Ethiopian Family Traditions

Furthermore, similarly to the author's grandmother food is something that is extremely important to my grandmother as well. Whenever we have a family gathering

Have you ever thought about what it is like to be constantly hungry as a result of not having access to adequate food? For some people in the world this is a reality. In my interview with Melinda Vonderhorst she recounts her personal observations from her five trips to Haiti, where she helped to build a school along with working in an orphanage and clinic, of countless children

Hello! This is Mihiret Mariam and some people call me Mercy. Coming to America from Ethiopian at a very young age has caused me to become a hybrid of two different cultures. This mixture gives me the ability to understand the truth and faults of two distinct customs of living. This led me to be a person who only cares about large book with many chapters and me as an eager child who learned to read. I intend to read and probe into all the chapters. I love reading books; I have read most of the book that is stored in Antioch high school and in the Nashville public library. My cousin taught me why reading is necessary for a student who is attending high school and college and she told me her life experience about how she has started a book club

When I am with my family, I enjoy preparing Ethiopian traditional coffee. Ethiopian coffee ceremony has three rounds and it usually takes about an hour to complete. During the coffee ceremony, friends, family members and neighbors invite one another to enjoy this special occasion. To go along with coffee, there is also homemade bread, popcorn or Kolo (which is similar to an American snack called trail mix) served. This tradition and ceremony is special to most Ethiopians because, they get to spend time with friends and family members. Mostly, during Ethiopian coffee ceremony, family members and friends get together and discuss about life. This part of the family time is important to me since this is the time where I can get advice from elderly people about my life. Such as, school, marriage, and talk about an everyday life experience. This family time or ceremony is an example of friendship and

Food, is a MAJOR part of my culture. From tacos to fish, a delicacy I like to

Resultantly, African Americans continued to face diverse of levels of exclusion from active social, political, and economic systems. In the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century, a high number of civil rights movements became vocal about the plight of African American families (National Association of Social Workers, 2015). Undoubtedly, the cultural issues of American African family systems differ from other ethnic units.

The type of food a specific culture makes and passes onto their future generation is called cultural heritage. In the end, I obtain cultural heritage from knowing how to make traditional family recipes. Growing up and having all of these family gathering made me stronger on finding out who I identify myself as. Each of us chose which part of our culture we picked to embrace and to this day we share our forthcomings about the type of food and beliefs of what we think is right and wrong. At the end of the day, I identify myself as Somali-American & Muslim. That’s who I am and what makes me strive to be the best person I can be no matter how hard the

I vividly remember the first time I cooked something in the kitchen. I remember standing on a stool by the kitchen counter, still barely being able to see over, and mashing potatoes and mixing in the different ingredients and then giving some to my father to taste and him smiling. Seeing people's faces after they tasted my food is what gave me the passion to cook. When people are around a table with good food so many memories are made. Food is what unites people because no matter where they are from and what their background is people will come together over great food.

The Ethiopian Jews, also known as the Beta Israeli’s have struggled to fit into the Ethiopian society; Between the Islamic and Ethiopian Orthodox religious groups in the Gonder region of Ethiopia, many of the Beta Israeli’s have been isolated and discriminated against due to their religion. The derogatory term, Falashia, is what most Ethiopians refer to as the Beta Israeli. The Gonder region is the rural side of Ethiopia, where modernization seems unreachable. The Ethiopian Jews use farming methods for food and water. Since their main focus is on agriculture and survival, education is far from their main concern. The way of life in Gonder made the integration into Israeli society very difficult for the Ethiopian Jews. After the development

Many families have their own special time or activity that everyone loves to do and that creates long lasting memories. Bonding can happen through any number of events but when food is brought to the table it makes a completely different impact. Through cooking with your family or friends that bonding can be taken to the next level. Through cooking food it relaxes people and inevitable people begin to open up to the other people in the room. An article in the The Atlantic written by Cody Delistraty wrote how, “The dinner table can act as a unifier, a place of community. Sharing a meal is an excuse to catch up and talk, one of the few times where people are happy to put aside their work and take time out of their day”(Delistraty). Though eating

I am thrilled to work with these multiple services to assist the wellbeing of the Ethiopian community. I plan to focus on supporting education, health, Emergency Health Services, and clean drinking water for communities and families. I have focused most of my time and profits into Emergency Help for displaced people. This will assist some of the many people who are unable to provide for their family; whether they are homeless or unhired currently and cannot invest in a healthcare program, drugs, medication, etc. I pride myself in committing to assisting the Ethiopian community under any circumstances and I assure you that I will execute my task. UNICEF has provided me with $54, 750 dollars and I plan to take action in using this money in the most productive way possible for the families and people in need. I have also donated one dollar of my own money in order to reach the needed amount of money to fulfill the charges. Thank you for you time!

Food is an essential component of many social events: it brings people from a wide variety of society together, it provides nourishment, and in modern and globally interconnected times in can even be used to share different cultures’ ideas of good food in a relaxed setting. Humans require food to survive, but the different ways that food is prepared and served is highly varied among cultures. Even how these cultures utilize food in larger social settings is widely variable. Sometimes it’s just a small gathering of families sharing food, other times it’s specialized food preparers providing food to a large number of people. Here we’ll look at one of the latter events where food plays a part.

I find that food defines me, and my family by its humble upbringings that remind us all to remember where we come from. My parents came from Romania to escape Communism in 1989 by moving to the United States to give me and my siblings a better life. One food in particular that represents my family's heritage, is the plate called "Ciorba" which translates to bean soup. Not only does it taste amazing but it's always a dish that resembles how grateful I am to have parents that sacrificed a lot of their life to give me a better upbringing. Every time I eat Ciorba I always feel that a part of my parent's history was surviving on what they could in Communist Romania and realizing the freedom I have each bite I take of this cherished meal.

Food is a main part of our daily life that brings our families together at least once a day to reconnect. It does not only keep us alive and functioning, but it helps us to learn and immerse ourselves into other cultures. Food can symbolize different things in a certain culture, such as a holiday or a celebration of some sort. An example is that on Jewish Passover each of the foods during the Seder meal have a specific meaning, and is eaten to help with the remembrance of certain events in their cultural history. Food can also show different cultures customs and their perceptions of what good manners are.

Another food window that marcus had was his family and his father. He learned that in ethiopia spices were a large part of the food they made and that meals were more of a spiritual connection than in other parts of the world. He looks back on his country and how hard his people work for what they have and feels pride. Marcus has drive thanks to his people to move forward and show others how to make fresh affordable meals.