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Death and Mourning in the Tigrigna Ethnic Group
Written by Abrahaley Habte |
  
Death is always new, says a Tigrigna saying. People never get used to it. It is never fully comprehended. Never fully understood. People see it every day, but forget that they, too, one day will die. |
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Human past behavior can be better understood through methodologies developed in the field of archaeology and ethnography.
When you set foot on the Dahlak Islands, the first thing that strikes your mind is how people manage to survive there.
One of my favorite very common and interesting old Tigrinya saying is Shim Ymerh Twaf Yebrh, which is roughly translated “A name gives a lead and a candle gives light.”
The art of rock painting is a depiction of things or inscription of people’s activities on rocks of early human activity. In the absence of written evidence regarding prehistoric lifestyle, paintings provide a crucial evidence to understand the ancient life style.
One of the earliest inventions by early humans was the ability to make Pottery to use them as containers in their daily lives. The art of pottery making is believed to have started during the 7th millennium B.C. In prehistoric times, it is assumed that water was carried in woven baskets lined with river clay.