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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Gurage
A normal Gurage diet consists primarily of kocho, a thick bread made from ensete, and is supplemented by cabbage, cheese, butter, and grains.
Gurage males tend to develop a greater degree of anxiety over food which may be related to the fact that men depend on women for its preparation.
All Gurage in the PA studied have an enset-dominated farming system, although there are differences between wealthier and poorer households in terms of the types and amounts of cash crops and enset, and the management of enset (Figures 10.2 and 10.3).
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Gurage   (0 words)

  
 Silti Gurage
The mostly Muslim Silti Gurage are similar to the rest of their Ethiopian countrymen in that most are extremely poor.
It’s possible the name Gurage was given by the Amhara—Ethiopia’s dominant people group—to all the languages spoken by the people on their southern periphery.
In Amharic, Gurage means “area of the Gura.” Gura is another name for Harage, the traditional name for the area around the present-day city of Harer.
archives.tconline.org /stories/aug01/silti.html   (0 words)

  
  The Tree Against Hunger
The Gurage (Figure 2.2) identify themselves as "people of enset" (Shack, 1966), and are one of the ethnic groups that depend upon enset as their main staple.
All Gurage in the PA studied have an enset-dominated farming system, although there are differences between wealthier and poorer households in terms of the types and amounts of cash crops and enset, and the management of enset (Figures 10.2 and 10.3).
Between ethnic groups where enset is a staple (Gurage and Sidama) and a co-staple for some of the population (the wealthier households among the Hadiya) there are differences in many aspects of enset cultivation (clonal variation, plant spacing, disease prevalence, and manuring) and processing (tools and starter used, location, size, and disease of pits).
www.aaas.org /international/africa/enset/studies.shtml   (2278 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Gurage
According to the historian Paul B. Henze, their origins are explained by traditions of a military expedition to the south during the last years of the Axumite Kingdom which left military colonies that eventually became isolated from both northern Ethiopia and each other.
Gurage follow strict norms when it comes to feeding practices after a child is born.
Gurage males tend to develop a greater degree of anxiety over food which may be related to the fact that men depend on women for its preparation.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Gurage   (1239 words)

  
  Gurage - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Gurage are an ethnic group in Ethiopia.
The Gurage language, or Guragigna, is a South Ethiopian Semitic language, part of the same linguistic family as Amharic.
Over 50% of the Gurage claim allegiance to Ethiopian Orthodox Church, an Oriental Orthodox church related to Coptic Christianity, and another 40% are adherents of Islam.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Gurage   (225 words)

  
 Satelitní mapa oblasti Gurage: Ābosa — Zigbī | Etiopie
Gurage a okolní regiony — podrobné satelitní snímky
Několik málo kliknutí Vám umožní zobrazit mapu jakékoli oblasti či místa na území oblasti Gurage.
Stačí vyplnit jméno a adresu toho, komu chcete o Maplandia.cz a satelitních snímcích Gurage říct a Vaše jméno a e-mail (aby Vám příjemce mohl odpovědět a poděkovat), potom klikněte na tlačítko doporučit.
www.maplandia.cz /etiopie/southern/gurage   (466 words)

  
 The Gurage People - Carolyn Ford with SIM in Ethiopia
Barley, potatoes and kale grow in the highlands and wheat and tef (a millet-like grain native to Ethiopia) in the lower altitudes.
Gurage houses are famous for their neatness and symmetry, circular structures held together without the use of nails, wooden spokes protruding from a center pole to support the thatched roof.
The Gurage believers were delighted to receive them and began asking for a translation of the Old Testament as well.
www.carolynford.org /gurage/index.shtml   (0 words)

  
 UNHCR - Ethiopia: Update to ETH15911.E of 30 November 1993 on the Gurage tribe including their location, language, and ...
the Gurage occupy a compact territory on the central Ethiopian plateau...
The Gurage remained politically quiescent throughout this tumultous period, save for the participation of some youth in the radical student movement that opposed the regime in its early years.
As befitted their geographic position and economic situation, the Gurage were attached to the centre of the Ethiopian state and cooperated with its rulers.
www.unhcr.org /home/RSDCOI/3df4be2f14.html   (0 words)

  
 GURAGE Language Page - Handbook of African Language Resources (ASC)(MSU)
The term encompasses a cluster of languages belonging to the south Ethiopic group of Semitic.
There are at least three distinct Gurage languages, possibly as many as twelve (Leslau 1980).
Grimes (1996) cites a figure of 1,856,000 speakers of all Gurage languages.
www.isp.msu.edu /AfrLang/Gurage_root.html   (0 words)

