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In the News (Tue 2 Dec 08)

  
  folk
Wojciech Dodola, a night watchman in Szydłowiecki castle, looked out of the window, because the time of the round was coming.
Dodola was listening to the story and felt more and more frightened.
He demanded Dodola to tell the story all the visitors coming to the castle from that time on, the story about the good rocky devil.
www.interklasa.pl /portal/dokumenty/r013/literatura/leg.html   (905 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Dodola
Dodola (also spelled Dudulya and Didilya, pronounced: doh-doh-la, doo-doo-lya, or dee-dee-lya) or Perperuna is a being in old Slavic mythology.
According to some interpretations, she is the Slavic goddess of rain, and the wife of the supreme god Perun (who is the god of thunder).
Each spring Dodola is said to fly over woods and fields, and spread vernal greenery, decorating the trees with blossoms.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Dodola   (194 words)

  
 Frequently Asked Questions
When you are travelling to Dodola from Addis for the sole purpose of a mountain trip, the mileage and the time needed to cover the distance is considerable.
The edge Dodola has over BMNP is that our area is more forested, that we provide the facility of forest camps, and that we have a truly service-minded team.
A trek to the plateau from the Dodola area is possible.
www.telecom.net.et /~baletrek/faqsl.htm   (3169 words)

  
 TDS Travel
A signboard on the roadside at the entrance of Dodola directs you to IFMP or the Motel.
The district capitals Dodola and Adaba have 20,000 and 15,000 inhabitants, respectively.
Dodola is only 75 km from the Rift Valley route along lakes Langano, Abijatta and Shalla to Awassa.
www.tdstravel.com /newtdsEcotourism.htm   (1860 words)

  
 Trekkin (Bale Mountain Trekking - GTZ in Ethiopia)
The camp is only half and hour’s drive from Dodola and then only 20 minutes by foot or horse.
Last but not least, short, half-day, trips from Dodola town to nearby attractions like the Lensho River or the Shebelle Water Falls are highly recommended.
To make an entire trip to the mountains (Adaba and Dodola), prior arrangements from the starting point are required, as the guides must change for each destination.
www.baletrek.com /trekking.php   (410 words)

  
 Xinhua - English
Sun Guoqiang, the firm's chief representative in Ethiopia, told Xinhua that his company won the international bid for the construction of the Dodola Junction-Goba and Dera-Gololcha Mechara roads, which are located in south Ethiopia's Oromia state.
The Dodola Junction-Goba road is part of the Nazareth-Assela-Dodola and Shashemene-Goba Road Upgrading Project, and the work consists of upgrading the existing 130-km natural gravel surfaced road.
The cost of the construction works of the project is over 371 million birr (about 43 million dollars).
news.xinhuanet.com /english/2006-06/24/content_4743643.htm   (434 words)

  
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The population and economy of the region traversed by the project road is almost totally dependent upon agriculture and livestock.
In cases where the household head was not available during the survey, the data was collected either by their family members or else by their neighbors and cross checked from kebele authorities.
During the interview of the PAPs and their leaders, the re-housing options (self or assisted) and location preference for re-housing (on the remaining land or new location) were identified as suitable compensation/re-housing measures for the loss of their residential houses and/or livelihood.
www-wds.worldbank.org /servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2003/04/25/000094946_03041604062933/Rendered/INDEX/multi0page.txt   (14968 words)

  
 Dodola Island Tourism
Tagalaya Beach Dorume Beach Talaga Biru Dodola Island Kupakupa Beach Kumo Beach Jere Canon Luari Beach Zumzum Island Tobotobo Sea Bobale Beach Talaga Duma Mamuya Hot Spring Kapaseti Somola Bay Padi Wangoira
Dodola Island is surrounded by the wide of white sand that connect Dodola Besar Island and Dodola Kecil Island.
Dodola beach is about 5 miles from Daruba, the capital of South Morotai districts.
www.indonesia-tourism.com /north-maluku/dodola_island.html   (98 words)

