Teff_threshing_07 Placing the Dead and Nurturing the Living: Documentation of house- construction and terrace farming in Zargulla, an endangered Omotic language

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The new pile of t’eff harvest is being thrashed. There is little conversation among the men but they make the typical rhythmic sounds that correspond to the movement of their hands. Children in the background playfully imitate the sounds now and then

keela_awa_001 Placing the Dead and Nurturing the Living: Documentation of house- construction and terrace farming in Zargulla, an endangered Omotic language

In this session research assistant Mr abboye alade talks with Mr. Awasa Ayyele about his terrace far

7uuts_AH Placing the Dead and Nurturing the Living: Documentation of house- construction and terrace farming in Zargulla, an endangered Omotic language

Abbaynesh tells about cultivation of ensete: how it is planted and the long process involved in prep

abbaynesh_and_ayyano_1 Placing the Dead and Nurturing the Living: Documentation of house- construction and terrace farming in Zargulla, an endangered Omotic language

In the start of the recording Abbaynesh shows how she protects the new ensete sprouts. Then Ayyano t

cattle_in_barn Placing the Dead and Nurturing the Living: Documentation of house- construction and terrace farming in Zargulla, an endangered Omotic language

In the video, Abboye Alade and Asmelash Michael explain why a row of different cattle in the barn ar

minSa_boye_AH_1 Placing the Dead and Nurturing the Living: Documentation of house- construction and terrace farming in Zargulla, an endangered Omotic language

Abbaynesh shows how new mins’a boye (yam) offshoots are grown by planting small sticks of the ripe/o

abbaynesh_and_ayyano_2 Placing the Dead and Nurturing the Living: Documentation of house- construction and terrace farming in Zargulla, an endangered Omotic language

This short recording is interesting for examples of negative expressions. In the back-garden of Mrs.

Teff_threshing_07 Placing the Dead and Nurturing the Living: Documentation of house- construction and terrace farming in Zargulla, an endangered Omotic language

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