SEPTEMBER 23, 2020ERITREA HUBNEWS

Source: Africa ExPress

Eritrea: Italian school of Asmara closed: Enforced enlistments despite the virus

By Cornelia Toelgyes on September 23, 2020

Special for Africa ExPress
Cornelia I. Toelgyes
23 September 2020

The historic Italian school of Asmara , established in 1903, has temporarily closed its doors. This can be read in a decree signed on 31 August 2020 by the chargé d’affaires of the Italian Embassy in Eritrea. The new ambassador, Marco Mancini, was appointed only a few days ago by the Council of Ministers.

Last year the institute had a thousand members, only 10 percent were Italian.

The reasons for the closure are many and the responsibility is certainly to be attributed to both governments, the onset of the crisis began several years ago. And it got worse with the cut in expenses for Italian schools abroad (DL 64/2017 and DM 2051/2018), thus preventing the use of alternates. In this way it was necessary to resort to the constant recruitment of local teachers; often the chairs were uncovered and this obviously to the detriment of the quality of school education. Certainly Eritrea has interpreted this as a gesture of minor interest on the part of our government towards the Asmara school.

Italian School, Asmara, Eritrea

The situation further precipitated in March of this year because the school principal would not have agreed on the educational suspension, aimed at avoiding the spread of the pandemic, with the competent local authorities. The intervention of the President of the Council of Ministers, Giuseppe Conte, to the Eritrean government was useless. Asmara has not renewed the license with the consequent termination of the bilateral agreement of 2012 and has sealed the building.

The students of Italian nationality were then able to take the maturity exam regularly, something that was denied to Eritrean students, who are forced to take this test in Sawa, where they were enrolled together with their compatriots.

It is not excluded that behind all this there is also the desire to nationalize the school, as was done last year with other institutions owned by the Catholic Church in the country. On that occasion, however, the dictatorship appealed to the application of a 1995 legislation that limits the activities of religious institutions.

In the past, the most deserving Eritrean students of the Italian institute of Asmara enjoyed scholarships given by our government with the aim of contributing to the training of young Eritrean excellence. For about ten years and perhaps more, the allocation of funding for study purposes in favor of students from our former colony has become increasingly rare, to almost completely disappear. The Isaias regime is somewhat reticent in granting visas for them, since they cannot leave the country until they have finished basic military training which lasts several years. An intervention by the Italian government would have been useless, it would have been seen as interference in internal affairs.

SAWA military training camp, Eritrea

At the beginning of the month, photos and videos were posted on social networks framing young people in the capital Asmara as they are loaded onto buses without a mask, headed for the Sawa training camp in the west of the country. Nothing has changed since the 2018 peace treaty signed with Ethiopia, the archenemy of all time.

As every year, the regime forces thousands of young and very young to finish the last year of secondary school in the notorious Sawa military camp, where boys and girls, in addition to studying, undergo hard military training in often prohibitive climatic conditions.

If life is hard for boys in this hell , we can only imagine what it is for girls. And in this period, no measures are applied to stem the spread of the virus: the dormitories are overcrowded, no social distancing and health care is lacking, as reported by the Human Rigts Watch Organization in a recent article.

The impact with Sawa is terrible for everyone; in Eritrea no young person can dream of his own future, everything is written from birth. The deserving students, after finishing secondary school, can attend college (military university) in the same facility and are later sent to work for the government in various ministries. The others, on the other hand, are forced to attend professional courses, which almost always means military service.

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), a human rights organization specializing in freedom of worship, said the Eritrean regime recently released 27 Eritrean Pentecostal Christians. Some of them had been lying in Mai Serwa prison, not far from the capital Asmara, for 16 years without any trial.

According to some CSW sources, it seems that the release of the 27 (19 men and 8 women) is somehow connected with Covid-19; they are among the first group of prisoners released out of a total of 54 that the asmarine authorities intend to release soon. Another group of 22 (mostly women and minors) belonging to the Methodist church were reportedly released in July. Their names have not been disclosed so far.

However, to prevent them from leaving the country,  these people are only free on bail; they had to pledge their property documents or those of a guarantor. Since 2002, the government has recognized only Sunni Islam, the Eritrean Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic and Lutheran Churches.