  
 Kuensel Newspaper - Mémé Dodola
The next animal Mémé Dodola bumped into was a bear, who acted in the same way as the tiger and to whom Mémé made the same proposition.
The tiger grabbed hold of Mémé Dodola and roared, “This is Mémé Dodola and not a barrel.”
Some went to fetch water, others firewood, still others brought pots to boil Mémé Dodola, who was tied to a tree.
www.kuenselonline.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6423   (643 words)

  
 Paparuda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The name is probably derived from Perperuna, which in its turn is a Slavic (south slavic) goddess, or as Sorin Paliga suggests, is a divinity from the local Thracian substratum
Like the Dodola (dudula, dudulica, dodolă in Romanian, dudulë in Albanian, tuntule in Greek, dudulya and didilya in South Slavic languages), which is another name for the same custom, and other ritual Paliga argues is of Thracian origin, the Paparuda is found only at Romanians (păpărudă), Aromanians (pirpirună) and South Slavs (peperuda, perperuna)
The name of Dodola is possibly cognate with the Lithuanian word for thunder: dundulis
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paparuda   (245 words)

  
 Dispatch from Ethiopia: Forests, mountains and streams
Early one Monday morning in March, with utility poles in Shashemene capped with vultures alert for fresh road kill, the loaded bus chugged east into the heart of the Oromiya Region.
After three hours and 50 rough miles, the bus reached Dodola, population 20,000, on the northwestern flank of the Bale (BAH-lay) Mountains.
The road that climbs east over the mountains from Dodola to the village of Dinsho took a toll on at least one cargo truck.
www.record-eagle.com /2006/apr/16ethiopia.htm   (1123 words)

  
 Photo Essay - The Bale Mountains - March 12, 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
At any rate, some on the team insisted that the road to Goba that goes east from Shashemene was the shortest and most scenic.
The trip up until Dodola was great; but the 1965 Land Rover broke down some where before Dinsho right at the foot of the majestic Bale mountains.
That is when the group that insisted that the road through Nazret, Assela and then Dodola was the shortest and more interesting got into "we told you so..." At any rate, our team is still stuck in Dinsho; some have made it to Goba.
www.mediaethiopia.com /photoessay/photo_essay_march15.htm   (282 words)

  
 NEWS - “DODOOLA WATER SUPPLY SCHEME” INAUGURATED. - Italian Development Cooperation in Ethiopia
Dodola, Oromia – On February 19th, the “Dodola Water Supply Scheme”, which is part of the Arsi Bale Project co-funded by the Italian Development Cooperation and the Government of Ethiopia, was inaugurated.
The scheme supplies clean water to a total of a hundred twenty thousand people in the towns of Asasa, Dodola, and Herero, and twelve Peasant Associations located nearby.
Before the completion of this project, the area residents used water from contaminated sources which led to many of them, especially children, to suffer from common waterborne diseases.
www.itacaddis.org /italy/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.news_detail&news_id=16   (247 words)

  
 Cheap Tickets to Dodola
An hours late minus $140 for the 'first class' ticket we got a room.
Overseasbeds Overlooking the sea boasting glorious views over Cala Dodola, guests can easily reach the bay's bathing area (400 m away) by a flight of steps.
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www.cheap-airfares-tickets.com /cheap-tickets_dodola.html   (478 words)

  
 Gondarlink | Traveller's Guide | Bale National Park   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
No fee is charged simply for using public transport on roads through the park.
If you approach Bale from the Rift Valley there are regular buses that connect Shashemene to Dodola, from where you can follow the route mentioned above.
If you have a few days, there is a more obscure route between Bale and Shashemene which passes through Dola Mena and Negele Boreana.
www.gondarlink.org.uk /travellers_guide/east_to_harar/bale_mountains.shtml   (1010 words)

