I once went to an art exhibition by a young artist named Alazar Eyob; the paintings were futuristic and based upon our culture. One of the pieces that totally dazzled me was a painting of a beautiful woman dressed in “zuria”, her black and long hair braided in a traditional way.
Hide your customs and lock up your traditions, the cultural Gringo is coming to town. Who is the cultural gringo, you might ask? It is global culture hailing from the West and threatening our identities as peoples and nations. It comes as a bulldozer to crush and crumple indigenous cultures and replace them with newly crafted fads and crazes.
It was a cold season and people were wearing jackets to keep warm. That evening turned out to be unusually cold like never before. Asmara’s air was filled with fog and dew. There were countless people in the streets at the city centre walking in groups and there were also others sitting on the Cathedral’s stairs watching around while chatting.
Have you ever come across something you thought you knew so well but you actually don’t? Well, I did. It was on 25th of January 2020, the spring festival of China.
A few days ago, on the day of Epiphany, my mother was baking enjera (Eritrean traditional soft bread) for the holiday and I had to bake the qcha (traditional bread). Qcha is often baked after enjera because they say if you bake qcha first, the enjera comes out bad. So, I waited for my mother to make enjera before it was my turn to bake qcha.
Making acquaintances with someone always ends up in some sort of disappointment after some time has passed and that certain someone started to show forth his or her true colors. The disappointment can be of two causes- exceeding or falling short of expectations. Unfortunately, the former happens rarely.
I once went to an art exhibition by a young artist named Alazar Eyob; the paintings were futuristic and based upon our culture. One of the pieces that totally dazzled me was a painting of a beautiful woman dressed in “zuria”, her black and long hair braided in a traditional way.
Hide your customs and lock up your traditions, the cultural Gringo is coming to town. Who is the cultural gringo, you might ask? It is global culture hailing from the West and threatening our identities as peoples and nations. It comes as a bulldozer to crush and crumple indigenous cultures and replace them with newly crafted fads and crazes.
It was a cold season and people were wearing jackets to keep warm. That evening turned out to be unusually cold like never before. Asmara’s air was filled with fog and dew. There were countless people in the streets at the city centre walking in groups and there were also others sitting on the Cathedral’s stairs watching around while chatting.
Have you ever come across something you thought you knew so well but you actually don’t? Well, I did. It was on 25th of January 2020, the spring festival of China.
A few days ago, on the day of Epiphany, my mother was baking enjera (Eritrean traditional soft bread) for the holiday and I had to bake the qcha (traditional bread). Qcha is often baked after enjera because they say if you bake qcha first, the enjera comes out bad. So, I waited for my mother to make enjera before it was my turn to bake qcha.
Making acquaintances with someone always ends up in some sort of disappointment after some time has passed and that certain someone started to show forth his or her true colors. The disappointment can be of two causes- exceeding or falling short of expectations. Unfortunately, the former happens rarely.
How many times have we heard people saying “beauty is pain”?