it was however rather bland, and as a child, I recall envying the other Ethiopian children who had Amharic or Tigrinya names. But lately there has been an awakening among the Ethiopian community in Israel, they are returning to the practices of their homeland: weddings that are performed by Kessoch (Ethiopian clerics), reclaiming traditional ethnic names and a general Ethiopian cultural awakening. And part of the festivities is a three-cassette set of Ethiopian Kessoch singing the Beta Israel prayers, collected over three decades. For example, the Judaism of Ethiopian Jews is doubted by the Israeli Orthodox Rabbinate, which rules religious life in the country. “At some point I found myself beginning to return to my culture, the Ethiopian community that I had abandoned as a child.”When?

Source: Ethiopian News December 25, 2018 20:15 UTC