YouTube Video & Commenters' Summaries Of The Ethiopian Song "Ete Abay" By Abrham Belayneh

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is pancocojams post showcases the official YouTube video of Ethiopian singer Abrham Belayneh's song "Ete Abay | እቴ አባይ".

This post also presents some comments from this video's discussion thread that summarize the meaning of this song. 

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Thanks to Abrham Belayneh for his music and thanks to all those who are associated with this music and this video. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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SHOWCASE VIDEO - Abrham Belayneh - Ete Abay | እቴ አባይ - New Ethiopian Music 2019 (Official Video)

Hope Music Ethiopia, Mar 1, 2019

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Statistics as of June 26, 2020 at 10:11 AM EDT
Total # of views - 18K
Total # of likes- 721
Total # of dislikes-

Total # of comments-2,039
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Google translate gives this translation from Amharic to English for "ete abay" -father of Abay
https://ethiopia.limbo13.com/index.php/ethiopian_names/ethiopian_names_a/#boys gives these two meanings for the Amharic boy's name "Abay": "father's joy" and "Big, great, large. Blue Nile".https://ethiopia.limbo13.com/index.php/ethiopian_names/ethiopian_names_a/ gives Abaynesh  meaning "You are the Nile" as a  female form of this name.
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Unfortunately, I haven't found any other information online about Abrham Belayneh except that he is a popular contemporary Ethiopian singer.

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SOME COMMENTERS' SUMMARIES OF ABRHAM BELAYNEH'S SONG "ETE ABAY"
(These comments are numbered for referencing purposes only.)

እየሩሳሌም ሃበሻዊት, 2019

"The song is talking about how Ethiopians especially those in this generation need to embrace their culture and roots and not to be carried away with modernization. In the music video the girl represents modern Ethiopian person and the children in the  flashback you see represent how she is remembering the happy days or old times. The area he is in is from Gojam, which is an Amhara region where the Nile river starts"

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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gojjam
"Gojjam (Amharic: ጎጃም Gojjām or Goǧǧam, originally ጐዛም Gʷazzam, later ጐዣም Gʷažžām, ጎዣም Gožžām) is in the northwestern part of Ethiopia with its capital city at Debre Marqos. Lake Tana is the source of the Blue Nile and is the largest lake in Ethiopia."...

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B B, 2019
"Thank You for posting this. I feel like I was transported to Gojam via you tube and amazing camera 🎥 and film technicians. The music and lyric stirs up all kind of emotions ....in summary the girl left home most likely outside Ethiopia 🇪🇹  when she returned home she forgot her childhood love she even forgot his name.  He obviously was in disbelief she forgot him and puzzled why she didn’t have her Maeteb on her neck. After she went for skinny dipping by the river we see her smile  .... 7:01 she remembered him.😊

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Getachew Bekele, 2019
"This song makes me restless like the nile,I am moved by his mellow voice and penetrating voice rich in content with deeply Ethiopian traditional lyric.

My brother it is an instant classic,unique in it's own right.this music is also a reminder how far we moving away from our roots and pulled towards western art."

**mamamamo100, 2019

"it is about 1st love. They are from little village and very traditional. After a while she going back her village but she was completely changed. She act like doesn't remember him and all friends, and asked him "who are you?" which is he never heard that language. But at the end she was thinking about there childhood friendship. (Sorry about my broken English)"

Sol Sh, 2020

"It all about how the westernization is eroding our identity and values ,

I guess you Indians are relatively better interms of maintaining yours .

People who  migrated should make sure that their moral values are not eroded with the westerners as we are better than them in that aspect ."

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