IDENTITY OF WOLAITA PEOPLE AS REFLECTED IN THEIR PROVERBS. WOLAITA PROVERBS

      Аннотация: In an ancient time when King Metolome brought the mother of Saint Abune Teklehaymanot from a place in North Ethiopia called Bulga, the Amhara clans came with him to Wolaita. The source identifies such Amhara clans as Fetigara, Angara, Zentela, Angotia, Kesiga, Urga, Damota, Melegna, and Kalicha. It has also been mentioned that those from Tigray were also called Tigre clans, and those from Hadiya were called Mareko clans.

Ключевые слова: Wolaita people, Wolaita language, Wolaita proverb, Ethiopian proverb, Ethiopian culture