= ( ) - ., 3. . = , 1. Parallels are quoted from the history of the country while interpreting the passages on the Holy Land. () = , 17. The instruction in the Nebab bet is given in three different stages: 19 - .. . 20 = (2) . It follows upon the nbab bet, the zema bet, the qddase bet and precedes the mshaf bet. ( ) . 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. At the end the graduation ceremony is closed by inviting him to sit on the chair (wmbr) of his master. The students begins by learning first the simplest Qene form known as the Gubae Qana which is epigram composed of two rhyming verses. Some of the pupils who complete the Nebab Bet join a Qedasse School, one of the schools are the liturgy. 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In practice however, few fall into this category, and these few are not usually known as Debtera. 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. . . 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. 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. Ethiopianorthodox.org The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. , 23. .. = , 28. A teacher specialized in this branch of the liturgy teachers the Gebre Diquna and Gebre Qissina, i.e. However, he follows the progress of his student daily, so no special tests are needed. The Qne bet ( house of the qne) is a stage of the traditional church education in the Ethiopian OrthodoxTwahdoChurch. / [ ], 2. .. = , 20. c) Metsehaf Bet which again have different subdivisions. Non-Christian families are reluctant to send their children to a Nebab bet because it is closely integrated with the church. Zema-Bet education in the three selected Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido churches found in Bahir Dar city. In all these schools the students must learn the material by heart. . = , 7 - = , 2. (Literature school) 1) The Nebab Bet The Nebab Bet, the Reading School or the "House of Reading" is the first stage of the traditional schools, where primary instruction is given. () = - ., 10. Zema bet ( , lit. ], 7. 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This step is important, so the pupil spends more time on it. Quick Summary . However, in the urban centers and roadside towns the elementary church school, the Nebab Bet is flourishing as an institution to prepare pupils for Government schools, teaching young children literacy in Amharic. [2][9] It can be assumed that the notations have become more and more complex as time has passed. [ ], 7 - = - ., 8 - = , 3 - = - ., 5 - ( ) = ( ), 6 - () = ( ), 19. [ . ], 3. ( ) The same process is repeated for several days or even months. Generally, the approach to reality is well mixed with mythical attitudes. 2003-Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church -, 11 - , 6 - , 9 - ( ), 10 - ( ), 12 - , 13 - , 34 - , 35 - , 17 - , 19 . 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. Wandering students usually come from farming and clerical families very few are from the higher classes. The Qene School is perhaps the only school where the students can received both intellectual and traditional training. 6 . [ . ], 16 - , 17 - = , 18 - . We find the Nebab Bet in practically all churches and monasteries, in a number of villages and in the compounds of well-to-do landlords. 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. ( = ), 001. According to the Church Office there are about 15,000 churches in Ethiopia. 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. Nsebho LeEgziabher Sibuha Zetesebha 1 Yaredawi . = , 22. The modern schools often accepts more readily in their primary grades those children who can already read and write. ], 2. This exercise is repeated for months or every a couple of years, until the boy knows the main prayers by heart. - . In doing so, a In doing so, a mixed-method research ap proach with the convergent parallel . Regional varieties may have become standardized over time, and more symbols and segments of music have become available for composers. However, before and after the mass there are readings of the scriptures, ritual dance, and long hymns and poems. The method he uses is the chanting from and the Wurdnebab reading process. If one misses a word or an idea, another member of the group recalls it and supplements. 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. On such tables the number of the letters and the forms in the seven orders remain the same, but the place of the characters is changed or mixed up, so that the child cannot depend only on his memory and the sequence in which he has memorized the characters. . = , 22. Ethiopianorthodox.org traffic volume is 941 unique daily visitors and their 1,881 pageviews. = , 8 - ( ) = - ., 9 - ( ) = , 10 - = ( ) - ., 03. The exercise of reading can be quite difficult for the beginner, particularly because the text is in Geez, a language no longer spoken and therefore far from the experience of the child. Ethiopian Orthodox Church school's curriculum and its ways of provision, assessment, code of conduct, methodology and the livelihood of Ye'qolo Temari. = , 13 [ ], 11 - () = ( ) - .. The heavy demands of cultivation and cattle tending force the parents to demand the services of their children. 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. The teacher normally does not set a formal examination to judge the work of the pupil. . The teaching method allows the boy free activities and movements as illustrated below. ], 1. Qedasse Bet The training of the altar priest The expressions are vividly illustrated with parables, analogies, proverbs, and popular wisdom. 