Furthermore, since the instruction is considered sacred, just as prayer is, the student takes his assignment seriously. 3. 1 = . Children of the clergy, who use church lands usually enter such schools in order to become deacon or priests in a church (and thus keep their church land in the hands of the family). In the Christian highlands of Ethiopia, the Church constituted the main guardian of traditional culture and provided the only schools in the land for many centuries. .
}, Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress. The main reason for wandering in search of schools and teachers is that in rural areas any higher education is not possible for a youth who remains with his parents, except in a few cases of Debtera families. ? A student of the Nebab Bet or Qedasse Bet, who would like to join the higher schools, usually leaves his parents and joins the wandering students who travel from parish to parish and form monastery to monastery. . Parallels are quoted from the history of the country while interpreting the passages on the Holy Land. Zm has usually been identified as the music of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, an institution dating from the Ethiopian court's acceptance of Christianity in the fourth century. To be able to carry out this further service one has to attend a higher school of the church, which should be considered an extension of the Nebab and Qedasse Bet. Ethiopian liturgical chants were developed only after that. The first subject of study for the child is the set of Geez letters, known as the Fidel. [2] The tradition began after the sixth century and is traditionally identified with Saint Yared. Through history, the Ethiopian liturgical chants have undergone an evolution similar to that of European liturgical chants. () = , 21. This does not include pupils receiving instruction in the village schools and in private compounds. Zema means a pleasing sound, a song or a melody in Ge'ez,[1][3] the liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. ( ) = , 1.. In some cases students are made to memorize the texts of the Psalms. With the expansion of the Kingdom and Christianity to the south and southwest, churches and monasteries were founded, which became for centuries important centers of learning. These are most widespread but there are other forms, e.g. Traditionally a boy can receive only the Nebab Bet instruction while he is at home. =
() = , 20. Ethiopian Christian music is largely sustained by communities of descent. At this stage memorization is not felt as a burden by the student, because ever since his early days in the Nebab Bet he has developed his powers of memorization. The priests and Church scholars who are the bearers and propagators of traditional learning have themselves been formed in the church school system that we propose to examine in some detail.
, 1. When the pupil knows the letters to some extent, he starts to practice reading a text. = , 18. ], 2. When one of the students has mastered the hymn, he goes and sings before the teacher. = , 4. = , 28. Generally, the first epistle of St. John is used for the purpose. () -., 18 - = , 11 - = , 20 - = , 21 - = , 3. 2) Qedasse Bet (Liturgy school) A teacher specialized in Qedasse or the Mass is to be found in practically all the main churches. The modern schools often accepts more readily in their primary grades those children who can already read and write. Around that period, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church already had a corpus of prayers. = , 15. Every evening he has to memorize the daily prayers. He repeats this for months. : : 1. . 12 - () = . " "
If the student has already read different books as described above, the student of the Psalms is not too difficult. Qedasse Bet The training of the altar priest . = , 1. / eathebook ! = , 00. , 15 -. = , 20 - . The teacher or an advance student recites to the pupil sentence by sentence or verse-by-verse the standard prayer the child has to memorize. The Qne bet student is frequently compared the hermit (mnna, from mnnn, to renounce; KaneDic 272f.) Rather, it is as a mnemonic. In doing so, a In doing so, a mixed-method research ap proach with the convergent parallel . One important reason memorization is so stressed all through the Church Schools is that writing materials were traditionally not well developed. [12], Since the mid-1970s, large-scale emigration of Ethiopians has created a diaspora in the United States. , . Zema-Bet education in the three selected Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido churches found in Bahir Dar city. Ethiopian liturgical chant, or Zema, is a form of Christian liturgical chant practiced by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. 2003-Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church - About-us . The students listen attentively and try to remember the comment word for word. = [ ], 3 - ( ) = , 4 - = , 5 - = , 7 - = , 8 - = , 9 - . 6 . = [ .. ], 3. This timetable shows that the student does not assimilate his lesson passively it happens in other branches of traditional learning. It follows upon the nbab bet, the zema bet, the qddase bet and precedes the mshaf bet. The canon law (Fetha Negest) as well as the calendar calculation (Bahre Hasab) are also studied here. [10], The musical notation (melekket) used for the chants, is not a typical notational system since it does not represent pitch or melody. Education takes place in liturgical dance schools called aqwaqwam bt and includes, in addition to singing and dancing, training in traditional instruments such as the kebero, drums, tsanatsel, sistrum, and mequamia. an evening lesson, or Yeqal Timhirt, i.e. () = , 3. . = [ ], 7. He can then practice reading different religious texts.
