Ethiopian Traditional Dance

[123molly13]

i love this

[saywotson]

i just love it..i love ethiopian culture.

[10DMR]

Wow, you guys are the best of any African dancers I have seen on video! Even better than western African dancers!

[thetreehugger360]

That was awesome!!!

[wdillett]

WOW!!!!

[madcadaver]

Brilliant.

[omarmontes90]

That is the greatest thing I have ever seen!!!

[Punkin356]

i think dis where dancers get popin frum... Dere blakk famz

[abrahashom]

damm thats was good.. i l ove the music... woooo they loos their heart dancing like that....

[Gangstar612]

Wow this dude is even better then MJ

Amazing performance

[saywotson]

mmmm I just LOVE bein Ethiopian. 

[LYDIA21LOVE]

hahah damnnnnnnnnnnnn! BOY

[sajokal20]

The Ethiopians know the dance of Mickeal Jackson before him because it was in their traditional dance ! Amazing culture ! Beautiful Art !

[LYDIA21LOVE]

@sajokal20 i agree

[chi4lyfe7]

can someone tell me the name of this song...or where I can find music similar to this?

[bioarcheology]

I teach anthropology in the Atlanta area. I will incorporate this in my lectures.

[Cherry6080]

PEACE! PLEASE!

[abby495]

Lord of the Dance is right lol eskista!!!

[levar1979]

Wow...Ethiopian River Dance. lol. Kidding. I loved it. :)

[Eskobar20008]

Thank you for posting . Proud to be Ethiopian.

[bioarcheology]

What is the name of the dance what does it mean i would like to show my students

College Professor

It is beautiful

makes me feel proud

[habeshagyrl80]

@bioarcheology It's called eskista, and this particular eskista comes from a region called Gonder. Where do you teach archaeology?

[CushiticSomalianMale]

lol....

[GabrielaSimsFreak]

i hope you don't mind if i use this video for my project on ethiopia!

[HelloWorld1947]

i feel out of breath just watching this,,,,phew!

[HelloWorld1947]

i feel out of breath just watching this,,,,phew1

[TOONZofficial]

i gotta do this dance 2morrow 4 international day n my skool 2morrow i luv it

[SCUN88]

they dance it in tigri in ethiopia :)

[yehyeh22]

I've probably watched this over 100 times. lol The music and dance is just so damn addicting. I have to learn more about my Ethiopian heritage. <3

[MrAbcd257]

U Ethiopians have dances that stand out, (wich is a good thing) and all of your ethnic groups have dances that stand out too!

[cravethecaptain]

They really get down. It sounds real folky in the end.

[MrAbcd257]

Ethiopians dance like Us Somalians!

[fhunde123]

yaaa right!!!!

[lennin01]

are somalis allowed to dance?

[TheNabeel7]

dat waz a really stupid comment

[lennin01]

How are you 100% Somali and Absha?--and somali are muslim so theyre not allowed to dance or listen to music.--Anyway Nice video!

Ari!

[CaligirlSofia]

@lennin01

so? they still do, and they do a lot of stuff u dont know about, just look at somali traditional clothes for women, in Islamic standards it might be inappropriate but sometimes culture gets mixed w/ religion

[MrAbcd257]

@lennin01 dat was really dumb? wat do u think u see in all amharic videos, dancing!

[lennin01]

ummm somali have nothing to do with amhara..

[ethiopiankid17]

damn man i love my people keep it up..

[Lugarurmsr]

This dance make me feel so proud as an African and an African American male.

I see the story of Isis and Osiris and the divine birth of Horus in this dance. We need to tell our own stories now. not hollywood.

[SwtTeri93]

OH now i know where krumping came from lol....no but seriously it was so good.

[ilove2sing23]

Whoo!!

[southrapsucks]

sand niggers arab wannbes........not black mixed arabs the DARK ONES...LOL

[davidjj18]

that brother is bad! check that sister out.

