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Aleqa Gebre Hanna (flourished late 19th century) was a dabtara (a lay person of religious learning) of the Ethiopian Church, renowned in Amharic oral tradition for (to quote Donald Levine) his "quick and biting wit."〔Donald N. Levine, ''Wax and Gold: Tradition and Innovation in Ethiopian Culture'' (Chicago: University Press, 1972), p. 27.〕 He was a master of the genre of Amharic poetry known as ''qene'', as well as introducing a new style of ceremonial dancing to the Ethiopian Church. == Life == Gebre Hanna was born in Fogera, a district on the eastern shore of Lake Tana, and his interest in religious learning brought him to the city of Gondar towards the end of the Zemene Mesafint, where he became a teacher at the Church of Ba'eta Maryam in the city and eventually its ''aleqa''.〔Levine, ''Wax and Gold'', p. 27.〕 While at Baeta Maryam, Aleqa Gebre Hanna invented a new style of religious dancing, known as ''Ya-Takla'' after his son.〔Solomon Getamun, ''History of the City of Gondar'' (Africa World Press, 2005), p. 141.〕 The Ethiopian Church is unique amongst Christian traditions in its traditional incorporation of ritual dances (known as ''aquaquam'') in its ceremonies, which were performed by dabtaras.〔Levine, ''Wax and Gold'', p. 173.〕 As Levine describes Aleqa Gebre Hanna's innovation: : In the traditional style of ''aquaquam'', the bodies and sticks of the dancers move up and down, punctuating the flow of chant with alternatively gradual and abrupt movements. Alaqa Gebre Hanna, inspired by the lateral movement of the waves of Lake Tana and the bamboo reeds in the breeze at its shore, taught that bodies should sway from side to side. Although the conservative clergy in Gondar rejected this teaching, his son Takla successfully introduced to Debre Tabor, where it spread to the rest of Ethiopia.〔 According to the one-time Ethiopian ambassador to the United States, Berhanu Denqe, who had received his education there, ''Aleqa'' Gebre was one of the teachers at the church school of Saint Raguel on Mount Entoto.〔Cited in Bahru Zewde, ''Pioneers of Change in Ethiopia'' (Oxford: James Currey, 2002), p.22 n. 4〕 He was often a guest of the Emperor Menelik II and his wife Empress Taytu, and his exchanges with these monarchs are the setting for many of the stories told about him. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gebre Hanna」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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