The practice of tattooing in Amhara region: the case of Ankober - Reba, Mahlet Alemayehu
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Ankober, also called Gorobela was a capital of the former kingdom of Shoa. It is located at the northern edge of the Ethiopian highlands in the northern Shoa, and is a historical site. The Ankober community is well known for its habit of wearing of tattoos. The reasons so far in support of tattooing in Ankober are decorative, religious and healing. This book presents a fascinating tattoo designs and their cultural relevance in the Ankober community. Basically, there are ten distinct tattoo designs that are worn in the Ankober community. The tattoo designs are named burrie, yebere shint ot…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Ankober, also called Gorobela was a capital of the former kingdom of Shoa. It is located at the northern edge of the Ethiopian highlands in the northern Shoa, and is a historical site. The Ankober community is well known for its habit of wearing of tattoos. The reasons so far in support of tattooing in Ankober are decorative, religious and healing. This book presents a fascinating tattoo designs and their cultural relevance in the Ankober community. Basically, there are ten distinct tattoo designs that are worn in the Ankober community. The tattoo designs are named burrie, yebere shint ot wet'a wered, mesk'elegngna or meskel, kibb, guramaylle, yewof igir, net'ebt'ab, senselet, finger tattoos, writing on the body and others.
Autorenporträt
Mahelet Alemayehu is a linguist and a young researcher at the age of 26. Mahelet is a lecturer at Axum University. Mahelet holds B.A degree from Arbaminch University in 2007 and an M.A degree from the university of Addis Ababa in 2010.She is keen in the investigation of cultural studies.