Learn about The 9 tribes of Eritrea

[kizer sozey]

Afar

Eritrean Afars, also known as Dankils, live mainly along the southeastern sea coast and on the offshore islands in a highly-segmented, patrilineal society. Afars inhabit one of the least hospitable terrains on earth and are renowned for their prowess in battle. They have a long history of independent sultanates and strong warrior traditions. Many of their songs and much of their oral literature is built on this, and it is still common to see Afar men wearing the jile or curved knife. Today, most are herders, traders or artisanal fishers.
Pastroral Afar families typically live in large hemispherical houses of hides and woven mats stretched across a framework of wooden poles that can be carried by camel over long distances. In the few oases in Afar territory, the people cultivate maize and tobacco. Traders carry slabs of salt on their camels to the highlands from long-dried salt pans by the sea.

Bilen

The Cushitic-speaking Bilen live in and around the city of Keren. Among them are Muslim and Christian (mostly Catholic) herders and farmers. Theirs is a traditional society organized into kinship groups. Bilen women are known for their brightly colored clothes, their gold, copper or silver nose rings, and henna tattoos that resemble diamond necklaces.

Hedareb

The Hedareb, also known as T'badwe, live in a wide arc stretching from western Barka across the northwestern valleys of the arid, volcanic Sahel region, where the liberation front had its fortified rear bases throughout much of the independence war. Their ancestral roots are among the Nilotic Beja peoples, whose territory stretches from Eritrea across northeastern Sudan to southern Egypt and who have lived along the sea coast for thousands of years. Their Muslim society is patrilineal.
Most Hedareb are semi-nomadic pastoralists. Many travel over long distances in search of pasture for their animals, which can include large camel herds as well as goats and sheep. The Hedareb are known as highly skilled camel drivers.

Kunama

The Kunama live in southwestern Eritrea around the town of Barentu and close to the border with Ethiopia. Some are Christian, some Muslim, but many follow their own faith, centered around worship of the creator, Anna, and veneration of ancestral heroes. Their society is strongly egalitarian with distinctive matrilineal elements. Historically, most were hunters and farmers, tilling the soil with hand-held hoes to grow a variety of grains and vegetables. Today, they tend to be farmers and herders, whose cattle are also important sources of wealth and prestige.
The Kunama, thought to be among the aboriginal inhabitants of the region, were one of Eritrea's largest nationalities until the late 1800s, when repeated assaults and slave-raiding by Tigrayan warlords sharply reduced their population and impoverished the society. Many of their dances are reenactments of historical events.

[kizer sozey]

Nara

The Nara live in the western slopes and Barka plains. Like their neighbors, the kunama, with whom they share some customs, the Nara are mainly sedentary farmers with a marked interest in cattle. However, their matrilineal family structure was transformed into a patrilineal one-and their traditional religion forcibly supplanted by Islam- during the Egyptian occupation of their homelands in the 1850s.

Rashaida

The Rashaida are the country's only ethnic Arabs. Mainly pastoralists and traders, the Rashaida migrated to northeast Africa in the 19th century from the Hejaz. They are Arabic-speaking Muslims, living along the northern coast and along the Sudan border in tightly-knit, patrilineal clans. Rashaida women are noted for their red-and-black patterned dresses and their long heavy veils, often embroidered with silver, beads and seed pearls.


Saho

The Saho inhabit the coast and the hinterland south of Asmera and Massawa and the highlands as far inland as the Hazumo Valley. Most are Muslim. Some are seasonal farmers and herders, though a growing number are sedentary farmers living in the southeastern highlands. Among them are skilled beekeepers, widely known for their high quality honey. The Saho live in patrilineal descent groups, each of which has a traditional warrior leader, the rezanto, who is accountable to an all-male public assembly.




