This is an original Ambassel (Ethiopian pentatonic scale). It talks about dignity and migration: To lose the right to to

Music composed by Michele Giuliani, played by Atse Tewodros Project with the great dancer Melaku Belay.

A war song (shellela). In Ethiopian tradition, warriors entered the fray of battle shouting the name of their commander’s horse.

Here is the wonderful Melaku Belay dancing a traditional guragigna song.

A song form the great Mahmud Ahmed, so popular to became an Ethiopian standard.