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. .. = , 19. There are also other Qene types which are however not as widespread as the Samenna Worq. = , 16. This memorization of the commentary of the books exacts many years of exercise and labour, which the adult student is ready to accept. () = () ., 10 - () = , 11 - ( ) = ( ) - ., 12 - () = , 9. Required fields are marked *, I'm not a robot * The majority of the Debtera are laymen, and as such they are not allowed to serve in the mass and the administration of sacraments. The pupil then repeats the sentence till he knows it well. Addis Ababa December 1970. = , 26. To demonstrate this we should describe the average study day at the Zema Bet. If he is not satisfied, he can leave the school and look for another one. Therefore, these patristic writings are not to be considered critically, but simply learnt by heart. The few handwritten manuscripts on parchments were, and still are, very expensive. Around that period, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church already had a corpus of prayers. = , 3. It is estimated that the introduction of Christianity took place in Ethiopia around 300 A.D. 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. = , 24 - .= , 25 - . = , 9 - ( ) = ( )- ., 10 - . a) Zema Bet (Music school) b) Quene Bet and (Poetry school) c) Metsehaf Bet which again have different subdivisions. Each Nebab Bet may have an average of 20 pupils. Students at Yared School of Music, Addis Ababa University, playing Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Yaredawi Song . Ethiopian liturgical chants were developed only after that. The four steps are repeatedly drilled on the same text, Fidel Hawaria. The student has to learn each sentence of the commentary by heart. These schools of commentaries are not to be found everywhere, but in large churches, Debre, and in monasteries, Geddam, where extensive libraries and famous teachers are to be found. Humming at the lowest range of the male voice. = , 11 - = , 12 - = , 13 - = , 14 - = , 15 - . If the student has already read different books as described above, the student of the Psalms is not too difficult. = , 8 . The teacher is usually engaged in some individual work such as reading, copying a manuscript, or even doing some handwork. The church school system has been the instrument that has preserved the traditional learning of Ethiopia and conveyed it faithfully to succeeding generations. . Ancient chanted liturgy with congregation participating with clapping, ululation and rhythmic movements has been retained from that era. Fewer young people are motivated to study in the higher church schools. Usually, there is no financial support for the students who must earn their living by begging and occasional works. In some cases students are made to memorize the texts of the Psalms. Ethiopian liturgical chant, or Zema, is a form of Christian liturgical chant practiced by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. For the authority of tradition in present day Ethiopia remains compelling and forceful. In the Zema bet, the following major discipline blocks are taught: (1) the Dggwa, (2) the Zmmare/Mwat, (3) Mzgb qddase/ Satat (not required for those who want to be ordained deacon and priest) and (4) Aqqwaqwam. = , 8 - () = - - . The schools have in this period confined their educational activities to glorifying the products of past centuries and conveying these to the coming generation. 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 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 ADE EYESUS ( ) : https://youtu.be/Kg9KflxOW5M8. He is credited for inventing the zema of the Church; the chant that has been in use continuously for the last almost 1500 years. 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 church schools that have been described above provide the continuation of traditional education in Ethiopia. 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. () = , 2. The web value rate of . From that time to the present the church schools have undergone little change. One important reason memorization is so stressed all through the Church Schools is that writing materials were traditionally not well developed. The Qne bet schools differ in their thinking and teaching methods. 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. C) Reading the Psalms It is difficult to estimate the number of Nebab Bet in the country or to evaluate the school population involved. He can then practice reading different religious texts. First there is a prayer to be recited. = , 8. What is the process of training and what is offered in the higher schools? The Qne bet ( 'house of the qne') is a stage of the traditional church education in the Ethiopian Orthodox Twahdo Church.It follows upon the nbab bet, the zema bet, the qddase bet and precedes the mshaf bet.In the Qne bet the students focus on the theory and practice of the composition of qne.The Qne bet student is frequently compared the hermit (mnna, from . The following illustration may make this clear. () -., 18 - = , 11 - = , 20 - = , 21 - = , 3. (2), - = , 8 - = , 2 - = , 9 - = , 12 - = , 7 - = [ ]. . [6] He invented three forms of chanting. The way to the Qne bet is long and difficult. Source The final stage known as Qum Nebab is simple, if the above stage are well-mastered. 