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Ashenda Fistival Tigrai

Ashenda is a unique Tigraian traditional festival which takes place in August to mark the
ending of fasting called filseta. This event is mostly for girls and young women, which
they await very eagerly every year. It is unique to the people in the state of Tigrai in
northern Ethiopia. The name of the festival "Ashenda" comes from the name of a tall
grass that the girls make in to a skirt and ware it around their waist as a decoration.

Ashenda is a unique Tigraian traditional festival. Tigrai young ladies and girls enjoying Ashenda music and dance.
The young women and girls dress the best traditional dresses called tilfi which is a
cotton dress decorated with amazing embroidery from the neck to toe in front of the
dress. The girls also adorned them selves with array of beautiful jewelry.
After they gather in the village or city center they divide in to small groups and they go
house to house singing and playing their drums. They stop at ever house and sing and
dance for the people in the houses. It is customary for people to give them money, food
and drinks and other items for their efforts. They continue the whole day going from
house to house and occasionally stopping in a village or city center and singing and
dancing for a while before they go on again on their tour.
A week or so after the celebrations started, the event comes to an end with all the girls
from the village or the town coming together in the center of the town or a village
singing and dancing until sun down. This time the young boys join in more like
spectators than active players.

Ashenda is a unique beautiful Tigraian traditional festival where young ladies and girls enjoy Ashenda music and dance. The
festival can last up to a week.

Tigraian coffee ceremony

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HAIR STYLE
 The women of Tigrai are known for their beauty in
Ethiopia. Women in Tigrai might ware Variety of hairstyles based on their age and
marital status. Young girls shave their hair on the side of their head leaving some hair
at the back of the head and around the head. The shaved part slowly closes over the
years, by the time a young lady is married and have a kid she officially enters
womanhood and she wears the fully braided hair do. There are many styles of braiding
from the very fine called gilbich to a course one called albaso. All the hairdo styles show
the most amazing artistic skills of the people developed for ages.
The Tigrai women hair style is unique to the people of Tigrai. It takes long time to do
the fine hair braids and it is not done by anybody, there are women who specialize in
the skill and that is what they do for a living. When it is done it looks like an art more
than hair style. The jewelry that is worn by Tigrai women is also very unique to the
region it is usually made mainly of gold and silver and sometimes copper.
A Beautiful Tigraian woman braiding her sisters, cleint's or friends hair.

The following picture shows the many hair style braids that can be worn by women and
young girls in Tigrai. Even though, modern hair style can be seen in many cities and
town of Tigrai, most women stick to the thousands year old traditional style.
Beautiful Tigraian women showing their hair style braids.

CUSTOMS
Coffee making
Coffee is a very important ceremonial drink in Tigrai. The coffee ceremony is common
through out the state and most of Ethiopia. Fresh beans are roasted; while they are hot
and smoking they are passed around by the coffee maker usually a girl for blessing.
The roasted beans are ground and served in very small richly decorated ceramic cups.
The coffee is served in three rounds. The first round is called Awell, the second Bereka
and the third Dereja. It is customary to show you appreciation by telling the person
who is making and serving the coffee how good the coffee is.
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 Tihlo is a unique food that originated from the eastern part of
Tigrai, northern Ethiopia. Now days tihlo is spreading throughout Ethiopia. Tihlo is a
very healthy food, it is easy to make, and the most delicious food you ever tested. Tihlo
is made primarily made of barley flour. When you eat tihlo Each bite is dipped in to a
spicy stew made especially for.
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Face marks as expression of cultural identity

A Tigraian lady with traditional face scar markings on her temple called [Girnab]
As many people around the globe Tigrai people have long used face scarification for the
expression of cultural identity. When a baby is about two to six year old a traditional
doctor will cut two very small incisions on the temple of the kid. Sometimes these cuts
can be on the eye brows and if they are done properly the scars will be very thin and
hardly noticeable. Usually the scars would be less than one eighth an inch wide and
about quarter an inch tall. If the cuts are done by the parent or unskilled person they
can leave bigger scars.
In Ethiopia only the Tigrai people do mark their faces with these small straight line
incisions side by side on their face. In the past 90 years since the Tigraians lost power
to the Amhara people of central Ethiopia, their tradition, language and cultural practices
have been attacked and ridiculed. The facial scars of the people of Tigrai have been
source of insult and discrimination by the Amhara who tried to destroy the Tigrai
identity. Despite the humiliation the practice still continues today in Tigrai, in fact most
young people are finding their own cultural identity and embracing it with pride.
Tigrai houses amazing stone masonry

Houses in Tigrai are usually built from amazing stone masonry and they are rectangular in shape.
Houses in Tigrai are usually built from amazing stone masonry and they are rectangular
in shape. Sometimes they can be round but the round and rectangular houses have flat
roofs of wood covered with mortar and wide overhanging eaves to protect the walls
from rain water.  On the outside of the houses they have beautifully built stone steps
leading to the roof where the roof is used for many purposes. In some cases the houses
could double story buildings the upstairs would be used as a bedroom, leaving room or
guest room. Read More about Tigrai house building
Wedding in Tigrai
Beautiful Tigraian women showing their hair style braids.
A beautiful Tigrai bride wearing a traditional wedding dress. The black coat is called
Kabba.

Beautiful people beautiful culture,

Tigrai is the cradle of Ethiopian
civilization.
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What is Ethiopian traditional cloth made of?

It is made of cotton fabric, and typically comes in white, grey or beige shades. Many
women also wrap a shawl called a netela around the formal dress.