Even today, the dictatorship holds tens of thousands of its citizens in more or less 300 rotten prisons scattered throughout the country. Most of these unfortunates are incarcerated for daring to criticize the regime; extrajudicial detentions, enforced disappearances continue and family members often have no news from their relatives for years.

And if on the one hand Eritrea seems to have released some detainees to avoid the spread of the pandemic – official data do not report deaths linked to Covid-19, only 364 infected, among these 305 recovered – the regime continues the forced enlistment of Young people.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 ERITREA HUB NEWS

Source: Watson

[Note: computer translation from the original]

Switzerland reveals data from rejected asylum seekers to the regime in Eritrea. In the National Council, answers are now required from the Federal Council.

9/19/20, 10:09 9/19/20, 2:37 pm

Petar Marjanović

Eritrean refugees have experienced one tightening of asylum after another in the past few years.

In fact, those people fleeing the dictatorship and national service have little chance of protection in Switzerland today: first, illegal departure was denied as a reason to flee, then it was claimed that deserting from national service posed no danger to returnees the Federal Administrative Court ruled that there was no situation of general violence in Eritrea and that a return there would not be generally unreasonable .

This had precarious consequences for the people affected: They are not even “temporarily admitted” – instead, they are increasingly receiving negative decisions on their asylum applications. But because Eritrea still does not accept forced deportations, these people stay here anyway. Paperless and with a minimal need for emergency aid.

The federal government reports rejected refugees to the Eritrean authorities

Research by watson now shows a further tightening. The Switzerland since 2019 informed the Eritrean authorities if a rejected asylum seeker does not want to voluntarily leave Switzerland.

This data exchange was touted by the Federal Council last May as “improved cooperation in the area of ​​identifying individual cases”. Behind it, however, is a new practice that is being criticized by politicians, those affected, lawyers and activists.

The SEM takes the position that expelled persons have to organize their departure themselves by the given deadline. In the case of Eritrea, a voluntary return is reasonable if it is legally established that an asylum seeker no longer needs the “protection of Switzerland”. “However, if the person who is now required to leave the country remains inactive in obtaining travel documents and preparing to leave the country, the SEM will clarify the origin and identity of this person.”

The Swiss authorities exchange personal data with the Eritrean authorities. pictured: keystone

Principle: The Home country must not know anything about the asylum application – does that still apply?

Such identification checks are not unusual in the asylum sector. However, the principle applies that the home authorities of a refugee may not find out about the asylum application, even if the Swiss authorities have rejected it. This principle has been anchored in law since 2007. The asylum law prohibits since then the exchange of personal data of asylum seekers, if as a result the person or members would be harmed.

It is doubtful whether this principle will be adhered to – i.e. whether the SEM is violating the law by forwarding the data to the Eritrean authorities. The exchange of personal data can in principle take place in such a way that officials in Eritrea do not find out about an asylum application. A person involved, who does not want to be named, explains:

«We only report to them that we have an Eritrean here who has to leave the country. The authority then confirms whether this person is really an Eritrean citizen or not. “

Even if the Swiss authorities formulate their identification requests carefully and in accordance with the law: The Eritrean authorities will most likely be able to assume that it is a compatriot who has applied for asylum in Switzerland. This conclusion allows the statistics on “return assistance”: At the end of August, one of 430 ongoing identification requests to Eritrea concerned a case outside the asylum area.

There is no legal answer whether this practice violates the Asylum Act. The renowned migration lawyer and asylum law expert Alberto Achermann describes this as a “question of interpretation”. “It has not been legally clarified from what statistical probability an identification request reveals something about a possible asylum application,” says Achermann. The only thing that is undisputed is that this should not endanger a person or their relatives.

Federal data protection agency defines clear guidelines for data exchange

The Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (EDÖB for short) is more critical. His spokesman Hugo Wyler does not comment on whether figures reveal anything about a possible asylum application. He notes, however, that the Swiss authorities are only allowed to contact their home country or country of origin if “eviction actually takes place / can take place”.

“If you don’t do that for compulsory eviction and also not for voluntary returnees: then what for?”

