#oromos

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Eragon when Oromis takes off all of his clothes to bathe in the river:

Eragon when he notices that Oromis doesn’t have hair A N Y W H E R E on his body:

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Etiopias statsminister vil forhandle med opprørsgruppe

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Facts About Oromo People

A lot of things have gone wrong with the world. Sure, we have a lot going for us today. We have latest smartphones and the internet which can connect us to people anywhere in the world within seconds. We also have smart devices in our home and our TVs and washing machines are intelligent too. Our air conditioners know when it is time for them to shut down. But technology will never come close to the things humans can do or should do and that’s why if we are falling behind in something, it is totally our fault. The world may have gotten better in one aspect but if we are ignoring our duties, we are making it worse in some way too. Today, we don’t read up about cultures but we do look up famous trends to follow them. Most of the time, cultures don’t get accurately depicted in TV shows and movies. And more often than not, the people writing those traditions have no idea about the truth. This is how we hurt each other and put distance between communities. A lot can be accomplished if we learn to appreciate each other for who we are, and not for internet points. As long as we continue to see different cultures as an opportunity to talk about something unique for point scoring or introduce new characters in a story, we will never get to know how people live in the world. We can’t get closer to people if we don’t know all aspects of their lives. In today’s world, we don’t have time to read up all about different cultures and so we end up focusing only on the shining aspects that can be used in conversations for point scoring. We forget that sometimes people do suffer because of the traditions of their society. We ignore the fact that not all good things about a culture should be shown on the big screen. There are many unique aspects of every culture which makes them fascinating to study, if only we focus on the right details.

Ethnic Groups and The Oromo People:

African ethnic groups are known for having beautiful cultures. The cultural diversity can be seen in almost every African state where more than one ethnic group resides. Each of these groups also have fascinating histories that connect them with ancient traditions, humans, and cultures. Many ethnicities make up the majority of the population in different African states. That’s how their way of living, their language, and culture end up becoming the dominant lifestyle in that country. The biggest ethnic group in Ethiopia are the Oromo people. They make up over thirty percent of the country’s population. Their language is the most spoken tongue in the country.

Facts About Oromo People:

Here are some interesting facts about the Oromo people: They follow their traditional religion Waaqeffanna. It is a monotheistic religion and is actively practiced by three percent of the current Oromo population living in Ethiopia. In this religion, Waaqa Tokkicha is the supreme God. The rest of the population follows either Christianity or Islam. The language of these people is called the Oromo language. It has a few grammatical similarities with English but has a very complicated phonology. It is spoken in other countries of Africa too, including Kenya and South Africa. It is an Afroasiatic language which is written in the Latin alphabet. For a long time, the language was banned and could not be studied in school. That’s why the Oromos speak it proudly today as an act of resistance. Majority of the Oromo people are farmers. Almost 90% of them live in rural areas and work in agriculture. They are known for producing coffee and pulses. A small percentage of the Oromos live as nomads and keep traveling while tending to their animals at the same time. Ethnic conflict has disturbed the lives of many Oromos. Some of them have even moved out of Ethiopia because of it. Those who have started living in first world countries like the UK and the US actively participate in protests against the ruling regime of Ethiopia. They have their own system of governance called the Gadaa. The system is based on eight years of tenure, after which elections are held to elect new officials. It is one of the earliest examples of a fully developed democratic system. The Oromos continued to follow this system in northern Ethiopia during the time when there was no central authority. This ethnic group has their own calendar. It is completely different from the calendar that the rest of the world follows. In this calendar, each day of the month is given a name and the new year falls in October. This sophisticated calendar is somewhat like the ones found among the Mayans and the Hindus. This lunar-stellar calendar has no weeks. There are twelve months in a year and 29.5 days in each month. But there are only 27 names for the days of the month which is why first two or three names are repeated. The months are identified by the phase of the moon. The interesting culture and customs of the Oromo people makes them the ideal topic for study for anyone who wants to get to know the world a little more. These people have been on the earth for quite some time and can provide us with some fascinating information about the past. Read the full article

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In pictures: Ethiopia's Oromos celebrate spring Huge crowds turn out for the Irreecha festival, in the capital Addis Ababa for the first time.

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Behind the X of an Olympic Medalist #olympics #ethiopian #protest

Since 2014, the Oromos of Ethopia have been staging protests and rallies against the Ethiopian government.  Despite their protests being peaceful, violence instigated by the Ethiopian Security Forces have plagued the people. 

The reason for the Oromos protests "...was a development plan that sought to expand the territorial limits of Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, into neighbouring Oromo villages and towns." As protesters rallied through the streets, their sign of solidarity and gesture of rebellion was the crossing of their arms in the shape of an 'X'.  Taking note of this, the Ethiopian government's punishment for such action included arrests, daily detention beatings, and killings.  

This is why Feyissa Liles (pictured above) is crossing his arms, and this is why Liles' life is in danger.

As Liles crossed the finish line of the Mens Marathon, he placed the 'X' above his head to show solidarity to his fellow country men. Liles went on to say during a recent interview, " If I go back to Ethiopia maybe they will kill me. If not kill me, they will put me in prison. I have not decided yet, but maybe I will move to another country."

With Liles recent protest during the Olympic games, he has landed himself amongst a select group of individuals who have showed their courage and bravery to protest their country's ugly side on an international stage. Liles may not have have won as many medals as Allyson Felix or Michael Phelps, but he did obtain the greatest medal of all, Bravery.