= , 7 - = , 2. : 1: - - - He must also profoundly study traditional cultural, social, intellectual and educational values (Alemayyehu Moges 1973: 92). . selected epistles of St. Paul, St. James, and St. Peter; the Gospels, usually the Gospel of St. John is used as a text for exercise; Arganon: praises of St. Tamara Mariam: the miracles and wonder of St. Mary; Paulos: the epistles of St. Paul; Tamara Iyasus: the miracles of Jesus; the Acts of the Apostles, etc. As the main task of the session some Geez verbs are conjugated, and the proper usage of selected verbs and nouns is demonstrated by examples from different Qene verses composed by the teacher and advanced students on the spot. The first type is known as Beluy. He then learns Zeamlakiye (3 verses), Wazema (5 verses). The rest, including the teaching the traditions and service of the Church, is learned through daily experience in the parish itself. However, in rural districts, parents generally discouraged the education of girls, since their function is to be housewives, and for this role no formal education is felt to be necessary. Your email address will not be published. Ethiopia is, after all, the only African country to have preserved Christianity as its religion for over a millennium and a half. In some cases the Ethiopic catechetical book, the Aemade Mestir (Columnae Mister), particularly Mistere Sellassie (on the Trinity), is taught in Amharic. It may be that church schools as a whole will take on a new impetus and play an important role in raising the general level of education of the clergy in the future. The emigrants brought their secular and liturgical music traditions with them. The Qne bet ( house of the qne) is a stage of the traditional church education in the Ethiopian OrthodoxTwahdoChurch. It has been expounded by the fathers of the Church both in the . = [ ], 8. At certain ceremonies he may recite prayers, if no priest is available. The activities of the priest, therefore, are limited to the rituals, which do not usually demand the understanding of the Scriptures. b) Quene Bet and (Poetry school) ( )
Ethiopianorthodox.org The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The following illustration may make this clear. When the teacher feels that his pupil has mastered this stage, he leads him to Wurdnebab. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church had been administratively part of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria from the first half of the 4th century until 1959, when it was granted autocephaly with its own patriarch by Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Fewer young people are motivated to study in the higher church schools. Zema or the chant tradition of Ethiopia, particularly the chants of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, is attributed to St. Yared, a composer and a choreographer who lived in Aksum in the 6th century AD. Besides this, the student is attracted by the adventurous and romantic life of a begging and wondering student, about whom much is spoken and fabulous stories are told. [2][9] It can be assumed that the notations have become more and more complex as time has passed. When this group leaves the teacher, another group or individual comes to read to the teacher and hears his commentary. He repeats this pronunciation exercise on the same text several times. ( ) . Zema bet ( , lit. First there is a prayer to be recited. [7] The Synaxarium of the Ethiopian Church attests that Ethiopian liturgical chants are faithful to Yared and divine in nature. When he is convinced that the pupil has reached the level of knowledge traditionally required at this stage of learning, he indicated that the time has come when he may leave the Nebab Bet. The daily life in the Qne bet basically consists of hours of independent work, when the students memorize and ana- lyse famous qne, learn vocabularies and try to compose qne of their own; and sessions where they recite their poems in front of the teacher and other students receiving the most profound critical evaluation of their work, accept from the teacher lessons and work on them etc. . This way the group can compare its progress to know how far it had grasped the interpretation of the previous time. = [ . . He has the opportunity to discuss the theme given, which challenges his intellect. 2003-Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church -, 1 - () = , 19 = , 2 () = , 20 = ( ) , 3 - , 21 = ( ) , 4 - () = , 22 = () , 5 - () = , 23 = () , 6 = , 24 = ( ) , 7 () = , 25 = ( ) , 8 = , 26 = , 9 = , 27 = ( ) , 10 = , 28 = ( ) , 11 = , 29 = ( ) - , 12 = , 30 = ( ) - , 13 = ( ) = , 31 = ( ) - , 14 = , 32 = , 15 = , 33 = ( ) - , 16 = , 34 = () - , 17 = , 35 = () - , 18 ' = ( ) . The teaching method allows the boy free activities and movements as illustrated below. Modern education, of recent origin, is provided mainly in schools operated by the Government. 