Tarree Mammaaksa Oromoo
Tarree Mammaaksa Oromoo Kan akka fardaa nyaatu gaafa akka namaatti nyaate du’a. Garaacha dheedhii garaatti beeki. Midhaan warra raatuu bona bona nyaatu. Haadha hinqabdu hakkoof boossi. Keessumaa...
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Oromiyaa
OROMIA AND THE OROMO PEPOLE Intorducing Oromia and the Oromo People Country: Oromia (also phonetically spelled as Oromiyaa)Area: 600,000 sq.km approx.Capital: Finfinnee (also called Addis...
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Oromia and the Oromo People Photo
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THE LANGUAGE
THE LANGUAGE The Oromo nation has a single common mother tongue and basic common culture. The Oromo language, Afaan Oromoo or Oromiffa, belongs to the eastern Cushitic group of languages and is the...
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CULTURE
Oromo have a very rich culture, fostered by the size of the population and large land areas with diverse climatic conditions. One highly developed self-sufficient system which has influenced every...
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THE CALENDAR Time is a very important concept in Gadaa and in Oromo life. Gadaa itself can be narrowly defined as a given set of time (period) which groups of individuals perform specific duties in a...
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RELIGIONS
RELIGIONS There are three main religions in Oromia: traditional Oromo religion, Islam and Christianity. Before the introduction of Christianity and Islam, the Oromo people practiced their own...
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THE LAND
THE LAND The country of the Oromo is called Biyya-Oromo (Oromo country) or Oromia (Oromiyaor Oromiyaa). Oromia is a name given by the Oromo Liberation Front to Oromoland, now part of the Ethiopian...
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THE ECONOMY
THE ECONOMY Potentially, Oromia is one of the richest countries in Africa. Agriculture is the backbone of its economy. Still employing archaic methods, subsistence agriculture is the means of...
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