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The Habesha peoples (Ge’ez Script: ሐበሻ ሓበሻ, ሐበሻ, ሀበሻ, ሃበሻ, romanized: Ḥabäša, Ḥäbäša, Häbäša, Habäša, Abesha; — other native names — or rendered in Greek [as] : Αἰθίοψ, romanized: Aithiops (!¿¡“Ethiopian” !¿¡)), Habesha, or the Habesha Community is a common pan-ethnic and meta-ethnic term used to collectively refer to Ethiopians and Eritreans as a whole.


List of Ethnic Groups that make up the Habesha peoples

Aari, Afar, Agaw-Awi, Agaw-Hamyra, Alaba, Amhara, Anuak, Arbore, Argobba, Bacha, Basketo, Bena, Bench, Berta, Bodi, Brayle, Burji, Chara, Daasanach, Dawro, Debase/Gawwada, Dime, Dirashe, Dizi, Donga, Fedashe, Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jews), Gamo, Gebato, Gedeo, Gedicho, Gidole, Goffa (Gofa People), Gumuz, Gurage, Hadiya, Hamar, Harari, Irob, Kafficho, Kambaata, Karo, Komo, Konso, Konta, Koore, Koyego, Kunama, Kusumie, Kwegu, Majangir, Male, Mao, Mareqo, Mashola, Me’en, Mere people, Messengo, Mossiye, Murle, Mursi, Nao, Nuer, Nyangatom, Oromo, Oyda, Qebena, Qechem, Qewama, She, Shekecho, Xamta, Qemant , Sheko, Shinasha, Shita/Upo, Sidama, Silt’e, Tigurats, Somali (Ogden Region), Surma, Tembaro, Tigrayans (Tigray-Tigrinya), Tsamai, Welayta, Werji, Zelmam (Baale), Zeyese, Tigre, Saho, Bilen, Nara, Yem, etc. Ethiopian Australians, Ethiopian Canadians, Ethiopian Jews in Israel, Ethiopians in the United Kingdom, Ethiopian Americans, Ethiopians in Denmark, Ethiopians in Germany, Ethiopians in Norway, Ethiopians in Sweden, Eritrean Americans, Eritrean Canadians, Eritreans in Denmark, Eritreans in Norway, Eritreans in Sweden, Eritreans in the United Kingdom, etc. and other Hyphenated Ethnicities.

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    Approximate realm of the ancient Kingdom of Dʿmt.

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    Emperor Yohannes IV with his son and heir, Ras Araya Selassie Yohannes.

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    Fasilides' Castle in Gondar, Amhara Region.

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    Nigist (Queen) Makeda of Sheba

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    The Ge'ez script on a 15th-century Ethiopian Coptic prayer book.

  • Injera (during Easter Time, Lalibela, Ethiopia)

    Traditional Habesha injera

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    Eritrean Tigrinya: A traditional wedding.

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    This leather painting depicts Ethiopian Orthodox priests playing sistra and a drum

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    The Chapel of the Tablet at the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion is believed to house the original Ark of the Covenant.

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    The Mosque of the Companions, Massawa, reportedly Africa's oldest mosque, built by Muhammad’s companions in 615 CE.

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    An Ethiopian Jewish Israeli Border Policeman

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