Ethiopia

By Gary and Aveline

FactsEthiopia’s is capital Addis Ababa.

The population is 82 million.

Ethiopia’s religions are Ethiopia Orthodox Cristian, Mumlim and Protestant.

Their climate is temperate in highlands and hot in the lowlands.

More factsThe languages in Ethiopia are Tigrinya,

Arabic, Guaragigna, Oromifa, Somali and English.

The natural resources are: Potash, salt, gold, copper, platinum and natural gas.

Ethiopians grow coffee, cereals, pulses, oil seeds and khat.

Some of the industry in Ethiopia are textiles, processed foods and cement.

Food It is a tradition for Ethiopians to eat with there hands. They don’t use plates! They use injera as a plate which is bread made with teff flour which is unique to Ethiopia. Injera is flat like a pancake. They tear it off and wrap it around the food when eating it. Ethiopians love there spices. One of there most famous dishes is Wat which is like a stew made with a varitie of meats and vegtables.

DrinksA favourite drink of the Ethiopians is Bunna. (coffee) Bunna is drunk in Ethiopia in a very unique way known as a Bunna ceremony. First the coffee is roasted then grounded and placed in a Jebena (coffee pot) with boiling water. When its ready its served in tiny cups.

ClothesThe Ethiopian tradition costume is called netella. It is made from woven cotton. Tribes in the south and west of the country where different clothes that remind them of their own tradition. Some tribes partially cover their bodies with leather but others do not wear any clothes at all, decorating their faces and bodies with distinctive images.

AnimalsSome of Ethiopia’s animals are the Ethiopian Wolf, giant mole-rat, Giraffe, Baboon, Mountain Nyala and sevral cat.

Ethiopia’s Famine lasted for one year, 1984 till 1985. It was caused by drought, estimated to have killed more than one million people. Like Ireland the economy is based on agriculture, so when this fails well its rock-bottom. First the cattle died, then the crops and then the people.

The Famine

Abebe BikilaAbebe Bikila was born in 1932 in a town called Jato in Ethiopia. Abebe spent his childhood as a shepherd and a student .In 1954 he married Jane Yewibdar and had four childern. In the Rome Olympics he was the first African to win an Olympic Medal and set a world recorded of 02.16.2 . From that day on it got better and better for Abebe Bikila.

Mamo WoldeMamo was born in the village of Dre Dele in Ethiopia. Mamo qualified for the Ethiopian Olympics team for the Melbourne Olympics in 1962. In 1986 Mamo won a gold medal in the Olympic 1000 meter race. That was the start of Mamo Wolde’s success.

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By Gary and Aveline