[Eritreanboy2009]

its looks nice but craziness at the same time....especially, the man..LOL

[dewayne408]

WOW! Never seen this type of dance before! Much respect!

[jorindo]

AWESOMEEE!!!!!!!!!

[iROCKThis4life]

this is beautiful.

[Dalnijrus]

HIP THRUST UNF.

[SHORTYMA614]

this is hot

[KistanayEthiopian]

I must say damn his good. Tikishaw sisebirew betam yasidenkal.

[BileniTigrai]

really where is it..i would love to go just to see this

[mathagos]

can u see crown hotel

[grapewine1977]

Its a nice dance!! If I learn, would definitely be a great work out as you pretty much use all parts of your body!

[relationshit3]

OMG.... this makes me wanna clear out my living room and hit the floor by my damn self lolzzz. LOVE IT MAN!

[SHORTYMA614]

i love this to

[AshikaMetisse]

LOL!@ relationsh*t3

[SOFIYANO]

looooooooool

i wish to sea it live

veru nece

[SOFIYANO]

looooooooool

i wish to sea it live

veru nece

[lionzion22]

So this is where Atlanta got that dance from.

Thieves!!!!

[ahmadtajani]

AFRICA AFRICA AFRICA the land of Adam and Eve Black is so beautiful.

[callmetricia]

AMEN BROTHER!!! We must protect, respect and love her. the country that has given us so much even though people keep trying to divide us and take her away.

[Ljomi]

wow! That guy can bust a move! The lady is really pretty and dances well too--what is that scarf for that she dances with? Cool choreography, anyways--good work!

[ruta2201]

He dances soo good. I had to place a comment to compliment you. Keep up the good work.

[bisrashamsu]

Muslims occupy 50% of the Ethiopian population and is the growing religion worldwide. Truethiopgirl or shall i say Truedickheadgirl, you need to get YOUR FACTS STRAIT M'MOKAY.

[AlegnFFFF]

i love it!!! he is too good!!! i have no words...

[truethiopiangirl]

u muslim ppl sould read some books man.. u lot sound dick hades when u say ethiopia and eritera is 100% muslim!! in ethiopian there are about 40% of muslim even less so get ur facts right

[EmmaYoyo]

@truethiopiangirl Ethiopia gave early Muslims refuge when they were being persecuted by Arabs. And I hope Muslims all over the world are grateful for that. But it is true. Muslims are not the majority of Ethiopian population. Moreover, Ethiopian culture is Christian through and through and them being majority (in the future) is not going to change that.

[puregway]

forst off is he having a seizure? and Second why are you Ethiopians such Midgets??

[bezait321]

not all ethiopians are short, i'm ethiopian and i'm 6'1 and 14years old

[EmmaYoyo]

@bezait321 My dad has 12 brothers and two sisters. All of them over 5'7" tall. My youngest brother is 6'1". I have cousins who are even taller.

[kleymannie]

dont hate

[wediagame]

Great!!!

Happy Ethiopian New Millenium!!!

[Kal7Adi]

nice keep going

[misskonjit]

WOW! I WANNA CRY TOO=(

[teferiehaile]

deen21 is not a White guy. Ethiopian Beware there are a lot of Metefo SeWoch out there ..they hate to c ethiopian culture be admire by entire world. White ppl i knw they are not ignorent lyk some ppl up in here..they like to Mamesegnea Medenek Betam Yewedalu ..Yageree Lejoch Beware Ye Ethiopia Telatoch Bezetewal...Enay Tenageralu ...Leb Aderegu Behal

[teferiehaile]

i don't know what i feel cing ds video...I want to cry ! is it normal for a guy to cry?? Hum i don't knw u tell me...

[Killa8]

nooo zeraf bel

[teferiehaile]

Eshi...

[aslove3]

wow...amazing..so proud 2 be ethio!!!!! xxx

[Lorenzoejr]

THat was hot! Batam toru!

[ethiopiancake]

wonderful

[Niat1s]

absolute beauty!!!!