Asylum law expert Alberto Achermann

In the case of Eritrea, the conclusion is obvious: if a rejected Eritrean refugee does not want to leave Switzerland voluntarily and cannot be brought to Eritrea due to the lack of a return agreement, then data exchange is not allowed. Asylum law expert Achermann asks himself what the purpose of such identification requests is: “If you don’t do it for compulsory eviction and also not for voluntary returnees: what then?”

The SEM justifies this with the statutory mandate, according to which the federal government must provide the cantons with implementation support. “The fact that a person does not want to return voluntarily or that the cooperation in his country of origin is inadequate does not change anything,” SEM spokesman Reto Kormann continues.

Diplomacy and millions did not get Eritrean politics any further

It is possible that Switzerland will want to keep the communication channel to Eritrea open through such cooperation in order to somehow, at some point, be able to negotiate a readmission agreement. The efforts made so far have not been politically successful. An internal SDC report that watson received on the basis of the Public Information Act states that Eritrea’s government does not want any returnees from abroad. “On the one hand because of the lack of remission payments, on the other hand because of a certain fear of troublemakers.”

The SDC report from 2019 was blackened in important parts. screenshot: watson

The report also notes that so far not a single state has had luck with a readmission agreement. Not even a “confidence-building measure” in the form of EU investments amounting to 200 million euros helped . The internal analysis adds laconically: “There was no corresponding consideration in the form of a readmission agreement”.

Eritrea can collect diaspora tax thanks to information from the federal government

The delicate exchange of data is therefore not well received by the Swiss Refugee Aid. She describes the SEM’s approach as “very questionable”. Eritrea is still a “repressive dictatorship and human rights violations are the order of the day”. If the Eritrean authorities learn that there may be citizens critical of the regime in Switzerland, then family members in Eritrea could be put under pressure.

Eritreans on the run: here in Yemen in 2014. image: epa / epa

Eliane Engeler, spokeswoman for refugee aid, also mentions the so-called “diaspora tax”. Eritrea levies a 2 percent tax on its citizens abroad, with which the country is to be built up. In 2013, the Federal Council was unable to confirm rumors that this tax would also be collected by force or with attempted pressure. However, he found that Eritrean embassies sometimes insist on paying the diaspora tax before offering a compatriot any consular service.

Such a consular service would be, for example, official papers, birth certificates or even passports. If it turns out that a rejected asylum seeker has deserted from the Eritrean national service, a higher payment or a “letter of remorse” will be required. There is no guarantee that you can feel safe after voluntary return. That is why many Eritreans stay in Switzerland or hide elsewhere in order to be outside the radar of the regime-loyal embassy.

SP National Councilor wants to request answers from the Federal Council

The SP politician Samira Marti represents the canton of Baselland in the National Council. pictured: keystone

The delicate exchange of data is also causing criticism in the Federal Palace. SP National Councilor Samira Marti says: “If it is true that the SEM lets the Eritrean authorities know which people have been refused asylum in this country, then that is a real scandal.” The Basel bidder sits on the National Council’s State Political Commission, which deals with the Federal Council’s migration policy. Marti announced that she would address this exchange of data in the commission and demand answers from the Federal Council on the legality of this “questionable partnership between Switzerland and Eritrea”.

In her statement, the social democrat emphasizes the precarious asylum situation of the people from Eritrea. «Since the tightening of the case law, many Eritreans have been living in unworthy conditions. If Switzerland now reports rejected asylum seekers to the Eritrean regime, then it is a new summit in the tragic asylum policy. “

Switzerland was sharply criticized for this in May 2020 by a special rapporteur for the UN Human Rights Council. The report expressed concern about the 56 people who have voluntarily returned to Eritrea: “These people could be at risk because their return conditions cannot be adequately monitored.”

Former Federal Councilor Didier Burkhalter, the predecessor of today’s Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis, does not want to comment on the current development between Switzerland and Eritrea. Burkhalter stresses, however, that his principle on human rights issues has not changed. “Only a clear improvement in very specific areas of human rights” would make it possible to start a “real dialogue with this country”. In a statement to watson, he mentions the possibility for “neutral and credible organizations” such as the International Red Cross to visit prisons in Eritrea.

