Ethiopia: stars that dim
Trips to the past there. It is not a metaphor; is, in theory, there. Technological practice has not yet allowed us, but remember what our dear Albert He taught us: that distance is relative to the time it took to cross it. What disturbs me most of this theory is that mysterious incomprehensible paradox that, if a hypothetical future consiguiésemos create a device that transportase us faster than the speed of light, could come and go to other galaxies in a heartbeat; Not only that, but-and here the important- when we returned we would be in an earlier time, In the past very!
If we look to the sky, to land and propose something more tangible, the stars past we also offer a more affordable and less twisted. Many, already dead, continue to shine for our delight, which continues to be a purely physical; is, again, the time it takes to travel through space images. Get down from the clouds and give the disbelievers their cake, I feel anxious that. Do not worry, I is reserved for a destiny that finally allowed time travel. They always remain Ethiopia.
Trips to the past there. It is not a metaphor; is, in theory, there
Little you can say here that has not already been written in such a particular destination and so well known (at least relevant circles). The impact produced in which the visit is of such magnitude that we live there we have become accustomed, not without some air resabido, that reiterative repeated comment that we as a purr: "Surely this really is a journey into the past!”. This, is said by the level of intimacy that has kept the country for centuries, has its buts. However, are very brief exceptions and clarifications necessary to prevent state that Ethiopians have known the engineer to stand apart from major religious conflicts, territorial, ethnic and even, with permission, Colonial.
For many centuries they have kept lit, so relentless, the flame of a culture, a dynasty, a people, a religion, a language (and many other). They have known, ultimately, retain their identity during its existence. Or at least, as warn some, until today.
Ethiopia has reached a historic moment: the challenges are greatest; contrasts, impressive
And is that, whether the changes we are experiencing today in Madrid or New York are already dizzying, imagine around here. The myth of the journey back wobble. Money flows, consumption logic, cultural globalization, changing technology, the speed of information ... are just some of the current realities that have made it virtually imperative an adaptation of the countries in the middle, on pain of death by suffocation own if the reject. And Ethiopia, aware this, not want to be less. A few years ago he decided to jump on the bandwagon.
That looks today with little prospect that allows the recent death of his first and, until a few months, only Democratic president, Meles Zenawi, the man who decided to take that step with all its consequences, understanding that what the country needed to get out of the hole was not charity, but equity and investments abroad. Twenty years after the beginning of this unique experiment, with a clear strategic positioning and one of the most promising horizons of economic growth across Africa, the truth is that it has reached an historic moment certainly unique, so that the change process involves. The challenges are greatest; contrasts, impressive.
What the country needed to get out of the hole was not charity, but equity and investments abroad
And he feels at street. A walk through the avenues of Addis Ababa just to check what is the matter. The amalgam of people around here passes is such variety that the urban landscape is of an unusual never before even thought. Entrepreneurs, beggars, Turistas, cooperating, street children, political, Religious, university ... In this megalopolis is everything, everywhere, the clock.
And the customs are also renewed: young girls, money pretty and dress in miniskirts and go to the movies on Friday afternoon; a few miles, in the mountains of Entoto other older girls and their mothers continue to bear down the street firewood to sell in Merkato to the highest bidder. The boy cleans shoes at the corners, yes, but it does around the school that has been widespread and that it is funded with what takes to polish the shoes of staff. The Orthodox priest who studied a few years ago so stark and collected along the Lago Tana now advised the youth condom use.
The customs are also renewed: young girls, money pretty and dress in miniskirts and go to the movies on Friday afternoon
Messages are sent from orphanages facebook friends halfway around the world, those volunteers one day passed through here on vacation and that gave them mobile estraperlo. Psalms and religious suras are lost in the air of churches and mosques, sacred melodies mixed with reggaeton blaring music stores abound in any neighborhood that lends. Police put traffic tickets for not wearing a seat belt and sets the order in the kebeles in the best way possible, but to walk on those respectable shamagueles, resolve these conflicts elders wisely neighborhood, peaceful and equitable as if the very Solomon be dealt.
The head of the southern tribes that portrayed in the past Don McCullin disguises himself today, charges a dollar for the photo and ask politely that it sent to the email you will see on your business card. Athletics competes with football in the streets of the city. The Amharic with English in politics. Ethiopian textile fabrics from China in markets. The modern buildings Bole Avenue with neglect and the slums of Square. The injera with hamburger, pizza and pasta in the restaurant.
A nostalgic always will be some practices that seem to resist the passage of time
They are just a brush, but are representative. A nostalgic always will be some practices that seem to resist the passage of time: the aroma of strong coffee roasting, a basket placed on the head of a young, deep look, Ethiopian serene and sexy ... images that seem not to want off, like the stars that still shine without here in this know if they are dead. What are the going off and what the photo is not for us to take that we are lucky to live here, watching this historic moment, these changes witnessed today in Ethiopia yesterday that it was always.
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what reason have you Gonzalo!!!! have described the perception addis!!!
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meant perfection… (sorry)
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