[sofyy]

dammmmmmmmm wow! when he hit the floor that was off the hook! very good!

[clichetothemax]

Good grief, I've been there.

And now... miss it like crazy.

Wonderful video, thanks.

[Theambasaman]

so? how about the video aint it great

[Theambasaman]

Ahh.. what are you all talking about this is just a dance?

[gebreZion]

you need to get ur facts straight. Eritrea is not 100% islamic... the majority are probably orthodox christians. Hell we even have Jews!!! arabs never conquered the christian higlands of Eritrea, they were only in the costal areas, where the muslims live. our kings however conquered Yemen and the arabian penisula, you should look up, Abraha Atsebha

or like the arabs call him, Abraha Al-habashi, he's even mentioned in their quaran

[prettymimi86]

by the way...this dance is off da chainz

[faithrada]

These are some of the best Ethio Dancers I have ever seen.  THank You.

[Theambasaman]

FUCK YOU WHITE BOY!! u can't handle this shit thats why. LOL

[Theambasaman]

FUCK YOU, WHITE BOY!! can't handle this shit

[deen21]

No offense to Ethiopians, but this is the most STUPIDEST and RETARDED dance I've ever seen in my life. Now, I enjoy watching cultural dances and music by Greeks, Arabs, Jews, Russians, Hindus, ect. But, this Ethiopian dance is by far the most ugliest! This isn't dancing, this is aerobics!

[xidig23]

well for your info what you whiteboys call dancing was invented and evolved in eastern africa. you may not know but alot of arabs have somali culture embedded in their own.

[deen21]

Somalis are descendants of the Arabs when they invaded the Eastern and Northern shores of Africa. That is why Somalis speak Arabic, since Arabs don't speak Somalian :) Every Somalian probably has half or a quarter Arab blood in them. That is why some, but not many, Somalians have fair hair, fair skin and straight noses.

[Bajuuni]

Arabs never invaded eastern african, not the estern horn away. Not many Somalis speak Arabic, the few that do speak it learned it either for religous reasons or by living in an arab country.Somalis are racially not diffrent from Ethiopians and Eritreans, not many of us have foreign blood let alone arabic blood becouse in the past traditionally marrying a stranger was to be some what strange, but individual marriages did happenen.

[deen21]

The Arabs conquered the eastern Shores of Africa and the Northern parts. Why else is Ethiopia about 60% Islam and Eriteria and Somalia 100% Islamic? In any case, some of you have Arab blood. And that is only if you have fair hair, fair skin and a straight nose. :)

[Bajuuni]

As I said b4 Arabs never conquered the horn of Africa, they did conquered however North Africa but there is no connection between the horn and North Africa. Only further south (The Swahili Coast) did the Arabs from Oman settled and at times ruled. Eritrea is 50% Muslim and 50% Christian.

[Bajuuni]

Somalis in Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Northern Kenya are 100% Muslims, we accept Islam peacefully and slowly, in turn we spread it to some of our neighbours. There is no body in this region who have fair hair loll, most do have straight nose and the skin colour although different shades of black varies from really dark to really light, even through family. This is not because of mixing but because of how the evolved.

[prettymimi86]

I guess some people can't accept the black eople can look different from each other. They are pagans in west africa with "straight" noses(as he call them) and they don't have arab blood in them. NOt every one is a arab rape victim

[gebreZion]

u need to get your facts straight, eritrea is not 100% islamic, the majority would probably be christian, hell we even have jews!!!! arabs never conquered the christian highlands of eritrea, they were only in the costal areas of the red sea. our kings however conquered Yemen and the arabian penisula, you should look up, Abraha Atsebha, or like the arabs call him Abraha al-habashi, he's even mentioned in their quran

[deen21]

Abraha Ashram was merely a viceroy to Yemen under the direct orders of King Kaleb of Ethiopia. Abraha and his army, according to the Muslim Scriptures, were slaughtered by a miraculous event that took place in history. Then, the Persians and the Yemenite Jews came back and slaughtered every Ethiopian Christian that remained in Yemen sending them back to the stenches of Ethiopia where they came from.

