Eritrea People and Culture

Eritrea People and Culture. Tradition. Everyone can find his taste during this month-long festivity. In today's issue I will focus on one thing which triggered all my attention: the number of movies and live theatrical performances organized. Indeed this year Eritreans and friends of Eritrea have the chance to watch number of well-produced movies as well as live drama all free of charge at the premises of both Cinema Asmara and Cinema Roma. When I looked into the program I could not even decide which one to attend and thanks to the TV broadcast I was able to watch most of those I was interested in. One of them 'Gedli bi Gedli' or loosely translated 'a struggle in a struggle' is an amazing movie and production showing the tremendous route in joining the EPLF by citizens in the late 1970s. It is taken from a real story in which the movie also documented testimonies from those who took part in the long journey. Indeed about one thousand of young women and men decided to join the front leaving the highlands towards the Sahel in EPLF controlled areas. The movie shows how the everyday struggle for their lives they had to face during the whole journey towards the final destination of reaching the front. At some point youth were trapped in the middle of the bush in Filfil Selomuna where it rained constantly for more than two weeks. They had to manage to build up shelter from their netsela (white traditional scarf) and some of the wood they will find. Cold the lack of food forced many to just eat from the grass and some seeds