The Ethiopian Association in Hordaland, Norway

The Ethiopian association in Hordaland (EAH) is a newly established non political organization.
It has started its activities in November 2001 with 40 members.

The idea of starting an association came up in the summer of 2001. A few of the current members used to get together once every fortnight to exchange ideas, to eat traditional food and just to chat in Amharic. Starting an official organization formalizes these get-togethers and gives other interested people (both Ethiopian and other) the opportunity to join in.
It also opens up to for other things, such as:
- organizing cultural manifestations in order to make the Ethiopian culture known to Norwegians,
- being a source of information for both new arrivals from Ethiopia and people who may need information about Ethiopia for travel or business purposes,
- gathering resources that are needed in Ethiopia,
- a paper for members with practical information, announcement of births and cultural events,
- etc.

If you want to become a member sign up here.

We the Ethiopian community wish you a merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous new year!

On behalf of the establishement, we had an Ethiopian christmas celebration at Bergen international culture senter (BIKS) on the 12 of january 2002. Cultural shows, music and Ethiopian traditional dishes were among the programs on the day.

Here are some of the pictures from the Ethiopian christmas celebration January 12, 2002.

The cofee ceremony
The crowd
The musicians
Party time for kids
Party for kids2
People were dancing1
People were dancing2
People were dancing3
Traditional cloth
More pictures

Here are some of the members

Learn about Ethiopia
The map of Ethiopia
Introducing Ethiopia
The capital city (Addis Ababa)
The Map of the City of Addis Ababa
Ethiopian history briefly
Proud people
Injera recipe
Ethiopian calander

Are you traveling to Ethiopia
The Ethiopian Embassy home page in Sweden
Do you want to visit Ethiopia? here are some interesting sites
Tisisat
Meskel flower
Sun set in Addis
Ethiopian Airlines

Current affairs
A new regulation for native Ethiopians
The Voice of America Amharic Service
The German Radio Amharic service
Finote Selam Radio (Amharic)
The Addis Tribune
Fiameta
CNN news
BBC Africa news
Walta Information center

Sport news
IAAF Official web site
The greatest athlet! Haile Gebreselassie
The sport news
Do you know that one of our members has participated in the Moscow Olympics. Be surprised!!

Other important sites
Ethiopian music page
Chat with fellow Ethiopians
Afewerk Tekle the famous Ethiopian artist
Any thing on Ethiopia
Ethiopian beauty in Hollywood
Download Amharic alphabet
SELAM new Ethio-Eritrean Restaurant in Bergen