  
 Dodola (horseback trek), Ethiopia - Experiences, Tourism, and Things to Do - IgoUgo
Ticket was 43 birr, bus left at 7am, lunch at Ziway at 10am, get off in Dodola at 1pm.
There’s a bank in Dodola -- they cannot handle travellers cheques, but they broke some of my larger birr notes into smaller change.
I was able to meet up with another tourist after the first day and share some of the costs.
www.igougo.com /travelcontent/journalEntryFreeForm.aspx?reviewID=1220456   (618 words)

  
 slavic deities full list
Rain was thought to be a form of divine milk, sometimes thought to be from Dodola, sometimes the milk of Mokosh.
In Serbia, the rites of Dodola were kept up until quite recently: During a drought a girl, called Dodola, clad only in greenery and flowers was led through the village while her companions sang "Dodola" songs:
We pass through the village, and the clouds across the sky.
members.fortunecity.com /paganeurope/english/pages/slavic_full_list.htm   (6758 words)

  
 Ethiopian Reporter -Chinese firm wins road projects worth over 839mln birr   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Samson Wondimu, public relations head with ERA, told The Reporter that the Chinese company won the international bid for the construction of the Dodola Junction-Goba and Dera-Gololcha Mechara roads, which are located in the Oromia Regional State.
The successful bidder for the supervision of the Dodola Junction-Goba project is the Transport Construction Design Share Company while for the Dera-Gololcha-Mechara project it is the same company in association with Civil Works Consulting Engineers.
The government has secured credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to cover the cost of the road sector development program and a portion of it is allocated towards the construction of the two road projects.
www.ethiopianreporter.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6391   (383 words)

  
 Meet The Slavic Goddess
Young, beautiful, she rode a swift horse through the forest of the Elbe and the Carpathians, with a pack hounds.
In Serbia, the rites of Dodola were kept up until quite recently: During a drought a girl, called Dodola, clad only in greenery and flowers was led through the village while her companions sang "Dodola" songs: We pass through the village, and the clouds across the sky.
We go quicker, and the clouds go quicker, But the clouds have overtaken us and have bedewed the fields.
www.rac-usa.org /wau/meetslavicgoddess.html   (4335 words)

  
 LinguaStream - More information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
LinguaStream is developped within the DoDoLa team in the GREYC laboratory (CNRS UMR 6072), University of Caen, France.
LinguaStream was created in 2001 by Frédérik Bilhaut (under the direction of Patrice Enjalbert), who was joined by Antoine Widlöcher in 2003.
It is currently being developped within the DoDola team of the GREYC computer science research group (University of Caen) in collaboration with people of the ERSS linguistics research group.
www.linguastream.org /contact.html   (112 words)

  
 Hintergründe - Reiseblatt - FAZ.NET - Trekking in Äthiopien: Soweit die Hufe tragen
Das kleine Büro liegt kurz hinter dem Ortseingang von Dodola, einem 20.000-Seelen-Ort in Südäthiopien, und als der Geländewagen nach zweistündiger Schotterpistenfahrt endlich zur Ruhe kommt, ist „Integrated Forest Management Project“ an der Türe zu lesen.
Der Besitzer des Bale Mountains Motels in Dodola etwa wollte das Projekt „hijacken“.
Sie befinden sich zwischen 3080 und 3460 Meter Höhe und sind fünf bis achtzehn Kilometer von Dodola entfernt.
www.faz.net /s/Rub51A2BF0098D64DB1B0EE7722CC912140/Doc~E5B06BCC7AD9A41A284A2CFBA6ABC9E7B~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html   (1199 words)

  
 Africa By Bike - An expedition through Africa in aid of Link Community Development
The two centres for starting treks are Dinsho, a small village high in the mountains where the National Park headquarters is situated, and Dodola, a slightly larger town halfway between Shashemene and Dinsho, from where treks go into the forest on the lower slopes of the mountains.
From Dodola (or Adaba, another village nearby) you can use the simple huts which have been built in the forest, where showers and drinks are available.
Basic supplies are available in a couple of shops in town but you'd be better off bringing most things with you.
www.africabybike.org /bale.html   (1024 words)