Tigre

The mostly Muslim Tigre people extend from the western lowlands across the northern mountains to the coastal plains . Most are herders and seasonal farmers, cultivating maize, durra (sorghum) and other cereals during the rainy season before moving with their herds and their families. Household goods, as well as sick or aging family members, are transported long distances by camel and donkey.
The Tigre have a rich oral literature of fairy tales, fables, riddles, poetry and stories of war and supernatural. They are also known for their singing and dancing, which is usually accompanied by a drum and a mesenko (a stringed instrument, plucked like a guitar). Theirs is a highly stratified society traditionally ruled by a hereditary village leader.

Tigrinya

Most Tigrinya-speakers are sedentary farmers living in the densely populated central highlands of Maakel and Debub, though they are spread from this ancestral farmland over much of Eritrea today. The over-whelming majority are Orthodox Christians, though there is a small minority of Muslims, known as Jiberti, and there are signifcant minorities of Catholics and Protestants. Like all Eriterans, they are deeply attached to their land, but Tigrinya-speakers also maki up a large proportion of urban traders and operators of small businesses, restaurants and other services throughout the country.

http://www.abouteritrea.com/ is were i got this report

[Questioins]

cool info

[Awet na hafsch]

super info..it can help me for my presentation a lot..

[Haben]

Awet na hafsch wrote:

super info..it can help me for my presentation a lot..

it may not be a hundred percent right so not as to offend any tribe do more historical research on the 9 differnt tribes

awet na hafsh

[kill every eritrean]

kizer sozey wrote:

Afar
Eritrean Afars, also known as Dankils, live mainly along the southeastern sea coast and on the offshore islands in a highly-segmen.

too stupid. all of the other tribes are living with their murderers: the so called tigrigna speaking eritreans! eritrea, the biggest concentration camp in the worled. eriterans are going fast to the stone ages, where where the hyena would eat the donkey, the lion would eat the hyena, the fox would eat the goat,...... if there is some thing by the name 'Law' in eritrea, you find it only in the jangle.

[Asmarino]

Way to go Kzer Sozey, everyone needs to know about Eritreans, even those who are trying to destroy us so that they know who they are dealing with.

Nine peoples, One Eritrea, Forever !!!

[Haben]

kill every eritrean wrote:

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too stupid. all of the other tribes are living with their murderers: the so called tigrigna speaking eritreans! eritrea, the biggest concentration camp in the worled. eriterans are going fast to the stone ages, where where the hyena would eat the donkey, the lion would eat the hyena, the fox would eat the goat,...... if there is some thing by the name 'Law' in eritrea, you find it only in the jangle.

ashwe ashwe lol go talk to your dad melese zeny

[kill every eritrean]

Haben wrote:

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ashwe ashwe lol go talk to your dad melese zeny

hi rapacious gay, it's u who's doing the malarious catastrophes up on the kunamas and Afars! it's u hu is trying to forcefully load ur 'hameshenay' calture up on the others! u want them to compromise their language to tigrigna! U r too 'donqoro' to understand that each ethnic group in eritrea has its own identity and must be reserved! u just blindly sing one song, and you don't know what the feelings of the oppressed people bring to you one day.

[TigrinyanRebel]

kill every eritrean wrote:

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too stupid. all of the other tribes are living with their murderers: the so called tigrigna speaking eritreans! eritrea, the biggest concentration camp in the worled. eriterans are going fast to the stone ages, where where the hyena would eat the donkey, the lion would eat the hyena, the fox would eat the goat,...... if there is some thing by the name 'Law' in eritrea, you find it only in the jangle.

With 2 birs we can buy 3 of your family members.

[tshad]

i got one question , i went to the site that kizer talk about and they said that Eritrea has been inhabited since the 8 th Century BC and the first inhabitants were the Nilotic people from the Nile,so it's mean that the first inhabitants of Eritrea came from Egypt ?

[Cellest]

TigrinyanRebel wrote:

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With 2 birs we can buy 3 of your family members.

you are truly the biggest denkoro in this forum, thanks for contributing nothing in the group.

