly Christian country and the majority of Christians are Orthodox Tewahedo Christians, who belong to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.
•Christianity began in the early part of the forth century during King Ezana.
Epiphany ceremony
Lalibela
•One of the wonders of the world, 11 churches excavated from solid rock connected with an immense underground maze of tunnels and passages.
•It is built in 12th century by Ethiopia’s King Lalibela, who set out to construct “New Jerusalem”.
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Aksum Obelisks
•Aksum Obelisks mark the location of the heart of ancient Ethiopia, when the Kingdom of Aksum was the most powerful state between the Eastern Roman Empire and Persia.
•Dating from between the 1st and the 13th century A.D.
Sof omar caves
Formed by the Weib River as it changed its course in the distant past and carved a new channel through limestone foothills.
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Source of the Blue Nile River
Blue Nile River, Amharic Abāy, rises from a spring 6,000 feet (1,800 meters) above sea level, near Lake Tana in northwestern Ethiopia.
Blue Nile River joins the White Nile River at Khartoum in Sudan
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is under construction on Blue Nile River
Fasilides Castle
•Fasilides - Ethiopian emperor from 1632 to 1667
•Castle of Fasilides in Gondar (Northern Ethiopia)
Animals found in Ethiopia
Ethiopia is home to some species that cannot be found anywhere else on Earth, whose endangered status highlights the need for environmental stewardship and a radical re-imagining of how we co-exist with our environment.
Black Lion
Gelada Baboon
Walila Ibex
Mountain Nyala
Famous Ethiopians
