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Unique among African countries, the ancient Ethiopian monarchy maintained its freedom from colonial rule, with the exception of the 1936-41 Italian occupation during World War II. In 1974 a military junta, the Derg, deposed Emperor Haile SELASSIE (wh... [read more]
Unique among African countries, the ancient Ethiopian monarchy maintained its freedom from colonial rule, with the exception of the 1936-41 Italian occupation during World War II. In 1974 a military junta, the Derg, deposed Emperor Haile SELASSIE (wh... [read more] Blog: Dancing the night away
Date: July 9th 2009
Lukas writing...At home (America) when we went to Lithuanian school on Saturdays, we learned how to dance some Lithuanian folk dances. Here in Ethiopia people dance very different. Here people mostly dance alone, but sometimes they dance with two people, in pairs. When people dance in pairs, usually there is one man with one woman in front. They look at each other first over one shoulder, then ove ... read more
Date: July 9th 2009
Lukas writing...At home (America) when we went to Lithuanian school on Saturdays, we learned how to dance some Lithuanian folk dances. Here in Ethiopia people dance very different. Here people mostly dance alone, but sometimes they dance with two people, in pairs. When people dance in pairs, usually there is one man with one woman in front. They look at each other first over one shoulder, then ove ... read more