This is still not the case today.

“እስኪ ጸሓይ ይብረቕ ማይ ይዛሪ፡ ፈታውን ጸላእን ከነለሊ” ዝብል ኣበሃህላ፡ ኣብ ኤርትራዊ ባህልና ነባርን መሳጥን እዩ። እዚ ኣበሃህላ ዓሚቕ ትርጉም ዘለዎ እዩ። በቲ ግሉጽ ትርጉሙ፡ ናይ ክረምቲ ሓያልን ዘፍርሕን  ዝናብ፡ በረድ፡ ውሕጅ፡ በርቂ፡ ነጐዳን ህቦብላን ግዜ ይሕለፍ እሞ ደሓር ኣብ ግዜ ራህዋን ብርሃንን ብሰላም የራኽበና ዝብል መልእኽቲ የመሓላልፍ። ብዘይካዚ፡ ብዛዕባ ሓደ ጉዳይ ንምዝራብ፡ ንምምዛንን ንምውሳንን ዘኽእል ጥጡሕ ግዜን ኩነታትን ምጽባይ ክሳብ ክንደይ ኣገዳሲ ምዃኑ ዘመልክት መንፈስ ዘለዎ ኣርሒቑ ዝጥምት እዩ።

ኣብ ኤርትራ  ክረምቲ፡ ቀውዒ፡ ሓጋይን ጽድያን እንብሎም ክፋላት ዓመት ኣለዉና። ኣብ ነፍሲ ወከፍ እዞም ክፋላት ዓመት እነንጸባርቖም ማእቶታውን ባህላውን ትግባራት ከኣ ኣለዉና። ሕጂ ናብቲ ኣብዚ ንርከበሉ ዘለና እዋን ካብ ዝዝውተር ባህላዊ ትሕዝቶ ኢና ከነተኩር።  እዞም ዝዝውተሩ ባህላዊ ፍጻመታት በቲ ሃገርና እትውንኖ ናይ ባህሊ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ መሬታዊ ኣቀማምጣን ካልእ  ብዙሕነትን ዝጽለዉ ምዃኖም ርዱእ እዩ። ስለዚ እዚ ነቕርቦ ዘለና ንኤርትራ ብዝምልከት ምሉእነት ዘለዎ ዘይኮነ፡ ንዝተወሰነ ከባቢ ዝውክል ምዃኑ ኣብ ግምት ክኣትዉ ነዘኻኽር። ነዚ ኣብ ዝምልከት በብኹርናዑ ዝመጽእ ባህላዊ ዳህሳሳት ተደሚሩ ኤርትራዊ ምሉእነት ክህልዎ ከም ዝኽእል ርዱእ’ዩ።

ምስዚ ኩሉ ናብ ባህላዊ ነጸብራቕ ሎሚ ቅነ ኣባ ኣብርሃም፡ ቅዱስ ዮሃንስን መስቀልን ነድህብ። ኣብ ሓያሎ ከባብታት ኤርትራ ሸግ ኣዳሊኻ ኣብ ዓመት ሰለስተ ግዜ “ሆየሆየ” ይበሃል። እቲ ሆየሆየ ዝበሃለሉ 1ይ  ኣባ ኣብርሃም፡ እቲ 2ይ ቅዱስ ዮሃንስ እቲ 3ይን መወዳእታን ድማ መስቀል እዩ። እዞም ሰለስተ  ባህላዊ  ኣጋጣምታት ነብሲ ወከፎም ዝንጸባረቕሎምን ዝደምቅሎምን ባህላዊ ግጥምታትን ዜማታትን ኣለዉዎም። ካብቶም ዝውቱራት ግጥምታት ሓደሓደ ንኣብነት  ክንጠቅስ እንከለና ነዞም ግጥምታት ብዜማ ኣመቂርካ ኣብ ምቕራብ፡ ኩሎም መንእሰይያትኳ ግደ እንተለዎም፡ ግደ ኣሓትና ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ግና ኣዝዩ ዕዙዝ ምዃኑ ግንዛበ ክረክብ ዝግበኦ እዩ። እቲ ካልእ እዚ ባህላዊ ቅነ ምርዑዋት ይኹና ዘይተመርዓዋ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ወቂበን ካብ ገዛ ወጺአን ምስ ኣሕዋተን ደቂ ተባዕትዮ ናይ ምጽዋት ካብ ወለደን ፈቓድ ዝረኽባሉ ግዜ ምዃኑ እዩ።

