A traveler in Ethiopia makes a journey back to centuries and millennia transported by legend, history, and scientific evidence. From the first footsteps taken millions of years ago by our ancestors to modern humankind, to pagan religious periods of pre-Judaic and pre-Christia periods to the introduction of Islam, Ethiopian remains rich in religious and cultural wealth including indigenous faiths.
Ethiopia may well deserve the title ‘’Cradle of Humankind’’. Some of the most famous hominid fossils ever found on the planet are discovered within the country. Lucy ( Dinknesh in Amharic), a partial Australopithecus Afarensis and Ardipithecus Ramidus skeletons, are the most famous hominid fossils ever found in Ethiopia along with many others.
Mother Nature was in a playful mood when she created Ethiopia. The country is vast and full of contrasts and extremes: a land of remote and wild places with variation of the topography, astounding landscapes on African continent found here among the jaggedly carved Simien mountains, breathtaking largest continuous mountain ranges and one of UNESCO’s World Heritage sites, matched by the Great Rift Valley and magnificent lakes ,including the vast savanna, the source of great mighty rivers like the BLUE NILE, variety of wood lands, beautiful scenery with gigantic mountain formations of the largest afro-alpine landscape in contrast with the lowest point on the continent, in the hot and fascinating Denakil depression, where sulfur fumaroles escape from lunar-like landscape, different species of flora and fauna hosts endemism, different vibrant living cultures, traditions and religions that have been still preserved, are continued and still practiced todays makes Ethiopia, the only sub-Saharan country with tangible historical remnants of ancient living history and one of the favorite destinations in Africa ,in addition for having the most UNESCO world Heritage sites on the continent.
Ethiopia is a country where history is alive. The virtual isolation over centuries and never being colonized have substantially shaped people’s traditions and way of life. It is possible to find yourself amongst the people dramatically transported back in time or to participate with such freedom in the sacred rituals of the such ancient faith. The country is unique. An Ethiopian Medley of Ethnicity Ethiopia is also a country of great cultural diversity with a population of more than 80 ethnicities and many languages and customs.
Indeed, the ceremonies and rituals of the Ethiopian Orthodox church open a window to an undisturbed world of the Old Testament. Even the country is the home of the first Muslim worshipers outside of Arabian land and later became the homeland for Rastafarians.
No visit to Ethiopia is not complete without meeting its indigenous people and enjoying speaking with them to witness both ancient and authentic living first-hand extraordinary wealth of cultural treasures and traditions, diversity of music, dance, art, amazing architecture, fashion, cuisine, and beliefs.
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