[gebreZion]

Abraha was a great army commander,who humiliated the yememites and brought them to their knees.he built a cathedral in the heart of Sanaa,which is still there today.his name still haunts Yemen.The Persians fought the Abyssians,the yemenites didn't fight anyone,they where too busy chewing Khat.Thats all these goats do!So Basically they went from one domination to another,what a great achievement!Arabia or Yemen never conquered Habesha,it was the other way around.and thats a fact not a miracle!

[deen21]

The Ethiopians might have had their glory, but now, they have been flushed down the drain in history. Currently, the Ethiopians in Yemen are nothing more than street scum mopping every pot hole that needs to be cleansed of the dirt which they take so pride of. What a mess to the once glorious Ethiopia, lol. As the name Khadam ("the help to cleanse the crap") is applied to anyone Ethiopian or the like :)

[gebreZion]

indeed Ethiopia was glorious. Yemen will never see its glory. what a miserable place! her people cross the red sea in search of a better life, but in vain they end up begging on the streets of our cities or engage in diminishing jobs such as farming for land owners or becoming street clowns for entertainment. If lucky they become housekeepers. in the end they take their sexual frustration on donkeys,hence their given name HAGMI(camel fuckers),its a Yemeni thing!

[gebreZion]

Your arguments are weak! hence why your so quick to give them up and divert to emotional statements instead. your knowledge of Yemen is comparable to the accounts of a disoriented tourist. your facts and numbers are taken from God knows where,possibly your Ass! You should stop getting high on that narcotic all the time, or at least when your posting your messages. your dhimmi status should not fool you in thinking that cast systems exist elsewhere as well. nobody is inferior but you dhimmi!!

[karmaei]

can i ask you all to also think how arabs became who they are, they are mixes of turkish, persian etc with blacks? true or false?

[deen21]

Arabs are a perfect race to themselves. AS a matter of fact, the Arabs invaded the Persians, the Turks and the Black race. The Persians, the Turks and the Blacks have some or little Arab blood in them. This is a sign of pride that these inferior ones should take to possess of such Arab blood :)

[gebreZion]

your right yemen is a big crap hole filled with garbage including its barbaric citizens! how else explain why they walk around with knives on their belly ready to kill just about anyone or anything that's moving.btw, just check out your page, why defend Yemen so much, your nothing but a dhimmi there, below khadams :)

[deen21]

As a Yemenite Jew, the Arab Muslims bow to my feet in Yemen. A Yemenite Jew doesn't scrub the shit and trash that Khadam have to scrap with their backs bent. In the mean time - we still live in Yemen, with houses stories tall. Khadam live near the shit holes of Yemen, where eating from the garbage is their daily bread. Even in Israel, Ethiopian Jews are STILL KHADAM HAHAHHAHAHA. You were born a street rat, live as a street rat and die a street rat! :D

[Bajuuni]

I thought the job of the Yemeni jews was shoe making, metal work, butchery ect?

[deen21]

Khadam were shoe makers. Yemenite Jews were knowledgable in the arts of Yemenite Jewelry. As for butchery, i think that applies to all Arabs, Jews and Khadam :D You gotta have someone cut the meat hahahaa.

[prettymimi86]

Shut your racist ass up. The jewish people should be ashamed to have you in their race.

[gebreZion]

arab muslims bow to your feet?is that why you have to get off your donkey,move away from the sidewalk and posternate everytime a muslim is coming the opposite direction or walking beside you?or maybe thats why they recently chased you out of your village,like dogs?your not fooling anyone Dhimmi,stop lying to urself.everybody shits on your face, muslims,Khadams,animals,everyo­ne!So tell me how high are ur shacks?i mean the law in Yemen is that no Dhimmi dweling can be higher that muslim homes.

