Waborana
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Waborana Oromo (ambao pia huitwa Boran) ni kabila lipatikanalo Kusini mwa Ethiopia, Oromia na Kaskazini mwa Kenya[1] ambao wanajulikana kuwa wafugaji. Wao ni kundi dogo la Waoromo[2]. Wanawakilisha nusu ya makundi mawili ya Waoromo asili, nusu nyingine ikiwa Wabarentu. Takribani watu milioni 7 wanajitambulisha kama jamii ya Waborana.
Wasifu
[hariri | hariri chanzo]Waoromo wa Kaskazini mwa Kenya waliingia eneo hilo mara ya kwanza kutoka Kusini mwa Ethiopia wakati wa uhamiaji mkubwa wa Karne ya 10. Walitawanyika kuwa Waborana wafuga ng'ombe na wafuga ngamia, Wagabra na Wasakuye[3].
Lugha
[hariri | hariri chanzo]Waborana huzungumza Kiborana (au afaani Boraana), ambayo ni mojawapo ya Lugha za Kikushi ambayo pia ni mojawapo ya makundi makubwa ya Lugha za Kiafrika-Kiasia.
Kalenda ya Kiborana
[hariri | hariri chanzo]Inaaminika kuwa Waborana wana Kalenda yao waliyoitunga karibu miaka ya 300 KK. Kalenda yao hutegemea matukio ya anga ya mwezi pamoja na Nyota Saba.
Miezi ya Kiborana (Mizunguko ya miezi na nyota) ni:
- Bittottessa (iangulum),
- Camsa (Pleiades),
- Bufa (Aldebarran),
- Waxabajjii (Belletrix),
- Obora Gudda (Orion-Saiph ikiwa kati),
- Obora Dikka (Sirius),
- Birra (Mwezi mzima),
- Cikawa (gibbous moon),
- Sadasaa (Nusu-mwezi),
- Abrasa (Kipande kikubwa cha mwezi),
- Ammaji (Kipande cha wastani), na
- Gurrandala (Kipande kidogo)[4].
Matabaka madogo
[hariri | hariri chanzo]Waoromo wanajumuisha makundi mawili muhimu, ambayo hugawanyika katika koo nyingi za kifamilia. Kutoka Magharibi kuelekea Mashariki na Kaskazini kuelekea Kusini, matabaka hayo ni:
- Macha Oromo waishio katikati ya mito ya Didessa na Omo, na kusini kuelekea Gibe;
- Tulama Oromo, waishio Oromia, karibu na Addis Ababa;
- Guji Oromo, kundi la Kusini la Waoromo, wanaoishi karibu na Garri na Borana Oromo
- Borana Oromo, waishio katika eneo la Borena Zone, ambayo inajumuisha Moyale. Wanaishi pia nchini Kenya na sehemu za Somalia.
- Gabra Oromo ambao wanaishi Kaskazini mwa Kenya katika mpaka wa Moyale eneo la Garri, (Gharri), ambao wanaishi Kaskazini Mashariki mwa Kenya na sehemu za Somalia
Kuna vikundi vingine vingi pia.
Tanbihi
[hariri | hariri chanzo]- ↑ Ethnologue;Ethnologue
- ↑ Aguilar, Mario. "The Eagle as Messenger, Pilgrim and Voice: Divinatory Processes among the Waso Boorana of Kenya". Journal of Religion in Africa, Vol. 26, Fasc. 1 (Feb., 1996), pp. 56-72. Iliwekwa mnamo 2007-10-27.
- ↑ Elliot M. Fratkin, Eric Abella Roth, As Pastoralists Settle, (Springer: 2005), p.39
- ↑ Lawrence R. Doyle, The Borana Calendar REINTERPRETED Archived 29 Oktoba 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
Kusoma zaidi
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- Bassi Marco, Decisions in the Shade. Political and juridical processes among the Oromo-Borana Red Sea Press, 2005
- Clifford H F Plowman CMG OBE, Notes On The Gedamoch Ceremonies Among The Boran Archived 15 Julai 2011 at the Wayback Machine., (Journal of the Royal African Society, Vol. 18, No. 70 (Jan., 1919), pp. 114–121 )
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