  
 Firm wins roads contract in Ethiopia
CGC Overseas Construction Co Ltd said on Saturday it has signed a US$97 million agreement with the Ethiopian Roads Authority for construction of two roads.
Sun Guoqiang, the Chinese company's chief representative in Ethiopia, said it won the international bid to build the Dodola Junction-Goba and Dera-Gololcha Mechara roads, in south Ethiopia's Oromia state.
The Dodola Junction-Goba road is part of the Nazareth-Assela-Dodola and Shashemene-Goba Road Upgrading Project.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /bizchina/2006-06/26/content_625898.htm   (273 words)

  
 Ethiopian Road Authority (May 28, 2006 Bid Description) Published by Ethiopian Herald
(i) Construction supervision of Nazareth-Assela –Dodola and Shashemene-Goba Road Upgrading Project; Contract 4:Shsasheme-Dodola Junction Road, Lot 1: Shashemene-Km 35.
(ii) Construction supervision of Nazareth-Assela –Dodola and Shashemene-Goba Road Upgrading Project; Contract 4:Shashement-Dodola Junction Road, Lot 2: Km 35-Dodola.
The Ethiopian Road Authority invites all registered local general or road consultants with their professional and trade licenses and VAT registration certificate renewed for 1998 Ethiopian Fiscal Year.
www.ethiomarket.com /bid/2006/may06/may_28_ethiopian_road_authority.htm   (255 words)

  
 About us (Bale Mountain Trekking - GTZ in Ethiopia)
About us (Bale Mountain Trekking - GTZ in Ethiopia)
Dodola and Adaba are the gateways to the Bale Mountains, one of Ethiopia’s main attractions in the southeast of the country.
Since 1998 these trekking destinations have become two of the country’s most popular destinations, allowing visitors to experience the “other” Ethiopia: off the historic northern route and the southern tribes and people.
www.baletrek.com /about.php   (115 words)

  
 An MBendi Travel Profile: Dodola - Ethiopia
Attractions: Our directory has no Attractions entries for Dodola.
We would like to know more about Dodola.
If you live in or have recently visited Dodola, please send us an update so we can make this page more useful to those who access it after you.
www.mbendi.co.za /travel/land/af/et/4/042p.htm   (156 words)

  
 HADO - Dodola, ET - Airport - Great Circle Mapper
HADO - Dodola, ET - Airport - Great Circle Mapper
This information may not be accurate or current and is not valid for navigation or flight planning.
Please see credits for attribution and copyright information.
gc.kls2.com /airport/HADO   (55 words)

  
 Online Travel Guide to Ethiopia-Trekking in Ethiopia:13 Suns Tours
So it is recommended to spend one night in Dinsho for acclimatization and even to well organize your trip.
Implemented by GTZ, the German Technical Development Organization, trekking in the hills above Adaba and Dodola is probably the best-organized eco-tourism in Ethiopia with a series of five mountain huts, joined by trails such that one can spend from one to five nights in the area.
While the above three are major places of trekking in Ethiopia.
www.13suns.com /trekking.htm   (443 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "integrated forest management": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
See all pages with references to integrated forest management.
the south of Dodola and Adaba (a small town 29km cast of Dodola on the Bale road).
Part of an Integrated Forest Management Project (IFMP), and backed with German funding and expertise,...
www.amazon.com /phrase/integrated-forest-management   (576 words)

  
 OSG Press Release No. 37
In Arsi, three students were shot dead at Kofale.
Demonstrations were reported also from Dodola and Robe in Bale province, and from Chiro in Hararge.
The Oromia Regional Council admitted to ten civilian killings before the three students were killed in Kofale on 20 April.
oromo.org /OSG/osg/pr37.htm   (4509 words)

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