ኣብ ድሮ ኣባ  ኣብርሃም ማለት ምሸት  2 መስከረም፡ መንእሰያት መምስ ዕድመኦም ዝመጣጠን ሽግ ሒዞም፡ ብሓባር ኣብ ማእከላይ ቅርዓት ዓዶም ተራኺቦም ናብ ዝተፈላለዩ ኩርነዓት እንዳዘሩ ብስራት ዘስምዕሉን ምልክት ብርሃን ዘርእይሉን እዩ። ነበርቲ ሓንቲ ዓዲ ከኣ ብርሃን ከይረኣዩ ንዘይምድቃስ እቶም ሽግ ዝሓዙ ብኸባብኦም ክሳብ ዝሓልፉ ይጽበይዎም። ኣደታት ኣብ ዘዝበጽሕዎ ብዕልልታን ሓጐሰን ይቕበለኦም። እቶም ሰብ ሽግ መንእሰያት ኣብዚ ዑደቶም፡ “ኣባ ኣብርሃም ጢጡ ክጐዪ ጠሪጡ፡ ኣባ ኣብርሃም ዓጓ ክጐዪ ተጐጓ፡ ኣጆኽን ኣንስቲ ጸዕዳ ጣፍ ለወስቲ፡ ኣጀኹም ጓሶተ ባልደንጓ ሸወተ፡ ኣጆኹም ቆልዑ ባልደንጓ ጨልቂዑ” ዝብሉ ግጥምታት ብዝተመርጸ ከራሪ እንዳተምርሑ ይቕበሉ። እቶም ንኹሉ ናይ ክረምቲ ዝናብን ቁርን ክኢሎም ሽጎም ኣብሪሆም ዝዞሩ መንእሰያት ነቶም ኣብዚ ኣጋጣሚ ዘይተሳተፉ መንእሰያት መሳትኦም “ሆየ ዘይበለ ካብና ይፈለ፡ ሆየ ዘይበሉ ዓመት ይማህለሉ፡ ውሰን ወሰን እገለየ ነዲኡ ዘላውሰን፡ እቶን እቶን እገለየ ነዲኡ ዘጋዕተን” እናበሉ ይነቕፉዎም። ንገዛእ ርእሶም ከኣ “ሆየ ዝበልና ዓመት ይዕቆረና” እናበሉ ይመጓጐሱ። ምስቶም ኣብ ጐደብኦም ዓዲ ዘለዉ መንእሰያት ንምውድዳር ከኣ፡ “ኣንታ በልዓ ማዕዶ እሞ ነዓያንዶ- ብሽመል ጠጠዓሎ ክንተዓላሎ፡ እታ በዓል ታህሰስ-እሞ ነዓያንዶ ክንኰላሰስ” እንዳበሉ የላኻ ይብልዎም።

ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ነቶም ዑደቶም ወዲኦም፡ ናብቲ ጓይላ ዝሕደሮ  ቅርዓት ክመጹ ክጽበየኦም ዝጸንሓ ኣሕዋተን ንምንኣድን ምትብባዕን፡  በቲ መሳኹቲ ሰማይ ዝኸፍት መሳጢ ዜማአን፡ “ዝለል ኮታ ዝለል ኮታ-ፍልሖ ኣለዎ ባይታ፡ ሰስኑ ሰስኑ  ሽሕን ዋልታን ኩኑ-ወያ ዛዓድና ከይኣትዋ ጓና” ይብላኦም። እዚ ሽግ ኣብሪህካ  እናዞርካ ዝግበር ብስራት ምስ ተፈጸመ፡ ካብኡ ንደሓር በቲ ዝተረፈ ሽግ ሓዊ ተኣጒዱ ኣብ ዙርያቲ መጋርያ ብመሪሕነት ብመንእሰያት ኣፍልጦ ዝተዋህቦን ሳዕሳዒትን ምውቃዕ ከበሮን ብማዕረ ዘባጽሕን ኣባጓይላ እንዳተመርሓ ብባህላዊ ናይ ሙዚቃ መሳርሒን ጣቓዒትን ዝደመቐ ጓይላ ሂር ክብል ይሓድር።

