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[Afdeyu]

I went to a Gurage Ethiopian colleague’s wedding last weekend and to my surprise the people looked so much like Eritreans. I mentioned that to an elderly gentleman who was in our table and he shared a story of how some of the Gurage clans came from a region in Eritrea. This was first time I heard such a thing... I was being skeptical that he was just trying to make me and my partner feel at home, or does this has some truth to it?
Any historians in the house?

Sesenayu

[Revelations]

I went to a Gurage Ethiopian colleague’s wedding last weekend and to my surprise the people looked so much like Eritreans. I mentioned that to an elderly gentleman who was in our table and he shared a story of how some of the Gurage clans came from a region in Eritrea. This was first time I heard such a thing... I was being skeptical that he was just trying to make me and my partner feel at home, or does this has some truth to it?
Any historians in the house?

Sesenayu

Gurages are Axumites soldiers. There are Axumites in today's Eritrea formerly Bahire Negasi too. No surprise there. And Axumites were Amharas. Even honest Tigraan historians will not deny this but of course TPLF will deny it. But this is backed up by archeology adding to their frustrations.

[Eripoblikan]

I went to a Gurage Ethiopian colleague’s wedding last weekend and to my surprise the people looked so much like Eritreans. I mentioned that to an elderly gentleman who was in our table and he shared a story of how some of the Gurage clans came from a region in Eritrea. This was first time I heard such a thing... I was being skeptical that he was just trying to make me and my partner feel at home, or does this has some truth to it?
Any historians in the house?

Sesenayu

ወዲ ኤረይ ጻዕዳ

ኣነውን ቀደም፡ ጉራጌ ካብ ጉራዕ ከምዝፈለሱ ሰሚዔ ኔረ።

ምስ ምዉቅ ሰላምታ

[Revelations]

[Bete Gojjam]

The Gurage People have more Amhara influence then Tigrayina influence because the Gura people of Eritrea migrated to Gojjam before reaching Gurageland (Alaba) thus being influenced by mainly Gojame Cutlure. Gurage has been surrounded by non Semetic peoples thus losing a lot of its Semetic words but maintains there ethio Semetic northern heritage.

[Bete Gojjam]

[Afdeyu]

Interesting.
So they migrated as soldiers of axumite empire and settled there. That’s what the elder Gurage gentleman said too.
I didn’t even know that the empire went that far south... learning new things...thanks!

I went to a Gurage Ethiopian colleague’s wedding last weekend and to my surprise the people looked so much like Eritreans. I mentioned that to an elderly gentleman who was in our table and he shared a story of how some of the Gurage clans came from a region in Eritrea. This was first time I heard such a thing... I was being skeptical that he was just trying to make me and my partner feel at home, or does this has some truth to it?
Any historians in the house?

Sesenayu

Gurages are Axumites soldiers. There are Axumites in today's Eritrea formerly Bahire Negasi too. No surprise there. And Axumites were Amharas. Even honest Tigraan historians will not deny this but of course TPLF will deny it. But this is backed up by archeology adding to their frustrations.

[Afdeyu]

Thanks!
Anes kem amelom made up tarik mesiluni,gin there might be some hakinet to this...
Interesting!!!

I went to a Gurage Ethiopian colleague’s wedding last weekend and to my surprise the people looked so much like Eritreans. I mentioned that to an elderly gentleman who was in our table and he shared a story of how some of the Gurage clans came from a region in Eritrea. This was first time I heard such a thing... I was being skeptical that he was just trying to make me and my partner feel at home, or does this has some truth to it?
Any historians in the house?

Sesenayu

ወዲ ኤረይ ጻዕዳ

ኣነውን ቀደም፡ ጉራጌ ካብ ጉራዕ ከምዝፈለሱ ሰሚዔ ኔረ።

ምስ ምዉቅ ሰላምታ

[Afdeyu]

That’s what I saw at the wedding and the picture below looks like typical Eritrean ladies...
Thanks for sharing!

The Gurage People have more Amhara influence then Tigrayina influence because the Gura people of Eritrea migrated to Gojjam before reaching Gurageland (Alaba) thus being influenced by mainly Gojame Cutlure. Gurage has been surrounded by non Semetic peoples thus losing a lot of its Semetic words but maintains there ethio Semetic northern heritage.