Tribes of Eritrea
Eritrea is a beautiful East African country that is bordered by Sudan, Djibouti, and Ethiopia. Asmara the capital of Eritrea is know for it clean streets and the display of its vibrant culture and lifestyle.
Eritrea is ranked sixth in the list of top 10 countries in the world with the most beautiful girls.
The people of Eritrea come from nine different tribes and each tribe is different from the other in terms of language, music, clothes, food, customs and culture.
Here are the tribes of Eritrea;
The Tigrinya are sedentary farmers. They stay on the central and southern highlands of Eritrea.
The Bilen tribe of Eritrea are herders and farmers. They live around the city of Keren.
Dankalis tribe stay primarily in the southeastern region of Eritrea. The majority of the Afar people are Sunni Muslim.
The Saho tribe (sometimes called Soho) stay on the coast and hinterland south of Asmara, Massawa and the highlands. The majority are seasonal farmers.
The Rashaida tribe are the country’s only ethnic Arabs. They are primarily traders and pastoralists.
The Tigre tribe are known for their singing, dancing, rich literature, poetry, stories of war and the supernatural. They stay in the western lowlands across the northern mountains to the coastal plains.
The Kunama tribe live close to the Ethiopian border in the south-western Eritrea, around a town called Barentu.
The Nara stay in the western slopes and Barka plains. They are mainly sedentary farmers.
The Hedarab tribe of Eritrea stay in the arc from western Barka across the north-western valleys of the arid volcanic Sahel region. Many Hedarebs are semi-nomadic pastoralists.
