Gurage Zoneጉራጌ ዞን
Stories were collected in and around Welkite in the Gurage region in January 2001 with the help of Nigatu Wolde of the Gurage Zone Culture, Information and Tourism Department. Translations into Amharic were made by Mesfin Habtemariam of the British Council.
The stories in the Gurage series bring up the same themes as in other regions: the exploits of tricksters, sibling rivalry and the solving of riddles, as well as a 'Thousand and One Nights' type of story about a magical ring which brings a man riches and good fortune until he loses it. Of particular interest is the "wisdom" story, The Poor Man and his Luck.
እነዚህ ተረቶች የተሰበሰቡት በጥር 1993 ዓ.ም. በጉራጌ ባህል፣ ማስታወቂያና ቱሪዝም መምሪያ ባልደረባ በነበሩት በአቶ ንጋቱ ወልዴ እገዛ በወልቂጤና በአካባቢው ከሚገኙ ሥፍራዎች ነው፡፡
በጉራጌ ስብስቦች ስር ያሉት ተረቶች እንደ ሌሎቹ ክልሎች ሁሉ አታላዮችን፣ በእህትና ወንድሞች መካከል ያለ አለመግባባትን፣ እንቆቅልሽ መፍታትንና እንዲሁም እንደ “አንድ ሺህና አንድ ሌሊት” የመሰሉ እስኪጥለው ድረስ ለአንድ ሰው ሃብትን ስለሚያመጣለት የአስማት ቀለበት የሚተርኩ ታሪኮች ናቸው፡፡ በዚህ ረገድ ድሃው ሰውና እድሉ የተሰኘው የ“ብልህነት” ታሪክ ተጠቃሽ ነው፡፡
Listen — told in the original voice (Gurage)
Part of Voices of Ethiopia. Language attributions are being confirmed with the collectors.
- Deglerasu and Kefulerasuደግለራሱና ክፉለራሱNarrated by Shirguma Soraga
- The Clever Tricksterብልሁ አታላይNarrated by Captain Dejene Washaka
- The Girl’s Wisdomየልጃገረዷ ብልህነትNarrated by Shirguma Soraga
- The Lazy Husband and the Clever Wifeሰነፉ ባልና ጎበዟ ሚስትNarrated by Shirguma Soraga
- The Poor Man and his Luckድሀው ሰውና ዕድሉNarrated by Shirguma Soraga
- The Poor Man and the Gold Ringድሀው ሰውና የወርቅ ቀለበቱNarrated by Captain Dejene Washaka
- The RiddlesእንቆቅልሾቹNarrated by Captain Dejene Washaka
- The Wicked Stepmotherየተረገመች የእንጀራ እናትNarrated by Tessema Gebre