  
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In the Sodo Gurage District located about 100 km to the South of Addis Ababa, big trees and patches of forest have long been set aside, usually close to settlements, as sacred lands that could not be touched by anyone, and have been strictly protected by customary law.
Every Gurage community has his own adbar tree that is believed to be the abode of spirits.
At this time the Gurage people sacrifice animals under adbar trees to maintain good farming and cropping season as well as avoid any evil spirit that brings epidemic diseases.
members.lycos.co.uk /ethiopianplants/sacredgrove/gurage.html   (445 words)

  
 Ethiopian Special / Gurage Kitfo
From the Gurage people of southern Showa province comes one of Ethiopia's most distinctive dishes, kitfo, or raw minced beef.
In kitfo, the beef filet is finely minced-never ground-then mixed with clarified butter and spices, especially powder from the tiny, very hot chili pepper known as mitmita, fenugreek, and sometimes cardamom.
A mix of salt and powdered red mitmita pepper, as well as fresh cottage cheese (ayb), are served alongside the kitfo, which is usually presented in a special clay pot and often eaten with a bone spoon.
www.ethiopianrestaurant.com /dishes/gurage_kitfo.html   (140 words)

  
 Gurage
Der Artikel Gurage gehört zur Kategorie: Ethnie in Afrika, Ethnie in Äthiopien, Semitische Sprache
Die Gurage sind eine ethnische Gruppe in Äthiopien.
Ursprünglich leben sie in den fruchtbaren Bergregionen um Weliso, 100 km südwestlich von Addis Abeba, inzwischen leben aber viele von ihnen als Arbeiter in Addis Abeba und anderen Städten Äthiopiens.
www.xn--enzyklopdie-s8a.de /Gurage.html   (245 words)

  
 Gurage Research » Blog Archive » Gurage Wikipedia entry
This entry was posted on Thursday, November 9th, 2006 at 1:03 pm and is filed under Uncategorized.
I have editted it a bit (mostly adding bibliographical references), but I haven’t written anything substantial.
This blog is protected by dr Dave's Spam Karma 2: 17 Spams eaten and counting...
camba.ucsd.edu /gurage/index.php/2006/11/09/gurage-wikipedia-entry   (196 words)

  
 Ethnicity and Tribalism in Addis Ababa
The Gurage (20% of Addis Ababa population), an agricultural people from the south, came to the city as slaves, clients, migrant laborers and visitors and added to the great diversity of Addis Ababa (O'Conner 108).
The Gurage on the other hand, do not believe they are predisposed against labor and are capitalist opportunists who occupy positions the Amhara and Galla feel they are too good for.
Most of those who gather and bundle Eucalyptus wood in the greenbelt and transport it to markets for sale in Addis Ababa are Gurage, while the agriculturally inclined Amhara and Galla typically work at large mixed farm operations on the urban fringe (Horvath 323).
www.macalester.edu /courses/geog61/kshively/ethnicity.html   (0 words)

  
 HotBot Web Search for gurage
Gurage: ethnolinguistic group of the fertile region in southwestern Ethiopia west of Lake Ziway and east of the Omo River.
The Gurage are descendants of a mixture of Sidamo...
I got the impression that the Chaha language is considered as a prestigious language among the Gurage people and may even serve as a kind of lingua franca in the Gurage area while...
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 PanAfrLoc | PanAfrLoc / Gurage   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The term encompasses a cluster of languages belonging to the south Ethiopic group of Semitic.
There are at least three distinct Gurage languages, possibly as many as twelve (Leslau 1980).
Gurage has traditionally been divided into Central West Gurage (Chaha et al.); East Gurage (Sil'ti et al.), North Gurage, and others (Misqan, Peripheral West Gurage).
www.bisharat.net /wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/Gurage   (211 words)

  
 SIM People Group Profile: Gurage
SIM also produces a gospel radio program in the Gurage language which is very popular and has been used by God to bring many to faith in Christ (see photo upper right).
In 2003 Tenkir and Tamene, who work for the Gurage and Amharic language services of SIM-Radio, put together a series of 75 creative 15-minute programs in the two languages (using dramas, interviews and a “news magazine” format) which have now been broadcast.
The Gurage believers were delighted to receive the New Testaments in their own language and began asking for a translation of the Old Testament as well.
www.sim.org /PG.asp?pgID=80&fun=1   (0 words)

