Hazwien - Gheralta in Northern Ethiopia

sm1gva_ET_cx1702_g Portrait of Tigray girl, Hawzien, Tigray, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_x2256_g Steep descent from rock-hewn churches Maryam and Daniel Korkor, in the background the Koraro spires of Abuna Yeamta Guh church, Gheralta mountains, Tigray,...
sm1gva_ET_cx1691_g Farmer family returning home from field work, Hawzien plain, Tigray, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_cx1708_g Roots of Sycomore entwined around a boulder, Hawzien plain, Tigray, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_cx1716_g Trunk of an old Sycomore fig tree (Ficus sycomorus) which has been cultivated in the region since biblical times, Hawzien plain, Tigray, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_cx1720_g Stone-built guest bungalow of the Gheralta Lodge, Hawzien plain, Tigray, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_cx1730_g Gheralta sandstone escarpment rising above the Hazwien plain, Tigray, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_cx1812_g Yellow-spotted rock hyrax, Procaviidae family, Hawzien, Tigray, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_cx1835_g Harvest of teff, an ancient crop used for preparing the traditional Ethiopian bred called Injera, Hawzien, Tigray, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_cx1841_g Farmer harvesting teff, an ancient crop used for preparing the traditional Ethiopian flatbred called Enjera,Hawzien, Tigray, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_cx1859_g Farmer harvesting teff, an ancient crop used for preparing the traditional Ethiopian flatbred called Enjera,Hawzien, Tigray, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_cx1865_g Farmer woman collecting the harvested teff crop, used for preparing the traditional Ethiopian flatbred Injera, Hawzien, Tigray, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_cx1867_g Farmer women collecting the harvested teff crop, used for preparing the traditional Ethiopian flatbred Injera, Hawzien, Tigray, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_cx2293_g Traditionelles Dreschen von Teff (Zwerghirse) durch Ausreiten mit Rindern, Hawzien Ebene, Tigray, Äthiopien / Traditional method of threshing teff cereal by...
sm1gva_ET_cx2299_g Traditional method of threshing teff cereal by making oxen walk in circles on the grain, Hawzien plain, Tigray, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_cx2303_g Traditional method of threshing teff cereal by making oxen walk in circles on the grain, Hawzien plain, Tigray, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_cx2312_g Elderly countrywoman of the Tigray ethnic group, Hawzien plain, Tigray, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_cx2325_g Traditional method of threshing teff cereal by making oxen walk in circles on the grain, Hawzien plain, Tigray, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_cx2332_g Homestead in the flat dry semidesert plain of Hazwien used as farmland, Tigray, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_cx2337_g Gheralta sandstone mountains rising above the Hazwien plain, Tigray, Ethiopia

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