[yaya]

tshad wrote:

i got one question , i went to the site that kizer talk about and they said that Eritrea has been inhabited since the 8 th Century BC and the first inhabitants were the Nilotic people from the Nile,so it's mean that the first inhabitants of Eritrea came from Egypt ?

No the first 2 inhabitants of eritrea are the kunama and the adals also known as the afars and saho people...the kunama inhabitant the gash area 2000-3000 bc while till massawa the adals or afars inhabit all the way todays somaliland,from there land of punt which its capital "qohioto" which is in central eritrea...from 2000bc first the beja moved more south from east sudan and some crossed the sea as they lived in the western part of arabia peninsula,then came the agazians (tigre+tigrigna+halenga+hidare b+some saho clans) around 800bc who adopted the geez language in arabia but is considered to be of hamitic origin and kin to the beja,the agazians were known in ancient times as ta xasa who were allied to the ancient egyptions and tigrettes after when they invaded babylon and occupied it 1700bc. check out this video for more:

http://www.youtube.com/watch...

[Asmarino]

Yaya: cool web site, thanx bro. I even know the guy who did it, Temesgen. Last time I was there he was making a movie. Good work!

[TigrinyanRebel]

Cellest wrote:

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you are truly the biggest denkoro in this forum, thanks for contributing nothing in the group.

Because you rambling about Ethiopia propaganda is much more correlated with the topic then my suggestion?

I thought I would never see the day a Tigrinyan Ethiopian turn on his brother lol. So do you feel more connected with the Amharas and Oromos then you do with us eh? Its is only a matter of time when both ethnic groups combine forces and push your TPLF party back into Eritrea. Once the traitors return to Eritrea, there will be many lashes you will see.

[yaya]

Asmarino wrote:

Yaya: cool web site, thanx bro. I even know the guy who did it, Temesgen. Last time I was there he was making a movie. Good work!

he is good with the website,im doing a series of 10 parts which will also be helpful soon.

[Asmarino]

Thank you for the contribution, yaya! We will all be greatful for it. Good work!

[tshad]

yaya wrote:

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No the first 2 inhabitants of eritrea are the kunama and the adals also known as the afars and saho people...the kunama inhabitant the gash area 2000-3000 bc while till massawa the adals or afars inhabit all the way todays somaliland,from there land of punt which its capital "qohioto" which is in central eritrea...from 2000bc first the beja moved more south from east sudan and some crossed the sea as they lived in the western part of arabia peninsula,then came the agazians (tigre+tigrigna+halenga+hidare b+some saho clans) around 800bc who adopted the geez language in arabia but is considered to be of hamitic origin and kin to the beja,the agazians were known in ancient times as ta xasa who were allied to the ancient egyptions and tigrettes after when they invaded babylon and occupied it 1700bc. check out this video for more:
http://www.youtube.com/watch...

okay thanks

[yaya]

Asmarino wrote:

Thank you for the contribution, yaya! We will all be greatful for it. Good work!

you are welcome.

[kill every eritrean]

TigrinyanRebel wrote:

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Because you rambling about Ethiopia propaganda is much more correlated with the topic then my suggestion?
I thought I would never see the day a Tigrinyan Ethiopian turn on his brother lol. So do you feel more connected with the Amharas and Oromos then you do with us eh? Its is only a matter of time when both ethnic groups combine forces and push your TPLF party back into Eritrea. Once the traitors return to Eritrea, there will be many lashes you will see.

believe me, u wont come back to Ethiopiana! try another option 4 e.g, to go to the sudan or re-colonization by ur former italian masters. do u understand: just simple - we hate u! we did never force u to go! but fortunately, ur secession was a blessing in disguise 4 us: the unwanted deciding to leave with no force! u r no more the kind of people we have been viewing u. u do not understand friendship! so men, don't waste ur energy and time by waiting for long time and expecting u to come back. our door is closed to u. u all have criminal records in Ethiopiana!