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The Amhara Ethnic Group

This is a typical farmer's house. Some of them are made up of mud and sticks of wood.

As you can notice these men are wearing the traditional tunic and turbans.

These two kids live in the high mountains of Amhara region and as you can see they're wearing long-sleeve dress in order to keep their body warm.

This elder man is wearing a turban in his head and a wrapped cloth in order to keep himself heated.

She's wearing a loose garment that does the job of a scarf (keep your neck warm) and she's carrying embroidery cloth.

As you can see these children are wearing western clothing, that might have been made in China or any other Asian country.

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If you notice that the man is using a traditional tunic, western jeans, and western shoes. He seems to either be selling or just transporting embroidery wrapped cloth.

Western in Amhara

The Amhara

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The most popular ethnic group in Ethiopia is Amhara. They’re located in the center and some part in the North of Ethiopia, Africa. Because of its large size, their culture, dress style, religions, and others vary. The geography consists of high mountains, with cold temperatures, and great fertile gorges, which makes its agriculture to be based on farming.

The Amhara, ethnic group in Ethiopia, has different dress motivations, affected and depending on the gender and the specific area where the people live. For example, a very important dress motivation for the people that live highly up in the mountains is to survive; their clothes are design to cover and keep the body warm because of the low temperatures. In other stable areas, where they’re not exposed to low temperatures, they’ve adapted the western style by wearing clothing made in China and other Asian countries. Also for the people in the urban side, their motivation to wear shoes is to protect themselves from the litter and debris in the streets, while in the rural side, people do not wear shoes.

For some people in Amhara, their dress motivation in to keep warm with their traditions and others to keep up with their religion. For example, most of the time men follow the traditional clothing, which consist of long shirts and jodhpur trousers; this is called gapi (cotton-made wrapped sheet.) Also in some areas where they’re influenced by western style, some women in Amhara, wear brightly white and tight dresses with woven borders and embroidery with different colors. Others practice an ancient form of Christianity and their clothing is a reflection from the Roman Empire. For example, gown wrapped garments, long tunics, and for men white turbans.

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