When the teacher feels that his pupil has mastered this stage, he leads him to Wurdnebab. + . . 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. It has been expounded by the fathers of the Church both in the . Ancient chanted liturgy with congregation participating with clapping, ululation and rhythmic movements has been retained from that era. This memorization of the commentary of the books exacts many years of exercise and labour, which the adult student is ready to accept. A publication of the EOTC, Your email address will not be published. () = , 17. . = , 1. [ ], 9. . . Here the student attempts to put the letters together in a chanting form and read them as a word. () = - ., 10. = , 05. 81 2 . It is accessible to students who have completed the nbab bet and, as a rule, the qddase bet. In these specialized branches the students learns the traditions of the Church, theology, Church history and laws, through the interpretation of the various individual writings. = , 10. " " 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. [ ], 7 - = - ., 8 - = , 3 - = - ., 5 - ( ) = ( ), 6 - () = ( ), 19. [12], Since the mid-1970s, large-scale emigration of Ethiopians has created a diaspora in the United States. 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. This faith, the churches believes, is derived from the apostolic heritage and borne witness to in the New Testament against the background of the Old Testament. 2. . 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 ' = ( ) . A Qedasse teacher normally teaches only the hymns which a deacon or a priest has to use in the liturgy of the Church. Qedasse Bet The training of the altar priest = , 25. Required fields are marked *, I'm not a robot * The methods of practicing the reading are those described under the Fidel Hawaria, namely, Qutir, Geez, Wurdnebab, and Nebab. C) Reading the Psalms The Ethiopian Orthodox Church and Ethiopian Orthodox Mezmur have a long history in Ethiopia although their origins are not clear. = , 12. . The teacher is usually engaged in some individual work such as reading, copying a manuscript, or even doing some handwork. b) Qene Bet = , 24 - .= , 25 - . This is particularly important for those students who plan to continue on the higher learning, since passages from the Psalms are used frequently in the hymns and poems of the church. (2), - = , 8 - = , 2 - = , 9 - = , 12 - = , 7 - = [ ]. The teacher of Zema sits in the middle of his pupils, who are practicing their daily assignment of the hymns individually or in-groups. (..). It is a one-teacher school, with instruction given by a priest or layman with church education. Furthermore, since the instruction is considered sacred, just as prayer is, the student takes his assignment seriously. 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 The expressions are vividly illustrated with parables, analogies, proverbs, and popular wisdom. 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. 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. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Home English Franais Deutsch Oriental Church Music Photo Gallery Video Links Calendar = = 2003-Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church -About-us . Privacy-Statement . Here the child practices reading at a very lively pace, but without mistakes. 2003-Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church - About-us . () = 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. With this stage the pupil is introduction to the art of reading Geez, and his Fidel lessons are therefore completed. We have seen that the Qedasse bet trains mainly the altar priests, who are known as the semonegna (those who serve weekly). 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. Zema bet ( , lit. . First there is a prayer to be recited. Ethiopianorthodox.org The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. . 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. There are different Qne bet the main centres of learning are in Wadla (Wllo), Gong (Goggam), Wara (Damot, Goggam); Gondr (s. Admasu Gmbre 1971/72: 10). 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. 37 - , 1 - - ( 1 - 7 ) , 2 - , 6 - , 8 - - ( 8 - 11 ) , 9 - , 1 - .. , 2 - , 3 - , 4 - , 5 - , 6 - , 7 - , 8 - ' , 9 - , 10 - ' , 11 - , 12 - , 13 - , 14 - , 15 - , 16 - , 17 - , 18 - . At the end the graduation ceremony is closed by inviting him to sit on the chair (wmbr) of his master. The church school system has the following divisions: , 14. The work of the day is first reviewed, in which a lively discussion is usually generated. All depends on the availability of books. . [4], Saint Yared has been credited with the invention of the musical tradition of Ethiopian liturgical chants. One could say that in the Qene School the content of learning covers practically all aspects of the values of the traditional social system in which the student lives. The place of instruction is usually a communal hut near the teachers dwelling known as the Mahber Bet, or simply in the open or under a tree. . A graduate of the Metsehaf Bet enjoys high prestige as a scholar and can take a high post in the Church hierarchy, such as head of a monastery (Gedam) or a large church (Debre). The school has a reputation for having its students promoted. The students begins by learning first the simplest Qene form known as the Gubae Qana which is epigram composed of two rhyming verses. [ . ], 30. = , 8. The emigrants brought their secular and liturgical music traditions with them. The lessons advance in this manner day after day until the student finishes the fixed text of the hymn and knows it by heart. . This exercise is repeated for months or every a couple of years, until the boy knows the main prayers by heart. These are the only members of the clergy who are allowed to celebrate the mass and administer sacraments. 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. . = , 3. c) Metsehaf Bet Regional varieties may have become standardized over time, and more symbols and segments of music have become available for composers. = ( ) = , 32. memorization. [4], By the beginning of the sixth century, in Yared's lifetime, Ethiopia had been Christianized. In the student an aesthetic interest is developed, or at least awakened. This is available for about ten cents in every market place in the country, so that the traditional parchment is disappearing. () = , 20. There are several reasons for this. 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 CHURCH OF ETHIOPIA A PANORAMA OF HISTORY AND SPIRITUAL LIFE }, Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress. 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. GUNDI WEYNI ( ) : https://youtu.be/8rKoXPaauI47. 