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Ethiopia is a large country in Eastern Africa with an ancoent history. Ehiopian boys commonly wear short trousers. There’re many school uniforms in Ethiopia. They appeared only in recent years. They are mainly red, blue and green in colour. The Ethiopian Orthodox church is very strong in Ethiopia. It is one of the oldest Christian countries. There are many different folk costumes in Ethiopia, replecting the many different people that live there.
While it is common for Ethiopian boys to wear short trousers, men never do.
There are many school uniforms in Ethiopia. They appeared only in the 1990s. When the Communists and Haile Selassie reigned, there were no school uniforms. The school uniforms are mainly red, blue and greenr. There are also red-white and black-white uniforms. A HBC reader also reports yellow shirts and blue trousers. Boys wear a shirt, jacket and
trousers in different colors. Girls mainly wear a dress and sweater in different colors.
The Ethiopian Orthodox church is very strong in Ethiopia. It is one of the oldest Christian countries. Christianity was introduced in the 1st century, and expanded all over the country in the 4th century. In the 6th century it became monophysitistic.
Islamic and Catholic Jesuites tries to conquer Islam in the 17th century but failed. There are a few Catholics and a growing number of Protestants as well as Muslims in Ethiopia today.
There are many different folk costumes in Ethiopia, replecting the many different people that live there.
Erthiopian Boys Scouts prepared in 1935 to help fight Italian invaders. Ethiopia was one of the first countries attacked in the aggressions conducted by Italy and Germany leading to World War II.
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