  
 Pueblo Gurage
Por su parte, los Gurage orientales, tienen sus orígenes en la región de Harar de la que huyeron durante el siglo XVI, tras la invasión de Ahmad ibn Ibrahim, "Gurey" (1506-1543).
Los Gurage occidentales tienen fama de ser unos consumados y expertos comerciantes.
Los Gurage tienen fama en el resto de Etiopía de ser los principales representantes del fenómeno conocido como Fanonet, emigración interior.
www.ikuska.com /Africa/Etnologia/Pueblos/gurage/index.htm   (816 words)

  
 Gurage background
The Gurage group are the southernmost Semitic languages, and present a complex array of linguistic features and dialectal variation.
The Gurage are known for their extensive cultivation of the ensete ventricosum or false banana plant, known as asat, although this is a practice they share with other southern and southwestern Ethiopians.
The Gurageland is densely populated, and many Gurage migrate to urban areas for work.
ling.ucsd.edu /~rose/GSRG/gurage_background.htm   (0 words)

  
 Ethiopian Languages - Sprachen in Äthiopien
They take Gurage as a geographical term describing an area roughly from the Gibe in the west to the Lake Zway in east and from the Awash in the north to the Gibe in the south.
I want to mention here that we are not dealing with dialects of a single language but with different languages spoken in a very narrow area south of Addis Ababa.
The linguistic and the ethnological documentation of the Gurage language area is therefore of main importance.
www.uni-mainz.de /Organisationen/ETHIOPIA/content/view/29/42   (446 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - Gurage
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The Gurage are an ethnic group in Ethiopia who are uniquely known for their work ethic and skill as traders.
They live in a fertile mountainous area about 150 miles southwest of Addis Ababa.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Gurage   (370 words)

  
 Gurage Research
I got the impression that the Chaha language is considered as a prestigious language among the Gurage people and may even serve as a kind of lingua franca in the Gurage area while reading various articles and books on the Gurage people and their languages.
During several occasions I asked people from Wolkite and other places in the northern part of the Gurage area about a possible common means of communication among the Gurages in this area.
This blog replaces the old Gurage research listserv originally started by Ronny Meyer at Mainz University and then relaunched at UC San Diego in 2003.
camba.ucsd.edu /gurage   (633 words)

  
 Sebat Bet Gurage —
Based on which role you have, you get a selection of skins that you can switch between.
Central West Gurage, Gouraghie, Guragie, Gurague, West Gurage
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 Gurage zone
Women in Gurage Zone registering encouraging results in various spheres
Administrator of Gurage Zone encouraged by results in all sectors during half fiscal year
Inhabitants of Gurage Zone urged to uphold tradition of development
www.guragezone.gov.et   (643 words)

  
 HotBot Web Search for gurage
Gurage - definition of Gurage by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus...
Information about Gurage in the free online English...
The Gurage people of Ethiopia inhabit an area of land approx.
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 e-lopers - Community - Gurage People of Ethiopia
Imagine living with 100 of your closest relatives under one roof!
The result is a dense, slightly nutty tasting bread.
Gurage people take pride in whatever work they do.
www.e-lopers.com /community_gura.htm   (705 words)

  
 Ethnologue report for language code:sgw
West Gurage Region, Chaha is spoken in and around Emdibir, Gura is spoken in and around Gura Megenase and Wirir, Muher is spoken in and around Ch'eza and in the mountains north of Chaha and Ezha, Gyeto is spoken south of Ark'it' in K'abul and K'want'e, Ezha is spoken in Agenna.
Central West Gurage, West Gurage, Guragie, Gouraghie, Gurague
A member of the Gurage cluster of languages.
www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=sgw   (143 words)

  
 Big bluestem a good idea or a bad idea. - Native Plants Forum - GardenWeb
The garden goes in front of our gurage has, butterflyweed, purple cone flower,brown eyed susan,switch grass,purple prarie clover, wild voilet.
I want to grow a native grass bordering our gurage that looks striking and exoticly colorful, I thought either indian grass or big blue stem would do it, expect these grasses get very large and look wild I dont want my neighbor to worry.
Would a shady/sun spot in damp soil next to a gurage be a good site for either of these plants?
forums.gardenweb.com /forums/load/natives/msg052144025129.html   (580 words)

  
 YouTube - Yod Abyssinia - Ethiopian Gurage Dancers Low Res
ia m not a gurage but their very smart people i hear beter than some tribes and have a unique food cuisine lol i feel like goign to sebat bet gurage midir all ofa sudden
ALL U haters Suck my dick We ethiopians are the best wait until we have a good leader in office we will show you what type of ppl we are!!!
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