ኣብ ቅዱስ ዮሃንስ ድሮ 11 መስከረም፡ መንእሰያት ደቂ ተባዕትዮን ደቂ ኣንስትዮን ኣብቲ ልሙድ ቅርዓት ይእከቡ። እቶም ነቲ ጉዳይ ዘወሃህዱ ኣባጽሕ እኹል መንእሰይ መምስ ሽጉ ተኣኪቡ ኣብ ዝበልሉ ሸጋት ኣብሪሆም ከምቲ ናይ ኣባ ኣብርሃም፡ ኣብ ዝተፈላለዩ ኩርነዓት ዓዶም ሽግ ዘለዎን ዘየብሉን ንእሽቶን ዓብይን ተዛኒቖም ርሕቀቱ ብዝተመጠነ መስርዕ  ምንቅስቓስ ይጅምሩ። ኣብቲ ጉዕዘኦም እቲ ልሙድ “ሆየሆየ” ምባል ኮይኑ “ቅዱስ ዮሃንሰ ደሓን ተመለሰ፡ ሆየ ዝበልና ዓመት ይዕቈረና” ዝብል ግጥምታት መሪሕ ቦታ ይሕዝ። ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ከኣ ቅድም ነቶም መንእሰያት ናብ ዑደት ከፋንወኦም እንከለዋን ደሓር ከኣ ዑደቶም ወዲኦም ናብቲ ልሙድ ማእከላይ ቅርዓት ክቕበለኦም እነከለዋን “ዮሃንሰይ መስቀለይ ጥቓጥቓ ሃበኒ ሽቶለይ ክዕጠቓ፡ ዮሃንሰይ ቅዱሰይ ምሓርዋ ንነብሰይ፡ ሕዮባ መሲለየ ሕዮባ ከምስላና፡ ቅዱስ ዮሃንሰይ ወለባ ሰኲዐ ኣብ ርእሰይ” ዝብሉ መሰጥቲ ዜማታት የዚማ። ድሕሪዚ  ጓይላ ምስ ሓደረ፡ ወጋሕታ ኩሎም መንእሰያት ደቂ ኣንስትዮን ደቂ ተባዕትዮን ናብ ሩባ ወሪዶም  በበይኖም ናይ ምሕረትን ንጽህናን ምዃኑ ዝእመነሉ ማይ ይሕጸቡ። ክኢላታት ደቂ ተባዕትዮ ከኣ ይሕንብሱ። ኣብዚ ወጋሕታ ዘይተሓጽበ ሰብ ዋላ ቀትሪ ኣብዛ ዕለት ክሕጸብ ናይ ግድን እዩ።