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Respond to Professor Messay Kebede Article

I barely remember a long time ago, Professor Messay had given a speech at Columbia University and I was there to listen his speech, and his speech was not inspiring to me at all. I can not even recollect the topic of his speech, just that he was speaking about the Amhara ruling class but he did not mention the name of Amhara. I could infer this from his speech. Professor Messay Kebede has subsequently written articles on the current Oromos students uprising in which he urges that the Amharas should join the Oromos' students protests against the Addis Ababamaster plan. Of course, it is everybody's desire that Oromo and Amhara should be united to end the cruel TPLF tyranny regime.  Indeed, Oromos can not win alone against the TPLF; Amhara's participation is very crucial and effective to bring down the TPLF government. It is true that as J.K. Rowling stated, "we are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided." However, I assiduously read his last rebuttal titled  "Then and Now: A Rejoinder to my Critics." Professor Messay seemed disenchanted with Amharas because they did not join the Oromos' students uprising in Ethiopia.  He further said,  "ነገ በኔ ነው" I just would like to remind Professor Messay that, since TPLF came to power, the Amharas have been isolated and targeted for the last 25 years, and certainly, Messay is very aware of what Woyanne did and is still doing to Amharas. I wish the Professor had written similar article criticizing the TPLF/OLF regards to the 1992  mass slaughters of pregnant women and children in Arbagugu and in Bedno where the worst crimes ever committed on the Amharas since Mussolini's aggression in 1935. Not even long ago in Gura Ferda and in Benishangul, the Amharas were expelled by TPLF surrogates and the Professor did not write any article denouncing  these horrendous crimes. I am dumbfounded that the Professor jumps to accusing Amharas not being participated in the Oromos students protest against the master plan. Let me briefly attempt to elucidate to Professor two main reasons why the Amharas lack of participating with Oromos' students protesting against the Addis Ababa master plan. Firstly, Woyane and Shabia sagaciously and systematically designed the ethnic lines of federalism in order to control the country by perpetuating the punitive policies that emphasizing the anti-Amhara ethnic group. This restrain is inimical to the Amharas. Such cunning strategies that enable TPLF to remain in power by creating an envy between ethnic groups, particularly, among Oromo and Amhara. Hypocritically, Woyane tells to Amhara that if Oromo comes to power, your life will be at risk. The same thing, Woyanne tells to Oromo that if Neftegna comes to power again all your properties would be confiscated. So, we are the one who freed you from chauvinist Amhara, and if you try to resist us, you will go back to the system that you had before. Basically, they just made Amhara and Oromo not trust each other. The second reason is that Woyanne quietly annexed large chunks of land from part of Gondar and Wollo to create greater Tigray. After they confiscated the fertile land (especially from Gondar), the TPLF day one, disarmed the people of Gondar, and started eliminating the original inhabitants of Welkait Tsegede, Humera to replace the Tigraians peasants. Since then, the Tigraians peasants became armed to protect the land in the areas where it was ferociously taken from Welkait Tsegede farmers. The indigenous who resisted the TPLF's demonic action, were cruelly executed by Woyanne cadres. Beside this, the whole Amhara regions run by the so called the Amhara National Democratic Movement (as vanguard Amhara party), which purposely created to demonize the Amharas. Realistically speaking, in Oromia region, the people of Oromos are represented by Muktar Kedir and Almaz Mamo who are belonged to Oromo ethnicity, but when it comes to Amhara regions, imagine, the Amharas people are represented by Bereket Simon, Kassa Tekile Berhan, Tsehaye (Tadese Tinqishu), and Helawi Yoseph who are of Tigre ethnicity. These fake Amharas individuals play a big role for Woyanne by quashing the Amhara voices. So, since the Amharas are heavily under controlled and its voices muffled by the ethnic apartheid regime, I don’t see this as an optimal time for Amhara to join the Oromo's protesting at this point. Professor Messay was supposed to look at the other side of the problem: what Amharas endured under the TPLF rule the last 25 years. These are the main reasons halting the Amhara to join the Oromos' students protests against the master plan. In spite of that, I want the viewers to know that I am not trying to instigate the matter for either to reprisal the Amhara on Oromo at this point, I am just trying to acquaint to Professor Messay's views on why Amharas have not instantly joined the Oromo's student protests  against the master plan. Having said that, the Professor's last article insinuates that if the Amhara does not the join the Oromo's students uprising, there will not be unity in the country because unity is the Amhara's strong faith and assumedly if the there is no unity, the Amhara's existence in Ethiopia will be at risk.  In other words, as if the only beneficiary out of unity is Amhara.  As the matter of fact, he is not the only speaking about these issues. There are quite a few secessionists and anti-Amhara who rant on the same ideas. I'd like to reiterate that the article written by Messay is one sided, threatened, and divisive. The professor knows well that the Amharas have been victimized since the TPLF climbed to power. In his single article, I have never seen any criticizing or condemnation for the Woyanne's diabolical crimes against the Amhara ethnic group, and the articles are unbalanced when it comes to the Amharas issues. It is true that the unity of the two large ethnic groups is paramount at this crucial time to bring down the TPLF brutal regime. To the end, the professor's article does not entice the vast majority of Amharas at all. Actually, the article reflects, as if the Amhara ethnic group is uninterested on Oromo causes which aggravates the rift between the two ethnicities instead of bringing a reconciliation where these two ethnicities are able live in harmoniously. It will take time to repair the damage done by TPLF. TPLF's "divide and rule" strategies worked out well for the last 25 years by abetting the extremist to do heinous crimes to innocent Amharas. At the end of the day, Woyanne whatever systems are used to stay in power, it is an inevitable that all ethnicities will ever become united again.

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