yaab há tyaasta sheko_259

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peace and security

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media

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Elias tells that the government requested approval for settlers in 1996. The Sheko said yes because having a village and a market has advantages. The Sheko gave them food and all lived together. The number of settlers grew but it was peaceful for some ten years. But then they raised quarreling and land claims, and when a settler shed blood, the Sheko started thinking they would have been better off remaining alone in the forest. Recently even more settlers came and that was not good. Some Sheko think the settlers want to take over their lands and they are unhappy with this big influx.

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Komata yaab sheko_209

Picture of some people who participated in the documentation. Included in the community outcome as y

qyana yaab (akarsi) sheko_177

Drama in which Abera shows how in the traditional rituals people could be 'cleansed' using grass.

yaab iiqns II sheko_146

Picture of an elderly man cooking his meal at his humble homestead, not too far from Beetsuqa. Note

dadu karqa kaayaska yaafa yaab sheko_183

Well-told folktale. Included in the community outcome as sa05_dadu karqa kaayaska yaafa.

zheensh há ye sakn sheko_081

Interview with a church leader from the congregation in Urgaqa, one of the more outlying ones. He br

dubaka há qeexns yeshnta sheko_051

It is custom to eat some honey (or in this case shapm) directly after harvesting. Then talk ensues: