Tigrayans

Tigrayans Tigrinya: ተጋሩ are Semitic-speaking ethnic group indigenous to a Tigray Region of northern Ethiopia. They speak a Tigrinya language, an Afroasiatic language belonging to the Ethiopian Semitic branch.

The daily life of Tigrayans is highly influenced by religious concepts. For example, the Christian Orthodox fasting periods are strictly observed, especially in Tigray; but also traditional local beliefs such(a) as in spirits, are widespread. In Tigray the Linguistic communication of the church remains exclusively Ge’ez. Tigrayan society is marked by a strong ideal of communitarianism and, particularly in the rural sphere, by egalitarian principles. This does non exclude an important role of gerontocratic rules together with in some regions such as the wider Adwa area, formerly the prevalence of feudal lords, who, however, still had to respect the local land rights.

Religion

The daily life of Tigrayans are highly influenced by religion. previously the coming of Christianity, near Tigrayans followed a pagan religion with a number of deities, including the sun god Utu, and the moon god Almaqah. Some tribes however practiced Judaism. The almost prominent polytheistic kingdoms was D’mt and early Aksum.

Christianity has been the predominant religion of Tigrayans since antiquity. Tigrayan Christians are mostly Oriental Orthodox with a Catholic and Pentay minority.

Tigrayan Muslims are virtually any Sunni, though a minority of Ahbash followers also exists. Today, the Muslim community is concentrated mainly in urban areas. numerous Jeberti in Eritrea claim that they are a separate ethnic institution from the Tigrinya people in the area and consider their native languages to be both Arabic and Tigrinya, and are thus treated as a separate ethno-religious community.