Culture
Music, food & the Burji way of life
From the highland farms to celebration songs, this is the living culture behind the language.
PHOTO — Burji highlands & homestead
A farming people
Rooted in the highlands
The Burji are known as skilled farmers of the southern Ethiopian highlands, terracing steep hillsides to grow enset, grains and coffee. That life on the land shapes the language, the seasons, the food and the celebrations gathered here.
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Music & song
Celebration, work and lullaby songs.
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Food
Recipes and the meaning behind them.
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Way of life
Homesteads, farming and the seasons.
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Dress & craft
Textiles, beadwork and making.
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Ceremonies
Marriage, naming and harvest.
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Proverbs
Wisdom passed down in words.
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