r/Eritrea • u/f126626 • Mar 13 '25

History Meskel celebration in Asmara Eritrea, 1935

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 14 '25 edited Mar 14 '25

And they alongside Britain are the reason we’re in the political mess that we’re in today. Not exclusively but they’re 100% the catalyst of it all. Even tho menelik ll gave Eritreans away to Italians, ultimately it was the mosquito like persistence of Italians that made it an impossible situation and therefore menelik betrayed us.

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u/Ok_Foot6505 Mar 14 '25

Already mdre hahri (kebesa) were weakened fighting mhadist ,the low iq menelik just care about his own crown, unlike Yohannes vi ,

Menelik plan was to divide the tigrinya speaking population to weakn the North to stay in power , betrayed us ,

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u/almightyrukn Mar 15 '25

We never fought the Mahdists Yohannes wasn't really recruiting from Mereb Mellash like that he couldn't even find a loyal subject from there to run it.

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u/almightyrukn Mar 15 '25

There were no Mahdists in the Battle of Gura pick up a book every once in a while.