Culture Shock

Usually Ethiopian Parents are strict, they don't allow kids to stay late outside, even if the kids are mature enough they are not happy when they see them drink alcohol or smoke and having tattoos unless it's traditional. So in this case too many adventures happen, like sneaking out from home or doing lot of nasty things. Specially it's believed that parents are more strict on their daughters than on their sons. Traditionally it's not acceptable to girls wearing shorts or pants even being more like the westerns. On rural areas, girls were not allowed to go to school they were seen less than the boys. Nowadays people are taking it easy and stopped putting much effort in their kids.

 In Addis every thing is not really hard, we live freely. Me as an Ethiopian living in Israel there are no efforts on me I can wear whatever i want and so on. Even if now there is no much culture shock I still think we should avoid all the bad habits. I love my country and I will do anything to change the way people think about Ethiopia. Ethiopia is not a poor country, it's rich with the love of people, the respect and freedom.

Ethiopian flag

                                                   LONG LIVE ETHIOPIA!!!

Best City

With its growing population of 3 million, Addis Ababa is the largest city in Ethiopia, where very young, lovely, and wild people are found. 'Addis Ababa' which means, new flower, was established 125 years ago by Empress Tayitu,the wife of Emperor  Minilik. Emperor Minilik is the king which led Ethiopians in the  battle of Adwa to the great victory of Ethiopians against Italian aggressors. There are  several luxury hotels and many diplomat residences. Safe and peaceful hotels and restaurants. Too many places to hang out which we can meet the friendly people. Addis is a very cool place, nice and chilly weather with green environment. 

Place where people relax

 The large market in Addis is called Mercato, the Mercato is located in western Addis Ababa and is one of the largest markets in Africa offering an array of colors, aromas, costumes, produce and jewellery. Beware of pickpockets. In Mercato virtually every possible commodity is on sale, from livestock to computers.

Beautiful view of Addis

                                     

Traditional meals and drinks.

There are too many traditional foods in Ethiopia, the well known is called Injera (Large spongy pan cake) made of cereal grain(locally called teff) and water,that is eaten with different kinds of sauces called (wat) made of meat, chicken, vegetable, and so on. Injera with Wat is the most delicious food in the world, several people eat it together in the same plate to show friendship and socialization since sharing what you have is Ethiopia's culture. Nowadays Ethiopians use Injera with Wat to their diet. Injera is a staple food, these days you can find Ethiopian restaurants in most big cities in the world including Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Washington DC and so on.

Injera with different kinds of  Wats.

 There are locally produced beverages called Tella and Tejj, Tella is traditional beer made up of barley and malt and Tej is like wine made of honey. Usually older people prefer to drink tella and tej and are always found have it in their house. Mainly we drink Tella and Tejj for holidays and sometimes in weekends.

Tejj

Ethiopia is very known by having the best coffee in the world. Coffee (Buna) is drunk in a unique traditional way, it have a ceremony where neighbors friends and families get together and drink coffee having such a good time and enjoying.  It is also customary for women to perform the ceremony when welcoming visitor at home.

Coffee ceremony

Culture

Ethiopian traditional costume.

Ethiopia is truly a land of discovery. Various antropologists as well as Ethiopians believe that it is the cradle of man kind. They say that Lucy, the 3.2 million years old fossil which was discovered in Hadar of The Afar Region  is the mother of human beings. Ethiopia is also a beautiful country of  83 ethnic groups. These groups have their own language,cultures and ways of life. The total population of Ethiopia is over 80 million. The Semitic language of Ethiopia is related to both Hebrew and Arabic. Ethiopian People wear too many different types of clothes, the very known traditional cloth is called (ye Habesha lebse ) a white woven cotton costume usually worn for festivals and holidays. People from different places wear different costumes that reflect their own tradition,and this makes Ethiopians attractive and colorful when seen together. Ethiopia has it's own calendar of 13 months. The capital city is called Addis Ababa a place where many beautiful, young and lovable people are found. A community where people live respecting each other so friendly with kind and respectful attitudes. Mostly people invites each other for social gathering. The main religions in Ethiopia are Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Paganism. The majority people are christian followers.