መስቀል ኣብ ድሮ 27 መስከረም ከምቲ ናይ ኣባ ኣብርሃምን ቅዱስ ዮሃንስን መንእሰያት ሽጋቶም ሒዞም ኣብቲ መራኸቢ ቅርዓት ይእከቡ። እቲ ቁጽሪ እንተውሒዱ እሞ እቶም ዝደንጐዩ ምእንቲ ክመጽዎም፡ ብዝተፈላለየ ባህላዊ ግጥምታት ይጽውዕዎም። ግዜ ምስ ኣኸለ ከኣ እቲ ልሙድ ሽግ ኣብሪህካ ኣብ ዝተፈላለዩ ከባብታት ቁሸትካ ናይ መስቀል ብራቕ መበሰሪ ዑደት ይቕጽል። ዑደቶም ወዲኦም ናብቲ ልሙድ ቅርዓት ክበጽሑ እንከለዉ ዝቕበለኦምን ኣብቲ ጓይላ ሓቢረን ዝሓድራን ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ከኣ፡ “ ንመስቀለይ ንመስቀለይ ድርብ ከበሮ ሓዛለይ፡ መስቀለይ ከይዳከይዳ ሕዛለይ ብኽሳዳ፡ ኣይኮነንዶ ንመስቀል ንወለሎ ንሰብኳ ዝዕለሎ” ይብላ። እቶም ደቂ ተባዕትዮ ከኣ ብናይ ሓባር ናይ ኢድን እግርን ህርመት “ዓመት ናብ ዓመቴ ይዕቆረና” እንዳበሉ የድምቑለን። ድሕሪ እዚ መንእሰያት ጓይላ ምስ ሓደሩ፡ ንግሆ ነናብ ገዝኦም ተመሊሶም፡ ኣቐዲሙ ነቲ ጉዳይ ዝተዳለወ ሽግ ኣብሪሆም ኣብ ጐረባብቶም ገዛገዛ እናኣተዉ “ዓኾዃይ ዓኾዃይ፡ ብርሃን ገዳይ መስቀል ገዳይ፡ ቁራዕ ሓምሊ ይውጻእ ቁራዕ ጥጥቖ ዕፉን ይእቶ፡ ትዃን ይውጻእ ቁንጪ ይእቶ” እናበሉ ክረምቲ ዛርዩ ጸሓይ ከም ዝወጸን ፍርያት ሓረስታይ ከምዘርከበን የበስሩ። ኣብ መንእሰያት መን ቀዲሙ ዓኾዃይ በለ ውድድር ኣሎ። ሰባት ከኣ ነቲ ንዓዀዃይ ዝበርሀ ሽግ ደሓር ኣብ መሬት ምስተጋደመ፡ ሰለስተ ግዜ እንዳተሳገሩ “ዓመት ናብ ዓመት ይዕቆረና፡ ንዓመታ ከምዚ እዋን  ብሕቡርናን ብስሙርናን የጽነሓና” ብዝብል ሰናይ ትምኒቶም ይገልጹ። ድሕሪዚ ናይ ዝተፈላለየ ዘራእቲ ሸዊት ምብላዕ ከም ዝከኣል ብዓበይቲ ይብሰር። እዚ ካብ ማይ ባሕሪ ብጭልፋ ዝጠቐስናዮ ግጥምታት ናይ ኣባ ኣብርሃም፡ ቅዱስ ዮሃንስን መስቀልን ተባሂሉ ዝሕዛእ ዘይኮነ ዝወራረስን ኣብ ኩሉ ክዝውተር ዝከኣልን እዩ።

ኣብዚ ከይተጠቐሰ ዘይሕለፍ፡ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ቅድሚ ዮሃንሰን መስቀለን ኣብ ግዜ በዓላት ማርያ፡ ድሕሪ 22 ነሃሰ ዘሎ ሰሙን “ኣሽንዳ” ዝብላሉ ባህላዊ ኣጋጣሚ ምህላዉ እዩ። እቲ ናይ ኣሽንዳ ስርዓት፡ ኣተገባብራኡን ናይ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ምድላዋትን ምስዚ ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ኣብ ትግራይን ምስ ትግራይ ኣብ ዘራኽብ ከባብታት ኣምሓራን ዝዝውተር ዝመሳሰል እዩ። ኣብዚ ናይ ኣሽንዳጋ ግዜ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ “ኣሽንዳ ወዲዓደይ-ብበራውዶ ክሳብራ ዛኢደይ፡ ኣሽንዳብየ ኣይጉልንድየ ክጻወት እየ” ዝብሉ ዜማታት የዘውትራ። ኣሽንዳ ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ብፍላይ ኣብ ትግራይ ኣዝዩ ማዕቢሉ ናይ በጻሕቲ ሃገር ሓያል መስሓቢ ኮይኑ፡ ኣብ ዩኒስኮ (ኣብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ትካል ባህልን ትምህርትን) ክምዝገብ ኣብ ዝቀራረበሉ ደረጃ በጺሑ ኣሎ። ኣብ ኤርትራ ግና ባህላዊ ትሕዝቶኡ ከይሰሓተ ዘበራብሮ  ስኢኑ ከም ዘይነበረ ሃሲሱ ክተርፍ እንከሎ  ዘሕዝን እዩ።

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Source: OCHA

Posted:  21 Sep 2020

 

Originally published  21 Sep 2020