Basketry - Roots of Ethiopia
The mesob is made from a wide and colorful basket with a conical lid place on top of a hollow, tapering pedestal. Injera and wots are placed on the wide, flat top of the mesob while diners sit around the table and share a meal. In Gurage, artisans create a wide range of wickerwork including furniture, fences, mats, and baskets.
Ethiopian cuisine - Wikipedia
Gomen kitfo is another typical Gurage dish. Collard greens (ጎመን gōmen) are boiled, dried and then finely chopped and served with butter, chili and spices. It is a dish specially prepared for the occasion of Meskel, a very popular holiday marking the discovery of the True Cross.
Mesob - Wikipedia
Mesob (Amharic: መሶብ) or Harar Mesob is a Harari basket used for storing injera, an Ethiopian and Eritrean flatbread. [1][2] It is widely depicted as a cultural symbol for Ethiopia, made from locally grown and partially dyed grass and palm leaves known for strength and durability. [3][4]
guragepedia | wugier
The Gurage's are an indigenous people to Shewa province, known as hardworking and humble people in Ethiopia who mainly rely on trade, agriculture, and other services-sector economies.
Gurage people - Wikipedia
The Gurage people are highly entrepreneurial people with a culture of social mobility that celebrates hard work. As a result, the Gurage are represented in all business sectors in Ethiopia, ranging from shoe shiners to owners of big businesses. Commonly, the Addis Ababa Merkato attributed to them.
Raw meat, a manly dish in Ethiopia - Los Angeles Times
Jul 14, 2011 — Gurage culture eats raw meat with qocho, a bread-like food made from the bark of the enset plant, a staple among many Ethiopian cultures. Enset is almost impossible to get in the U.S., so you...
Meskel Celebration: A Time of Unity and Renewal for the Gurage ...
Sep 27, 2023 — The Meskel celebration holds immense significance for the Gurage community in Ethiopia, providing a symbolic platform for forgiveness, unity, and renewal. This cherished festival brings families together, strengthens bonds, and fosters a sense of community spirit.
The Gurage Project | Sunarma
Food security in Gurage. An integrated approach can turn a lack of food around and build food-secure communities who have diverse and nutritious food to eat, can make an income, can access clean water and who can protect their environment. Without enough food
AFRICA | 101 Last Tribes - Gurage people
Gurage people are agriculturalist Afro-Asiatic ethnolinguistic group inhabiting the fertile and semi-mountainous region some 150 miles (240 kilometres) south and west of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, bounded by the Awash River on the north, the Gilgel Gibe River (a tributary of the Omo River) on the southwest, and Lake Ziway on the east.
Gurage | Ethiopia, Language, Culture | Britannica
Gurage, ethnolinguistic group of the fertile and semi-mountainous region some 150 miles (240 kilometres) south and west of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, bounded by the Awash River on the north, the Gilgel Gibe River (a tributary of the Omo River) on the southwest, and Lake Ziway on the east.