The first time Dr. Ruth Eshel witnessed esketa (which means shoulder dance, in Amharic), she was astounded. “I knew immediately that this was something new and different, something I had never seen ...
On October 14 at the Osher Marin JCC in San Rafael, California, at a performance for 400 middle school students from six different Bay Area Jewish day schools, the members of the Beta Dance Troupe ...
It didn't seem like the scene could get any sunnier Sunday, as thousands of Ethiopians and admirers of Ethiopian culture gathered on the north shore of Oakland's Lake Merritt -- the women in ...
Ethiopia is home to more than eighty ethnic communities, each with its own distinct dance tradition. For most people outside Ethiopian communities and the diaspora, these forms have historically ...
NORTHAMPTON – It was a rainy Wednesday night. And although outside the heavens were screaming in sadness, it was surely due to the fact that the five men and five women dancers of the Eskesta dance ...
Sign up to receive our email newsletter in your inbox. Weinberg senior Beza Abate may smile when she’s happy, but it’s more likely you’ll find her dancing. “I ...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Reuters Life!) - Music echoes through an overcrowded neighborhood in the Ethiopian capital, drawing dozens of children off the streets to get a glimpse of another world -- the ...
Chanting and clapping as they dance to the haunting rhythm of drums, the inhabitants of Harar, a fortified Ethiopian city seemingly frozen in time, celebrate the festival of Shuwalid, keeping ...
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