Gujii - Wikipedia
The Guji Oromo are an Oromo clan living Guji Zone in southern Oromia of Ethiopia. They are distinguished by their agro-pastoral lifestyle. According to a population projection from 2007, the total population of the Guji Oromo is above 5 million. The Guji have lived in their territory for many centuries. They claim that their cradle land is ...
Guji Oromo Ways of Life, Gadaa System and Waaqefanna
Sep 19, 2011 · The old aged and peculiar Oromo tradition, the Gada system, is still functional and practiced by the Guji Oromo. The Oromo Gada system seems to be uncommon among Oromo in other parts of the country. However, the Guji and Borana Oromos have kept the Gada institution and its rituals fresh with its flavor.
(PDF) Gadaa System: Power Transition in Gujii Oromo Society
The Oromo use various methods and tactics to establish peace in the Gada system. What Gondooroo entails for the Guji Oromo is reflected in this study, alongside the Luka and Luke systems for restoring national peace. Primary and secondary evidence were used to …
Gadaa: Symbol of Democratic and Peaceful Society - Curate Oromia
Mar 3, 2024 · The Guji Oromo have two moieties: Kotomaa and Daarimu. The Guji Gadaa has seven balbala/Gabalaas or constituencies based on sub-clans called Gabalaa Gadaa. These are Uraagaa, Maattii, Hookkuu, Haloo Mokkonnaa, Weessituu, Oottuu and Sheelloo.
Guji Oromo culture in southern Ethiopia: Religious capabilities in ...
Jan 1, 1991 · The Guji, a subgroup of the Oromo pastoralists, are located in the highlands of Central Sidamo. They consider their own homeland to be the very ancestral cradle of Oromo culture. Only the Borana and Guji seem to have kept alive the splendid Gada age-group system.
- Author: Joseph van de Loo
AFRICA | 101 Last Tribes - Oromo people
THE GUJI OROMO PEOPLE. The Guji people belong to the Oromo ethnic group. They speak Oromo language and practice the original Oromo culture. They are, even, considered to be the ones who have sustained the original Oromo traditions. In other words, the original Oromo traditions are still active in practices of the Guji society.
Ethiopia. The Guji. A people in transformation.
Jan 1, 2021 · The Guji are an ethnic group of southern Ethiopia. They belong to the great family of the Oromo. Traditionally semi-nomadic, today they live more from agriculture than cattle-raising. A glance at some aspects of their life and culture.
Annals of Gadaa System: An Ethnographic Perspective
Jul 21, 2022 · Hence, this research was conducted to investigate the indigenous mechanisms of preserving sacred natural sites in Guji Oromo, southern Ethiopia. Particularly, the study was conducted in Guji...
Informants revealed that the practice of quttoo tradition makes Guji distinctive from other Oromo community live out of Guji territory. This material is prepared by the mother of the girls after they arrived usually above 14 years old. Holding quttoo has its own meaning in the society.
Competing Notions of Nature: The Guji Oromo Ecological …
Apr 9, 2013 · This paper, built upon intensive PhD research conducted in 2006, 2011 and 2012 examines the Guji Oromo's ecological cosmology in its Ethiopian context, with focus on how the Guji’s holistic conceptualization of their environment conflicts and engages with recently introduced religious practices (Protestantism), imposed environmental changes ...