Sunday, March 2, 2014
Karrayyu
The traditional Karrayyu religion is Waaqeffata, which is a monotheistic religion based on belief in a supreme beingcalled ‘Waaqa’. This religion is closely related to the natural world as the Oromo pray to Waaqa at sites believed to be particularly blessed, these sites include certain tree species such as Odaa, at specific lakes and water points and on the top of certain hills and mountains. This does not however make them animists, contrary to some explanations.
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Arsi Oromo
Arsi Oromo is one of the branches of theOromo people inhabiting the Oromia Region, mainly in the Arsi, Mirab Arsi, and Bale Zones, as well as in the Adami Tullu and Jido Kombolcha woreda of Misraq Shewa Zone. They claim to have descended from a single individual called Arse. The Arsi in all zones speak the same language, Afan Oromo (which is sometimes called Afan Arsi), and share the same culture and traditions.
Old Harar
Harar (or Hārer, Harer), commonly known asGey and titled "the City of Saints" ("Madinat al-Awilya"), is a walled city in easternEthiopia, formerly the capital of Harergey and now the capital of the modern Harari ethno-political division (or kilil) of Ethiopia. The city is located on a hilltop in the eastern extension of the Ethiopian Highlands, about five hundred kilometers from Addis Ababa at an elevation of 1,885 meters. Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Harar has an estimated total population of 122,000, of whom 60,000 were males and 62,000 were females.
Abadir
Sheikh Abadir Umar Ar-Rida (Somali:Abaadir Umar Ar-Rida, Arabic: أبادير عمر بن رضا), also known as Fiqi Umar and Abadir Musa Warwaje'le,[1] was a 13th-centuryMuslim cleric and patron saint of the city ofHarar in modern-day eastern Ethiopia. He is regarded as the immediate common ancestor of the Somali Sheekhaal clan and the Harari people.
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