2003-Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church -, 1. Refresh. (2), - = , 8 - = , 2 - = , 9 - = , 12 - = , 7 - = [ ]. Contact-us () = () ., 10 - () = , 11 - ( ) = ( ) - ., 12 - () = , 9. This is available for about ten cents in every market place in the country, so that the traditional parchment is disappearing. Saint John Chrysostom, Qerlos and others. Children master the 231 letters of the Geez syllabary, and are drilled in the art of good reading. One of the main reasons for this change is that the graduates of the church schools have lost their traditional elite status in the social order, which today particularly in the modern sector, is being occupied by those who have a modern western type of education. Ethiopian liturgical chant, or Zema, is a form of Christian liturgical chant practiced by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The girls from traditional families who have attended the school usually marry before or shortly after they complete the lessons in the House of Reading. In all these schools the students must learn the material by heart. / [ ], 2. In spite of the monotony of the learning and teaching methods and the exacting length of time, the students show surprisingly high morale. Students come to the teacher in a group of three or four, all studying the same text. . The church schools that have been described above provide the continuation of traditional education in Ethiopia. This hope is perhaps one of the motives that encourages the student to spend more that half of his life at such a school. The teacher either accepts the verses or the offers critical comments and sends the student back for further meditation, students come at intervals to the teacher to recite in the manner. a) Fidel Instruction = = , 27. In their present form the church schools evolved during the golden age of the Church from the 13th to the 16th centuries when the literature of the Church had reached its peak. Privacy-Statement . . = , 30 . In other words, the church is successfully bridging the transition from strictly traditional scholarship to a new, dynamic era where traditional learning and modern education will blend together to ensure the continuity of Ethiopias Christian heritage in the setting of modern world. . The wandering student expects a high position in the church hierarchy. MARYAM () : https://youtu.be/6I1ujFtU0CciTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/album/id14481Apple Music : http://itunes.apple.com/album/id/14482. To specialize in Qene so as to be a teacher in a higher school, the student must attend several schools and study more branches of Qene, which means studying and wandering for some years more. Gradually the pupil masters the art of good reading. The related musical notation is known as melekket. () = , 1. ADE EYESUS ( ) : https://youtu.be/Kg9KflxOW5M8. From that time to the present the church schools have undergone little change. () - ., 10. = . [4], Saint Yared has been credited with the invention of the musical tradition of Ethiopian liturgical chants. = , 24 - .= , 25 - . Senne 04 (June 11) | The Ethiopian Synaxarium, Senne 03 (June 10) | The Ethiopian Synaxarium, Senne 02 (June 09) | The Ethiopian Synaxarium, Senne 01 (June 08) | The Ethiopian Synaxarium, Ginbot 30 (June 07) | The Ethiopian Synaxarium. If one misses a word or an idea, another member of the group recalls it and supplements. = , 08. A reader of the psalms enjoys certain privileges as one of the elite in his village. We have seen that the Qedasse bet trains mainly the altar priests, who are known as the semonegna (those who serve weekly). The few handwritten manuscripts on parchments were, and still are, very expensive. . = , 9. Zema bet ( , lit. THE ROLE OF THE ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN LITERATURE AND ART - Ethiopic or Ge'eze literature - The literary achievements of the Aksumite period (5th - 7th centuries) - The Solomonic restoration - Liturgical works - Painting and manuscript art THE ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH SCHOOL SYSTEM - Introduction - The nebab bet - Fidel instruction () : KEYARI TARIKEY ( ): https://youtu.be/3bpkpnH9qqUiTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/album/id14481Apple Music : http://itunes.apple.com/album/id/14483. The more advanced students serve as monitors to instruct the beginners. There are ofcourse reasons for their diligence. It is also an occasion of joy for the family, and the parents usually organize a feast to mark the event. In practice however, few fall into this category, and these few are not usually known as Debtera. Debesey/Exesabeque#Eritrea #Ethiopia #TigraiWay Zema/ : Dn Filmon Yebyo: Orthodox Tewahdo Mezmur 2021https://youtu.be/oEOuYUPqFi4Zemari Filmo Yebyo Zema. The commentaries