priests celebrate fasika in the church Bet Medhame Alem.(easter) lalibela-ethiopia.

Easter is one of the greatest festivals of the Ethiopian people, celebrated after 55 days of fasting.
Devout followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church offer daily prayers at the Church and do not eat until 3 PM, except Saturday and Sunday when prayers are conducted early in the morning. Easter always takes place in glorious weather and enormous effort is put into making the occasion memorable.

Gifts are prepared for children and most people are resplendent in their best clothes, usually the dazzling white traditional dress. Everyone spends Easter Eve at the Church praying until 3 am when it is announced that Christ has risen!
This, in dramatic contrast to the brilliant jewel colors of the ceremonial velvets and satins of the priests' robes and sequined velvet umbrellas, make this festival entirely splendid  http://www.flickr.com

Adopted against her will: One woman shares her story

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What would you do if you arrived in a foreign country ready to study on an educational exchange and only to discover you had been “adopted” by a family that thought you were an orphan?
It may sound like a nightmare, but it happened to Tarikuwa Lemma, who told her story on Sunday’s Melissa Harris-Perry. Lemma came to the United States from Ethiopia for what she and her family thought was an educational exchange program when she was 13-years-old; after she arrived, she was told she had been adopted.
Once she learned what her adoption meant for her future, Lemma felt “a lot of grief and anger.”
“I didn’t want a new family because I had a family in Ethiopia,” said Lemma, who will start her freshman year at college in the fall. The family that tried to adopt Lemma and her two younger sisters changed their names and even stopped them from speaking their native language.
Adoption is a multi-billion dollar industry, rife with corruption and dissemblance, and in recent years it has morphed into an evangelical movement.
“There is so much emphasis on and enthusiasm for adoption in the United States,” said journalist Kathryn Joyce, author of “The Child Catchers.” “When adoption agencies prey on families’ desire to ‘help’ children they believe to be in need, there have been lies and misinformation seeded in from the very beginning” of the adoption process.
How can the adoption process be reformed? Is it even possible to do so? Watch the full discussion on MHPshow.com and watch the show every Saturday and Sunday at 10:00 AM ET.

ETHIOPIAN FOOD IN THE UNITED STATES - CCTV

Ethiopian cuisine in America's capital city is undergoing a major transformation into the mainstream food culture. People living and working around Washington DC are being introduced to this diverse cuisine because the city has the largest Ethiopian community in the country. And as our Washington Correspondent Daniel Ryntjes reports.

አላመሰግንም!!

 እዮብ ምኀረተ አብ
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ተቸገርኩኝ እርዱኝ፣ ካርድ ሙሉልኝ ብዬ አይን አውጥቼ ለምኜ የሞባይል ካርድ ለላካችሁልኝ፣ በተለይም በአካልም ሆነ በስልክ ለማታውቁኝ የCyber ቤተሰቦች፡
በፍጹም አላመሰግንም!!

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በCyberም ቢሆን፣ ብዙም አታቁኝም፤ ስለዚህም ላታምኑኝ ትችላላቹ ብዬ ስማችሁን ታግ ሳላደርግ ለላካችሁልኝ በሙሉ:

አላመሰግንም!

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አየህ; አንዳንዴ ምስጋና ውለታን ያሳንሳል፡፡ ወይንም ደግሞ የተለመደና የወረደ ግብረ መልስ ይመስላል፡፡

ስለዚህም አላመሰግንም፡፡

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የበሃይሉ ሽሙጦችና ፖለቲካችን ! ደረጀ በላይነህ

ብዙ ጊዜ ቀልድ የምጠብቀው ከተደላደለ ህይወት፣ከሚጣፍጥ እንጀራ መሶብ እንጂ ከመረረ የኑሮ ዉጣ ውረድ አይደለም፤ግን ተሳስተናል፡፡ ብዙ ታላላቅ ደራሲያን የተወለዱት በጦርነትና በሰቆቃ ማህጸን እንጂ በተድላ አበባ እምብርት ላይ አይደለም። ንቦች ናቸው ከጥሩ መዓዛ ማር የሚጋግሩት፡፡ ንቦች ስል የኛን አገር ንቦች(ኢህአዴግን)ማለቴ አይደለም፡፡ በቅርቡ ያነበብኩት፡፡ ግን ደግሞ ትንሽ ቆየት ያለ (በ2001) የታተመ መጽሃፍ “ድህነት” በእንግሊዝኛው “poverty”ብሎ የጻፈው ጽሁፍ የሚያሳዝንና የሚያስቅ ነበረ - ጆ ጉድ ዊን ፓርከር፡፡ “Poverty is being tired. I always been tired. They told me at the hospital when the last baby came that I had chronic anemia caused from poor diet, a bad cause of worms, and that I needed a corrective operation. I listened politely – the poor are always polite. The poor always listen.”