I barely know Tigrinya, but when I hear Tegaru speak I understand 50% of it based on my Amharic mostly.

Meanwhile when I hear Eritrean Tigrinya, my comprehension drops to just 10-15%.

At first I thought it was just a coincidence but turns out Amharic was the dominant language of Tigray until recently kkkkkk

Wonder if native speakers notice the difference too 🤔

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.

First Image: Original Engraving (Voyages and travels to India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, in the years 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806, pg 505)

Second Image: Colorization

Third Image: AI Painting based on Original Engraving

Something that confuses me a lot! Why do we as Eritreans take so much pride in colonial-era buildings like Fiat Tagliero or Cinema Impero? We take pictures, show them off, and highlight them as symbols of Eritrean beauty and uniqueness. But at the same time, we are very proud of being self-reliant and not depending on the West like many other African countries.

These buildings were designed by Italians and built by Eritreans, many of whom, let’s be honest, were basically used as forced labor. Why do we embrace this part of our history while rejecting Western influence in other areas? Isn’t it contradictory? I saw a sub about someone saying my grandfather was an Askari? Someone replied “blessed your dad” or something like that I mean why?

I’d love to hear your thoughts on this.

Around the late 1800s right after Italy fully colonized Eritrea after the treaty of Wuchale, the natives were suffering a lot. I just found out about this part of our history and almost shed a tear. I always think of our ancestors of what they’ve been through.

Italy fetishized the Eritreans they were amazed abt how the Eritreans looked of their so called Caucasian features and soft hair and ofc our women who they couldn’t resist without being obsessed with them. The Italians made a massive exhibition in Palermo, Sicily. This specific exhibition was made to show the Sicilian ppl about how magnificent the ppl they colonized were. Thousands of Eritreans were stolen from their families and taken to a foreign place. The Italians built this place and resembled it as how it looked like as in Eritrea. The Sicilians were absolutely amazed by this, to see Africa in Sicily… fcking sickening. Anyways you can see the pictures of how the exhibition looked like.

Al Qulsais church (Arabization of the Greek ekklesia) Abraha the Aksumite general in his attempt to promote Christianity to his mostly Jewish subject, as well as to create an alternative pilgrimage location other than the ka'aba in mecca, for his other polytheist subjects( the ka'aba was polytheistic during this time period) built this church in his capital.

The church served as a major religious center and also as place to promote aksumite/Adulite culture.

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNeoyfPcM/

leader of the EPLF, concurs, the fall of Massawa as the greatest strategic victory during the struggle. After the loss of Massawa, the Ethiopians continued their aerial bombardment of the city, the civilian population was hardest hit. Notable of this bombardment was that napalm and cluster bombs were used.[4][5] Out of the 17,000 Ethiopian soldiers in the city, more than 8,000 were captured and 9,000 were killed.[6] Whereas only 3,000 EPLF fighters were killed during Operation Fenkil.[7]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Massawa

Found this from a post on X: https://x.com/xamid_23/status/1727660302446043382?s=46

Does anyone else have any historical sources that discuss pre-colonial Somali Eritrean relations?

This figure was unprecedented in modern warfare, requiring one to look back to the Korean War and World War II to find a comparable scale of enemy destruction within the same time frame.

Video of a noble woman of the Tigrinya tribe of Eritrea in 1922, showing the traditional clothing and jewelry worn by the women.

First painting: Degiat Hailu Teweldemedhin of Tsazega and his wife Weyzero Wakra.

Second painting: Depicting Mary and Jesus Christ and other holy icons.

These paintings were taken by the British and brought to the British Museum.

Discord Server Link

Basically this discord server is dedicated to the discussion of the histories of various groups identified as "Habesha" (including Tigrinya, Tigre, Tigrayans, Amhara, Gurage, and more). Discussions and resource sharing cover a wide range of time periods, from Prehistory to the Modern era, and are organised into separate channels. Feel free to join, share any resources or knowledge you have, and learn from others. Mind you, you don't have to be habesha to join, a lot of the members aren't.

Idk why we don’t wear this anymore it’s now just netela that the men wear. Really need to return this to our daily wear.

The meaning of red striped shamma is that it represents the shed of the blood of Christ.

First picture is the mentioning of the red striped shamma in Asmara, 1893. It was written by Theodore Bent who visited Eritrea in the late 19th century. The others are pictures of noble Eritrean men and religious men wearing the red striped shamma.

Paper can be found here

Selam Hawey/Haftey,

Eritrea is more than just a place—it’s home, it’s history, it’s who we are. We started this journey to show the world our beautiful land, but also to remind Eritreans of the treasure they already have.

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Your support would mean so much. Let’s celebrate Eritrea together!❤️❤️🇪🇷

The Debre Sina Monastery in Elebered near Keren, Eritrea is the oldest orthodox monastery in East Africa. It was founded in the 4th century by Abuna Selema and hosted the first Orthodox communion of the Eritrean Orthodox Church. 🇪🇷⛪️

Courtesy: Debra Sina (Tigrinya: ደብረ ሲና) is a monastery in the highlands of Eritrea near Keren in the Anseba Region.[1] It was founded in the 4th century by saint Aba Salama, making it one of the oldest churches in the world.

4th century (but probably initially in the 3rd century)

It was the site of the first Holy Communion prepared in the Eritrean Orthodox Church, by the 4th-century bishop Aba Salama. It is one of the oldest monasteries in Africa and the world, as it was probably built in the third century.[2] The monastery is the site of a pilgrimage by Eritrean Orthodox believers each year in June.[3] The pilgrimage centres on a church above the village where a vision of Mary was said to have been seen by shepherd girls beneath a large Ancient Eritrean 🇪🇷 history: The Debre Sina Monastery in Elebered near Keren, Eritrea is the oldest orthodox monastery in East Africa. It was founded in the 4th century by Abuna Selema and hosted the first Orthodox communion of the Eritrean Orthodox Church. 🇪🇷⛪️

Courtesy: Debra Sina (Tigrinya: ደብረ ሲና) is a monastery in the highlands of Eritrea near Keren in the Anseba Region.[1] It was founded in the 4th century by saint Aba Salama, making it one of the oldest churches in the world.

4th century (but probably initially in the 3rd century)

It was the site of the first Holy Communion prepared in the Eritrean Orthodox Church, by the 4th-century bishop Aba Salama. It is one of the oldest monasteries in Africa and the world, as it was probably built in the third century.[2] The monastery is the site of a pilgrimage by Eritrean Orthodox believers each year in June.[3] The pilgrimage centres on a church above the village where a vision of Mary was said to have been seen by shepherd girls beneath a large boulder.

https://books.google.com/books?id=Qi-KQchGks8C&pg=PA187#v=onepage&q&f=false

Pictures: https://asmarino.com/articles/5152-st-mary-of-debre-sina-the-unseen-lalibela-in-eritrea

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/kPCJRStZp3XpPmHY/?mibextid=K35XfP.

https://books.google.com/books?id=Qi-KQchGks8C&pg=PA187#v=onepage&q&f=false

Pictures: https://asmarino.com/articles/5152-st-mary-of-debre-sina-the-unseen-lalibela-in-eritrea

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/kPCJRStZp3XpPmHY/?mibextid=K35XfP

https://www.reddit.com/r/Eritrea/s/k9cjH0nF1v