of these teachings do not proceed under systematic theological or historical categories, but when each sentence or phrase of a text is interpreted, depending on the content, theological, moral and historical questions are raised, discussed, and developed. Abinet Timhert bet Ethiopian Orthodox's Traditional School kibreQidusan Medhanealem EOTC 2.12K subscribers Subscribe 9 Share 634 views 2 years ago Show more Show. The schools have in this period confined their educational activities to glorifying the products of past centuries and conveying these to the coming generation. However, before and after the mass there are readings of the scriptures, ritual dance, and long hymns and poems. This limitation of the enrolment is mainly due to the large number applicants and to an insufficient number of schools, so parents, especially those who do not need the labour of their children, are obliged to send their children to the Nebab bet as a first step to enrolment in a modern government school. ' , 1. We shall not discuss here the historical development, but rather the educational activities of the schools, as we know them today in the country. DEBESEY() : https://youtu.be/1MXnDADblAs5. - . . These are the only members of the clergy who are allowed to celebrate the mass and administer sacraments. = , 25. The habit of memorization and the uncritical acceptance of the commentary condition the mode of thinking of the student. = , 29. = , 14. The pupil now learns to read the psalms, the most important devotional book of Ethiopian Christians. 2003-Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church -, 1. All other texts are in Geez. = , 05. The teacher first translates the sentence into Amharic and then comments on it. In urban centres and roadside towns the Nebab bet has a new function today. = , 16. Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC). There are several reasons for this. In the course of the centuries the school system has grown and changed in many ways. After leaving the teacher each group moves apart and tries to comment on the text just as the teacher did, as much as possible word for word. . The main interest and purpose of the school is, however, not to develop poetic and other aesthetic interests in the child or youth, but to enable him to carry out the Church rituals. [6] He invented three forms of chanting. According to the Church Office there are about 15,000 churches in Ethiopia. The tradition began after the sixth century and is traditionally identified with Saint Yared.Through history, the Ethiopian liturgical chants have undergone an evolution similar to that of European liturgical chants. This exercise is repeated for months or every a couple of years, until the boy knows the main prayers by heart. For the authority of tradition in present day Ethiopia remains compelling and forceful. The heavy demands of cultivation and cattle tending force the parents to demand the services of their children. The story or legend of the saint whose feast is to be celebrated on the next day is then narrated; this comprises the theme of the Qene composition by the students, using the vocabulary and grammar already discussed at the session. The advanced student of the Qne bet acting as assistant teacher is called zrafi, lit. The teacher of Zema sits in the middle of his pupils, who are practicing their daily assignment of the hymns individually or in-groups. the beginning of reading. b) Qene Bet Last updated 14 Jan. 2023 video This page was last edited on 29 November 2022, at 02:51. ], 8. Deggwa, Ethiopian antiphons, in particular are of much later origin, dating from the second half of the 16th century. The student recites the product of his intellectual labour. The school has a reputation for having its students promoted. The child, who is led by his teacher or a monitor, touches with a straw each letter from left to right of the table and names the letter in a loud voice. . . When the teacher is convinced from his daily observations that his pupil had mastered the reading exercises, he lets him start to learn the reading of the Psalms. After the great wars, particularly after the 17th century, cultural activities declined. Through observation or day-to-day practice and instruction by his priest-master, the boy learns the Church activities and functions of a deacon and of a priest. . Source Here the student attempts to put the letters together in a chanting form and read them as a word. The leading teachers and scholars of the church, who are known as Debtera, are trained in the higher school. Usually the child learns the whole set of letters in sequence by heart, so that in reality he may not be able to distinguish on letter from the other. () = , 17. learning by counting each letter. = , 28 - = . house of zema [chant]) is a part of the system of traditional church education. A Qedasse teacher normally teaches only the hymns which a deacon or a priest has to use in the liturgy of the Church. The lessons advance in this manner day after day until the student finishes the fixed text of the hymn and knows it by heart. