Sidama Belema

Описание: Music from Sidama region of Ethiopia.

Song: Hawassa Belema - Kichini Ft. Mamila

The people of Sidama are a Cushitic speaking people in the southern part of Ethiopia.

The Sidamas were the original settlers in north east Africa and descendants of the larger Kushitic group that once ruled Egypt in ancient times but latter pushed down by the waves of popular migration and conflicts and also the search for better cultivable and grazing lands.

The most solid evidence is the linguistic interconnections between ancient Kushites and the modern day Kushites.

For example, the name of one of the famous Kushitic Pharaohs during the Napatan Kushitic era was King Taharqa. This has two meanings in Sidama and other modern day Kushitic languages. "Ta" or "Xa" means now while "Harqa" means roar like a lion. "Taharqa" therefore means a roaring lion, the name preferred by most kings through out history. Most Sidamas still today choose to name their male child as "Harqa" dropping the "Ta" or "Xa".

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