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. ( ) = - ., 3. ( ) = , 1.. ' , 1. [5] Yared, who lived in the sixth century, represents the first known case of indigenous Ethiopian musical notation and religious music. BEALTI XELOT ( ) : https://youtu.be/yyz8lAfwMFY6. Last updated 14 Jan. 2023 video The teacher may then make some remarks on the students work for the day. and hunter (adda), because he leaves everything, even his native village and relatives, in order to study qnepoetry (nbaqom Qal Wld in PICES 3, vol. The church school system, which is one of the oldest in Christendom, originated in the Aksumite Kingdom with the introduction of Christianity about the 4th century. Traditionally, teachers in different areas select any text for reading. In this way the historical interpretations are mixed with legendary tales and special natural events, all considered to be miracles, and even concrete phenomena are given symbolical meanings. All other texts are in Geez. This process is known as Qutir, i.e. = [ ], 8. a) Zema Bet (Music school) 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 ' = ( ) . Traditionally a boy can receive only the Nebab Bet instruction while he is at home. Ethiopia is, after all, the only African country to have preserved Christianity as its religion for over a millennium and a half. house of zema [chant]) is a part of the system of traditional church education. There are ofcourse reasons for their diligence. .. Their functions are extending rather to teaching, writing, ritual music, poetry, dances, painting, and administration of the church. Ethiopian Christian music is largely sustained by communities of descent. = , 4. This timetable shows that the student does not assimilate his lesson passively it happens in other branches of traditional learning. MARYAM () : https://youtu.be/6I1ujFtU0CciTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/album/id14481Apple Music : http://itunes.apple.com/album/id/14482. () = , 3. in Gojjam, the Gonji and Washera schools of Qene differ from this. With the spread of modern education and a modern school system this institution is declining. As a next step to help him distinguish individual letters, he is led to pronounce each letter reading from right to left and then from top to bottom. Your email address will not be published. Contact-us Traditionally writing is not taught, since this was not needed in everyday life, unlike reading which is necessary for daily prayers and participating in the church service. 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. This role is encouraged by the shortage of places in government schools and the consequent preference given to children who can already read and write. The habit of memorization and the uncritical acceptance of the commentary condition the mode of thinking of the student. , 15 -. = , 20 - . When one of the students has mastered the hymn, he goes and sings before the teacher. 2) Qedasse Bet (Liturgy school) 2003-Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church -, 1. Students come to the teacher in a group of three or four, all studying the same text. - ., 2. = , 12. The emigrants brought their secular and liturgical music traditions with them. The number and the kind of books the student has to read at this stage is not standardized. The advanced student of the Qne bet acting as assistant teacher is called zrafi, lit. [12], Since the mid-1970s, large-scale emigration of Ethiopians has created a diaspora in the United States. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church and Ethiopian Orthodox Mezmur have a long history in Ethiopia although their origins are not clear. A reader of the psalms enjoys certain privileges as one of the elite in his village. " " Today children use a printed table of letters, which is glued on a single sheet of cardboard. a) Fidel (Alphabets) Instruction [10], Ethiopian Orthodox Christians form approximately 43.5% of the population of modern day Ethiopia. . Rather, it is as a mnemonic. The educational system in Ethiopia has been profoundly molded by the past. [4], Saint Yared has been credited with the invention of the musical tradition of Ethiopian liturgical chants. the functions of deacon and of a priest in the liturgy. .hide-if-no-js { ( ) = , 13. (..). 'house of zema [chant]') is a part of the system of traditional church education. 2003-Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church -, 1. 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. 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. = [ . He repeats this for months. () - ., 10. = . 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. = , 25. ( ) = , 4. After some time the group goes again to the teacher and reads the same text and again comments on it. In the Qne bet the students focus on the theory and practice of the composition of qne. b) Quene Bet and (Poetry school) When the pupil knows the letters to some extent, he starts to practice reading a text. () = , 31. Normally children start school between the ages of 5 and 7, when they are traditionally considered ready to learn. [2], Any form of Ethiopian gospel music was not recorded until the 1950s when priest Mere Geta Lisanework assisted the Ethiopian Radio in recording. 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. A student is considered ready when he has mastered the complicated genre of qen. When the pupil is able to read a text, he starts a new lesson known in Amharic as Yemata Timhirt, i.e. Here the student attempts to put the letters together in a chanting form and read them as a word. 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