THE LION OF THE ETHIOPIAN KINGS
In Ethiopia the lion is a great character, historically have a great meaning and it have been the symbol of the solomonic dynasty.
Lion in the daily language means strong and hero, someone that is not afraid. As I have already explained about the history to be a hero is a way of being of our kings. So to be a hero and to be a lion is very near in the people idea.
In Addis Abeba there are some lion sculptures, one of these lions is the one of the train station. This one is the lion of judah, that was also in the flag of Haile Selassie and the one used in the Rastafarian community. It was build on 1930 prior the coronation of Haile Selassie. The italians, in 1935 carried it away to Rome and they set up beside another monument caller Vittorio Emanuele in a ceremony where were present Hitler, Mussolini and also the king Vittorio Emanuele III. It have brought back in the 1960s to Addis Abeba.
Lion in the daily language means strong and hero, someone that is not afraid. As I have already explained about the history to be a hero is a way of being of our kings. So to be a hero and to be a lion is very near in the people idea.
In Addis Abeba there are some lion sculptures, one of these lions is the one of the train station. This one is the lion of judah, that was also in the flag of Haile Selassie and the one used in the Rastafarian community. It was build on 1930 prior the coronation of Haile Selassie. The italians, in 1935 carried it away to Rome and they set up beside another monument caller Vittorio Emanuele in a ceremony where were present Hitler, Mussolini and also the king Vittorio Emanuele III. It have brought back in the 1960s to Addis Abeba.
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