ETHIOPIAN CULTURE

LANGUAGE

• Ethiopia has 83 different languages.
• Ge'ez is the ancient language
• English is the most widely spoken foreign language and isthe medium of
• In struction in secondary schools.
• The largest ethin and linguistic groups are the oromo,amhara and tigray.

RELIGION

• The main religions in Ethiopia are Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Paganism.
• Religion in Ethiopia consists of a number of faiths.
• The ethiopian orthodox tewahedo church headed by patriarch.
• Ethiopian is predominately christian country and the majority of christians
• Are orthodox tewahedo christian.

SPORTS

• Track and field is Ethiopia's most successful sport, in which they have won
• Many medals in theolympic game.
• Football (soccer) is the most popular sport in ethiopian.
• Despite lack of success by the national team, it is supported by a significant part of
• The population.

HOLIDAYS

• Genna (ethiopian Christmas)
• Timkat (epiphany)
• Enkitatash (new year)
• Siklet (good Friday )
• Fasika (easter)

FOOD

• Chicken stewed in red pepper (doro wat)
• Spiced butter (niter kebbeh)
• Chick pea fritters (yeshim ra assa)
• Honey yeast bread (yemarina yewotet dabo)
• Traditional large spongy pancake made of teff ( injera)

CALENDAR

• Ethiopia uses the julian calendra.
• A seven- to eight-year gap between the Ethiopian and Gregorian calendar.
• The public holiday are celebrated according to the Julian calendar
• Which consists of twelve months of thirty day and a thirteen month of five
• six day in a leap year.

CLOTHING

• Women's traditional clothes are called shemma (cotton)
• Men wear pants and a knee length shirt with white color.
• Kuta is ahandmade cloth many ethiopian men use.