Ethiopian Folktales

Sidama Zoneሲዳማ ዞን

10 storiesተረቶች ↓

Stories from Sidama were collected during sessions in Awassa in February 1997 with the support of the Regional Educational Bureau in Awassa under the auspices of Ato Aklilu. They were translated from Amharic into English by Michael Ambatchew of the British Council.

All the stories were narrated by Abebe Kebede. Versions of some of these stories were told elsewhere in Ethiopia, but Ato Abebe's were exceptionally well-rounded and display his considerable craft as a storyteller.

የሲዳማ ተረቶች የተሰበሰቡት በየካቲት 1989 ዓ.ም. አዋሳ ላይ በተረደጉት ማሰባሰቦች ሲሆን ይህም የተሳካው በወቅቱ የክልሉ የትምህርት ቢሮ ሃላፊ በነበሩት በአቶ አክሊሉ እገዛ ነበር፡፡ ተረቶቹ ከአማርኛ ወደ እንግሊዝኛ የተተረጎሙት በብሪቲሽ ካውንስሉ ማይክል አምባቸው ነበር፡፡

ሁሉም ተረቶች የተተረኩት በአበበ ከበደ ነው፡፡ ከእነዚህ ተረቶች ጋር ተመሳሳይነት ያላቸው ታሪኮች በሌሎች የኢትዮጵያ ክልሎች የተተረኩ ቢሆንም በአቶ አበበ የተነገሩቱ በልዩ ሁኔታ የተተረኩ በመሆኑ የተራኪውን ድንቅ የተረት አነጋገር ጥበብ ያንጸባረቁ ነበሩ፡፡

Sidama house near Awassa
Sidama house near Awassaየሲዳማ ቤት አዋሳ አካባቢ
Listen — told in the original voice (Sidama / Wolaytta)
In Sidama / Wolaytta
In Sidama / Wolaytta
In Sidama / Wolaytta

Part of Voices of Ethiopia. Language attributions are being confirmed with the collectors.

  1. KinamaኪናማNarrated by Abebe Kebede
  2. Queen Furaንግሥት ፉራNarrated by Abebe Kebede
  3. The Fox and the Crowቀበሮና ቁራNarrated by Abebe Kebede
  4. The Jackal, the Fox and the Rabbitተኩላ፣ ቀበሮና ጥንቸልNarrated by Abebe Kebede
  5. The King and the Beggar Womanንጉሡና ለማኟ ሴትNarrated by Abebe Kebede
  6. The King and the Birdንጉሡና ወፉNarrated by Abebe Kebede
  7. The Monkey, the Baboon and the Lionጦጣ፣ ዝንጀሮና አንበሳNarrated by Abebe Kebede
  8. The Mouse and the Partridgeአይጥና ጅግራNarrated by Abebe Kebede
  9. The Nine Brothersዘጠኙ ወንድማማቾችNarrated by Abebe Kebede
  10. The Shield of Kindnessየደግነት ጋሻNarrated by Abebe Kebede