What are some distinguishing aspects of Ethiopian culture?

Having pictures of the Ethiopian royal family on the walls of your house. * Every single Ethiopian family has dozens of portraits, of our nobility decorating the walls of our houses. When you feed your friends because of Gursha. * Gursha is an act... read more

Ethiopia has an ancient culture of traditional tattoos. Traditional designs, are as diverse as Ethiopian society and usually indicate the bearer’s cultural, religious and ethnic background. read more

Some forms of traditional music are strongly influenced by folk music from elsewhere in the Horn of Africa, especially Somalia. However, Ethiopian religious music also has an ancient Christian element, traced to Yared, who lived during the reign of Gabra Masqal. In northeastern Ethiopia, in Wollo, a Muslim musical form called manzuma developed in 1907. read more