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church and Ethiopian Orthodox Mezmur have a long history in Ethiopia although their origins are not clear. Moreover, having its own written language and literature it developed from very early days a tradition of ecclesiastical scholarship. 2003-Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church -, 11 - , 6 - , 9 - ( ), 10 - ( ), 12 - , 13 - , 34 - , 35 - , 17 - , 19 . [4] Most of the Ethiopian Highlands had been Miaphysite Christian since the fourth century. It should be noted that the Church is fully aware of the necessity to train its own future leaders in such a way that they will fulfill their role in modern society. = , 23 - . = , 8 - ( ) = - ., 9 - ( ) = , 10 - = ( ) - ., 03. . . = , 3. . [ . ], 30. Pupils need not understand the texts of these books, but they have to be able to read them well, since thee are the books read in the church service, where young boys serve as readers, deacons, and later on as priests. = , 9 - ( ) = ( )- ., 10 - . = , 6. When the pupil is able to read a text, he starts a new lesson known in Amharic as Yemata Timhirt, i.e. [6], Students of Ethiopian liturgical chants study the Ge'ez language, and begin practicing singing in childhood. Privacy-Statement . This process is known as Qutir, i.e. [ ], 7 - = - ., 8 - = , 3 - = - ., 5 - ( ) = ( ), 6 - () = ( ), 19. 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. = [ . c) Reading of the Psalm of David. Usually a candidate for his training is attached to a priest or monk to whom he gives certain services, accompanying him on visits of families, festivals, and ceremonies in and outside the parish. = , 8 - () = - - . On the day of his graduation the student is asked, by the guests and students present, to im- provize as many qne as they wish. Regional varieties may have become standardized over time, and more symbols and segments of music have become available for composers. A publication of the EOTC, Your email address will not be published. Therefore, the Nebab bet and the church schools as a whole can not be considered to serve the entire population, but only members of the Orthodox Christian Church. () = , 2. 'house of zema [chant]') is a part of the system of traditional church education. However, he follows the progress of his student daily, so no special tests are needed. Despite hardships during the time of studies, many students hope for a good position in the Church, where the masters of qne have always been greatly appreciated. The expressions are vividly illustrated with parables, analogies, proverbs, and popular wisdom. Required fields are marked *, I'm not a robot *
Written by Professor Sergew Hable Sellassie and Professor Tadesse Tamerat The pupil must first perfectly master Gz and build up his vocabulary, which is the main instru ment of learning as well as composing and interpreting qne. = , 21. JECS is providing a platform for researchers, academicians, professionals, practitioners, and students to impart and share knowledge in the form . In the evening the pupils come to the house of the teacher, which is also at the same time the school itself All stand around the teacher while the lesson is given. . The function of an altar priest is limited to carrying out the rituals of the Mass and the Sacraments. This is the general term for the School of Commentaries composed of four branches. Theoretically, both boys and girls and members of all ethnic groups and classes are eligible to enroll in church schools. Thus relatively little education is expected from a young man to be ordained an altar priest. [ . ], 3. ( ) :: . . Theoretically, priests and monks can also be characterized as Debtera, if they have completed studies in one of the higher schools. When he is able to distinguish the letters he passes to the next drill known as Geez, i.e. Now the child practices read learns to take much care over words that must be read to together, the accents, the pauses and the soft or hard pronunciations of the syllables. For, in spite of the inevitable changes taking place in Ethiopia with the steady expansion of modern secular education in the present century, church schools still play an active part in the Ethiopian educational scene. ], 7. The Qne bet schools differ in their thinking and teaching methods. = , 3. . [11] Ethiopian Church music remains tightly bounded within the communities and rarely attracts attention by outsiders. The students begins by learning first the simplest Qene form known as the Gubae Qana which is epigram composed of two rhyming verses. 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