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FalashaJewish Ethiopians. The Falasha call themselves House of Israel and claim descent from Menilek I, son of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Probably descended from local Agew peoples converted by Jews in southern Arabia, they remained faithful to Judaism after the Ethiopian kingdom was converted to Christianity in the 4th century AD. Persecuted by Christians, they settled in the area around Lake Tana in northern Ethiopia. Though ignorant of the Talmud, members adhered strictly to the Mosaic law and observed some festivals of Judaism. In 1975 the Israeli rabbinate affirmed that Falashas were Jews, and from 1980 to 1992 some 45,000 Falasha emigrated to Israel, leaving probably only a few thousand in Ethiopia. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Falasha figurines are now so well known that it comes as a surprise to discover that this form of representational art began to be produced only in the late 1940s (see Pankhurst 1964, Rauschenbauch and Hammerschmidt 1966, Schoenberger 1975). Other Ethiopians call the Beta Israel Falashas, strangers, although they buy tools made by Menelik's father, a blacksmith. This migration took the Bena Kongo to Egypt in 4000, then had them migrating, after the reign of Pharaoh Akhnaten, back to Ethiopia in time to be present when Makeda married Solomon to form the Falasha in Ethiopia. |
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