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Is it true that Gurage People worship Waq @Horus@Horus

Post by TesfaNews » 11 Apr 2020, 18:54

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The Gurage have belief in Supreme being and a Creator god called "Waq" (Sky God). They participate in traditional religious practices such as offerings to Waq,their supreme deity. They hang effigies of ancestral gods in their houses to ward off evil spirit.
Earth shrines to Waq are common outside of villages. The Fuga people, a class of hunters and artisans, are considered to hold the key to traditional rituals. Their reputed power of magic and sorcery are greatly feared. The Fuga are barred from working the soil because they are believed.

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Re: Is it true that Gurage People worship Waq @Horus@Horus

Post by TesfaNews » 11 Apr 2020, 18:58

The Gurage sometimes experience spirit possession. William A. Shack postulated that spirit possession is caused by Gurange cultural attitudes about food and hunger, because while they have a plentiful food supply, cultural pressures that force the Gurange to either share it to meet social obligations, or hoard it and eat it secretly cause them anxiety. Distinctions are drawn between spirits that only possess men, spirits that only possess women, and spirits that possess victims of either sex. A ritual illness that only affects men believed to because by a spirit called awre. This affliction presents itself by loss of appetite, nausea, and attacks from severe stomach pains. If it persists the victim may enter a trancelike stupor, in which he sometimes regains consciousness long enough to take food and water. Breathing is often labored. Seizures and trembling overcome the patient, and in extreme cases, even partial paralysis of the extremities.

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Re: Is it true that Gurage People worship Waq @Horus@Horus

Post by Horus » 11 Apr 2020, 21:37

ተስፍኒውስ፣

አንድ ትንሽ ጥቆማ (ሂንት) ስልጥህ ። ኦርቶዶክስ ከሆንክ የሃይማኖቱ መገለጫ የሆነው ጸሎት ምን መሰለህ ! 'አባታችን ሆይ በሰማይ የምትኖር ስምህ ይቀደስ፣ መንግስትህ በሰማይ እንደ ሆነች እንዲሁ በምድር ትሁን' እያለ ይወርዳል ።

ጉራጌ እግዚአብሄርን እዝጌር ብሎ ሲጠራው ፣ ማንኛውም ጸሎትና ምርቃት (ሁለቱም አንድ ናቸው) ሲጀምር 'በሰማይ ዬውርድ፣ በምድር ዬውጣ' ይላል። ከሰማይ ይወረድ፣ ከምድር ይውጣ ማለት ነው ። ባንድ ቃል ፈጣሪ ሰማይና ምድርን የፈጠረ የሰማይም የምድርም አምላክ ነው ። እንዲያውም እጅግ አጭር የሆነው መንፈሳዊ የጉራጌ ቃል 'ኬር' ይባላል።
የተለየያዩ የጉራጌ ኮሚኒቲዎች በድሮ ቋንቋ ለፈጣሪ የሚጠቀሟቸው ቃላት ብዙ ናቸው ። ለምሳሌ ማጋ፣ ዋጋ፣ ቦዠ፣ ዎዠ፣ ማጋን፣ መገን፣ ዋግ፣ ወግ፣ውቅ፣ ወዘተ አብዛኞቹ ከማሀበረ ሰቡ መንፈሳዊ መሪዎች ጋር የተያያዙ ናቸው ።

አንትሮፖሎጂስቶች ሚሉትን አልፈህ እስካይ ጎድ ወይም የሰማይ አምላክ ምን ማለት ነው ብለህ ብትጠይቅ ምስጢሩን ታገኘዋለህ ።

ሌላው ስለ ህመም እና ሌላም ሶሺያል፣ ሳይኮሎጂካል ልምዶች ብዙ አሉ ገና ሚጠኑ ።

ለምሳሌ የበሽታዎች አይነትና ምንጫቸው ሳይንስ ከመፈጠሩ በፊት እንዴት ይተነተኑ እንደ ነበር ብዙ ብዙ አስገራሚ ቲኦሪዎች አሉ ።

በአማርኛ 'በሽታ' ማለት በሽታ፣ በግማት፣ በጠረን የሚመጣ ህመም ማለት ነው ።

ጉራጌ ለህመማት ሁሉ ያለው ስም 'ምጠጥ' የሚል ነው ። ምጠጥ በአማርኛ 'መተት' የሚባለው ነው ። ይህ የውጋት ህመም ነው፣ ራስ ምታት እንደ ሚባለው ።

ይህ አንድ ሙሉ የኡኒቨርሲቲ ዲፓርትሜንት የሚያሻው ሳብጀችት ነው !!

ኬር !!!

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