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. DEBESEY() : https://youtu.be/1MXnDADblAs5. This timetable shows that the student does not assimilate his lesson passively it happens in other branches of traditional learning. When this group leaves the teacher, another group or individual comes to read to the teacher and hears his commentary. = [ ], 3. . = , 22. In the afternoon the session or Gubae takes place again. = , 9 - ( ) = ( )- ., 10 - . = , 28. () = , 21. .. = , 19. He has the opportunity to discuss the theme given, which challenges his intellect. Privacy-Statement . . When he has composed his Qene verse after the model assigned to him by the teacher, he then approaches the teacher, who sits for the most part of the day at a place known to all. [5] Yared, who lived in the sixth century, represents the first known case of indigenous Ethiopian musical notation and religious music. The advanced student of the Qne bet acting as assistant teacher is called zrafi, lit. . . a) Zema Bet (Music school) b) Quene Bet and (Poetry school) c) Metsehaf Bet which again have different subdivisions. The function of an altar priest is limited to carrying out the rituals of the Mass and the Sacraments. 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. The more advanced students serve as monitors to instruct the beginners. When he is able to distinguish the letters he passes to the next drill known as Geez, i.e. 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. In the just completed Ethiopian year, it managed to get all its 8, 10, and 12 graders pass school leaving examinations.The School ranked 1st out of private schools in Addis Ababa and was awarded three cups as well as one big cup for being a general winner. We shall not discuss here the historical development, but rather the educational activities of the schools, as we know them today in the country. He is credited for inventing the zema of the Church; the chant that has been in use continuously for the last almost 1500 years. 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. 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. The canon law (Fetha Negest) as well as the calendar calculation (Bahre Hasab) are also studied here. . A new comer must ask him for permission to attend his classes. , 1. ADE EYESUS ( ) : https://youtu.be/Kg9KflxOW5M8. a) Zema Bet (Music school) = [ ], 8. 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. () = () ., 10 - () = , 11 - ( ) = ( ) - ., 12 - () = , 9. The four steps are repeatedly drilled on the same text, Fidel Hawaria. This process is known as Qutir, i.e. = [ ], 3 - ( ) = , 4 - = , 5 - = , 7 - = , 8 - = , 9 - . We may then be justified, with some reservation, in saying that at present the total Nebab bet enrolment might well be 300,000. Zema means a pleasing sound, a song or a melody in Ge'ez,[1][3] the liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. One important reason memorization is so stressed all through the Church Schools is that writing materials were traditionally not well developed. ], 2. .. = , 28. [ . ], 3. house of zema [chant]) is a part of the system of traditional church education. In earlier times the letters were written on a roll of parchment, which the pupil carried with him. The method he uses is the chanting from and the Wurdnebab reading process. MARYAM () : https://youtu.be/6I1ujFtU0CciTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/album/id14481Apple Music : http://itunes.apple.com/album/id/14482. 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. Aside from the Authoritarian tradition there is another consideration; the student is not allowed to have a critical opinion about any text to be commented upon, since it is believed that God revealed the content to the Fathers through the Holy Sprit. The resulting high morale in the school community helps the individual student to adapt himself to the hard work. Through history, the Ethiopian liturgical chants have undergone an evolution similar to that of European liturgical chants. the functions of deacon and of a priest in the liturgy. He can be permitted to teach the beginners; he can improvise qne, continue a Qne bet started by another, lecture qne but always standing, until his graduation day as qne master, and he is able to interrupt an author composing qne (KaneDic 803b). When he was studying a particular part of the Fidel the student unrolled the parchment and fixed the two-ends of the roll on a wooden stick with a piece of cloth or string. b) Drill in the reading of various religious texts = , 8 - ( ) = - ., 9 - ( ) = , 10 - = ( ) - ., 03. learning by counting each letter. Most studies conclude that there has been impressive consistency since the 1500s. . . The following texts are known to have been used in different areas: Gabata Hawaria, i.e. . ], 2. The teacher first translates the sentence into Amharic and then comments on it. Ethiopian Christian music is largely sustained by communities of descent. ( ) = , 13. Ethiopian liturgical chant, or Zema, is a form of Christian liturgical chant practiced by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. ( .. ) ()= , 20. The main one is that the student understands the Geez language in the Qene school. With the spread of modern education and a modern school system this institution is declining. c) Metsehaf Bet which again have different subdivisions. [ . ], 16 - , 17 - = , 18 - . In urban centres and roadside towns the Nebab bet has a new function today. 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 habit of memorization and the uncritical acceptance of the commentary condition the mode of thinking of the student. This step is important, so the pupil spends more time on it. This is the general term for the School of Commentaries composed of four branches. 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. = , 21. Fewer young people are motivated to study in the higher church schools. Those who want to study further may join the next school, the Metsehaf Bet. In all these schools the students must learn the material by heart. Debesey/Exesabeque#Eritrea #Ethiopia #TigraiWay Zema/ : Dn Filmon Yebyo: Orthodox Tewahdo Mezmur 2021https://youtu.be/oEOuYUPqFi4Zemari Filmo Yebyo Zema. 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. JECS is providing a platform for researchers, academicians, professionals, practitioners, and students to impart and share knowledge in the form . ( ) = , 2. The church school system has been the instrument that has preserved the traditional learning of Ethiopia and conveyed it faithfully to succeeding generations. . [1] The related musical notation is known as melekket. The student strains his power of expression to construct the Qene verses in a vivid, enigmatic manner or to express his experience in social life in connection with biblical stories, visions, and legendary events. 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. Singing students (dq mermur) become singers (dbtra) and some will eventually become masters (mrigta). Gradually the pupil masters the art of good reading. = , 16. [2] The tradition began after the sixth century and is traditionally identified with Saint Yared. = , 15. 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. The musical tradition of Ethiopian liturgical chants have undergone an evolution similar to that of liturgical. 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