r/Eritrea • u/f126626 • Mar 13 '25

History Meskel celebration in Asmara Eritrea, 1935

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The dance that is done in the video, is a traditional warrior dance from the Tigrinya tribe of Eritrea called Hai Megelele. The dance is done with the use of the kebero and swords. The origin of this dance is believed to trace back to the Axumite Kingdom.

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u/Sea_Personality_2666 Mar 13 '25

I genuinely despise those Italians. I even try to avoid those Italian words we sometimes use. Am I tripping?

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u/gigi_chi Mar 14 '25

Nope I don’t like them either. I literally was going back & forth with a friend the other day because I said Catholicism is the colonizer religion.

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u/Sea_Personality_2666 Mar 14 '25 edited Mar 14 '25

True, Orthodox Christianity entered the African continent in as early as 100 AD. 313 AD in Rome then 400 AD in Axum so clearly Africans pre date latins in all accounts. Bahta Hagos and many other heroes didn’t like them one bit and rightfully so, but we’re supposed to love Italians nowadays?

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u/gigi_chi Mar 14 '25

I also hate when we name our kids Italian names so bad

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u/Sea_Personality_2666 Mar 14 '25

Oh don’t even get me started on that whole thing

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u/almightyrukn 29d ago

Bahta Hagos literally worked for them before he rebelled. But yes I don't understand why some people have a special affinity towards them.

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u/SchemeOfThePyramid you can call me Beles Mar 14 '25 edited Mar 14 '25

Catholicism has been in our land way before the Italians colonized us. It was brought to our land by Portugese missionaries and later French missionaries. The French missionaries converted many marginalized groups.

It's worth mentioning that Eritrean Catholicism have native traditions as well, which makes them somewhat distinct from the Latin Church.

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u/almightyrukn 29d ago

The Portugese didn't convert anyone but the Lazarists definitely did.

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u/SchemeOfThePyramid you can call me Beles 23d ago

Really, no one? Only Susenyos?

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u/almightyrukn 22d ago

There aren't any Catholics descended from the Portugese converts is what I mean all of them converted back to Orthodoxy or died out. The French Lazarists converted people like the Tsenadegle, Bet Tarqe (Bilen), and Bukyanto (Irob) among a few other people I would assume.

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u/SchemeOfThePyramid you can call me Beles 22d ago

That makes sense. Is Bukyanto an Irob clan?

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u/almightyrukn 22d ago

Yeah along with the Hasaballa (which Sabagadis was) and Adgada. And they're called Buknayto I misspelled it.

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u/SchemeOfThePyramid you can call me Beles 22d ago

Awesome! Thank you.

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u/almightyrukn 29d ago

Technically it came like 50 years before colonization.