[prettymimi86]

LOL what a bunch of shit. Inferior?? the arabs were were a bunch of rapist(thanks for saying that. when they enter persia many women got raped. You also imply that the persian and the black haven't contributed anything in the middle east which is also a buch of bull. the persians and the black kingdoms were doing very well until arabs started acting like animals raping and killing everyone they saw even the jews of arabia got the same treatment

[prettymimi86]

invading the black race? Ok they invaded sudan But sudan isn't the whole black race. arabs never invaded mali ghana shongai the congo empire. These were some of the most powerful african empires ,islam came peacefuly to mali .Also your knowledge of east africa is funny. East africa was never controlled by the arabs. The ethiopian fought back hard.and who told you that all light skin blacks are mixed lol what bullshit u have no knowledge of the diversity of the black race.

[deen21]

Listen, in the end of the day, your all STILL Khadam. Smelly, disgusting khadam. You will all die a rotten death as Khadam. So get used to it, and don't be ashamed of your pethatic reputations as garbage pickers for Muslims and Jews hahahahhahahaha.

[prettymimi86]

yeah and at the end of the day u are still a jackass and a racist fag? When you realise that your arguments have no base u have to resort to racist attacks. Oh yeah It is NOT PETHATIC IT Is PATHETIC LEARN TO SPELL ASS WIPE

[Bajuuni]

Ok I think it should end there. Ethiopians and Jews do have some things in common, Ethiopians eat blood dripping raw meat and Jews are known to drink blood when conducting their rituals.

[prettymimi86]

This is what happen when uneducated people get a hold of a computer. Since when jews drink blood? it is against their religon to drink or eat anything with blood. Please do your research first before typing.

[Bajuuni]

They do it or use to do it in their past over. What are you a Jew or Ethiopian?

[prettymimi86]

During the passover in egypt. They used lamb blood on their door post to protect them from the 10 plague. They didn't drink it. Like i said it is against their religon to drink or eat anything with blood

[Bajuuni]

Okay Khadam.

[prettymimi86]

Wow don't insulted because u are the dumbass that type up such shit. How do u even know that i'm ethiopian. Next time read a book jackass before you make yourself look like a idiot.

[prettymimi86]

It's amazing how i haven't even hurled one insult at you and you have to start. Man i don't understand you muslims..lol...such good behaviour

[prettymimi86]

anyway i'm going to apologise for curses at you on my first reply.. really i done too much curses on youtube. but really insults were not needed.

[Bajuuni]

Sorry,lol that was meant to provoke you only. So where are you from?

[harp3600]

so what?

[matiwos]

dame wow... now thats a talent... good one... he is the best eskista mechi

[jetnate]

im ethiopian but man that guy can dance! i cant believe

how good he is.

[BIGG757]

I have always found ethiopian dance with the whole shoulder thing as creatively sexy since i was a kid back in somalia

[Bajuuni]

hahaa you must be mad, funny yes but sexy? no way

[meemah15]

this is beatiful, didnt know ethiopia started the pop lock and break dancing!

[ICSKLE]

That's sick, he's a machine! Mad inspiratonal. Somebody check out Turbo from the old movie Breakin'.

[ICSKLE]

Holy cow!! First time seeing raw traditional besides some video's. This guy's the best!

[buchy03]

HOT!

[matiwos]

u like that dont ya.... ha ...ewinetim buchy... buchila

[Belen011]

cheb cheb cheb..ere yaZZ!!haha..NICE! This dude looks like he's having a seizure =)

[jahalafia]

roots. love it! eskitsa renaissance

[tedstar]

I've actually been at the crown hotel. good times.

[nefsu]

guys show the whole clip please ?? link few minutes earlier than the point this clip started. Great moves though.

[PiRuBlOoDz5]

tirew wundimaye

[AbbaTateq]

WOW!!!

[younginnoble]

shit they are good...thought i was good, shut me up quick

[HottieEthiO]

Great eskista haha, I really enjoyed it.keep doin what u doin peace

[Theambasaman]

DAMN!!!