Beauty of history

• Sidama people


  Comprise some sherbes, which are riled inspenden their king, actually a supreme judge; and the woms The war of the adfer v within the Sidama make up the woma-songo, the embty dt wribal king j
• Woma-songo


  The highest traditional authority
• Assemblies


  • Have different areas of authority and responsibility
  • Age and gender are limitations to participation
  • Only the elders and only the men have a say
• Sera


  The ruling truth, referred to hals proclaimed by the elders is hand to challenge and is often a base for "forced" i
• Decision making in the assemblies

  Always with p and the consensus is valued over the open confrontation of opposing ideas
• Gare-songo


  The council of the mote, who are the kings of gare, the maximal lineage segment (a sub-division of the subtribe)
• Gare-songo


  1. Deals with matters closer to daily life

  2. Involved in making a disobedient son obedicat to his father

  3. Deals with matters of loans

  4. Serves as a local court

  5. Can impose penalties
• Harucha


  Smaller agnatic units, with a songo at the olls level, and the head of the assembly is also called a muricchio
• Murrichs


  1. Primarily in charge of administrating the services related to deaths and fes

  2. May also be called upon to become involved in che significant community activities
• Seniority and communal relationship


  Still strong at the neighbourhood and household level
• Sera


  • A set of local cultural norms or codes regulating the commu social structure and interaction
  • Almost an ethical and moral com
  • Unwritten law, but constitutes the morality and conscience of the individual and the community
  • Provides social secun the members
  • Provides the community with a procedure of decision making
• Mene


  The Sidama had an indigenous system of governance led by the Mene who exercised political and administrative inherity in conltation wih bec elders called Songo
• Songo


  Songo members would raise any greda for decin wek encil and submit their decisions to the Mote for approval
• Mote


  The Mote for approval
• Woma


  • The cultural and dual kader in Sina society
  • Criteria for election were his ability as a peacemaker, bodily perfection, expresiva ability, w and caution
  • Could not panicipale in sie or cuttle raiding us wat consid a man of peace
  • Handled nitural matters such as offering to the spirits
  • Performed ether uns auch a circumcision and mange
• Dushe and Mulden


  The major clans of the Sidamo
• Luwa


  The 8-year cycle, and each of the five lewa generations hal is EC in Wawa, Duran, Hinboca and Mogi
• Godbama


  The leader selected by each age group, who will prefer gentive through sight yzes
• Initiation into elderhood


  1. Includes crucision bechipa before her

  2. Has to wait for the successive laws to be inked

  3. Requires living according to the isle
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