Ethiopia by HandZaround

'Ehtiopia' is a personal project of travellers HandZaround.com funded in majority by them and created in their free time.
Read more about the film here:
'Green highlands, barren deserts, impassable lowlands, sparkling waterfalls, glistening lakes, bustling towns. We can’t describe Ethiopia with one word, unless we reach for ‘diversity’.
‘Ethiopia’ takes you on a journey off the beaten track through Northern lands of the country. It offers you a glimpse into the life of Amharic people living in the highlands, a chance to take part in important religious celebrations of Meskel, and a visit through a myriad of majestic Ethiopian landscapes, varying from the hottest desolate reds of Danakil Depression, to tremendous Blue Nile Falls, to the colourful mixture of cultures that you can find in the country’s capital, Addis Ababa.
Although the film is our personal tribute to this unique and vast country, it was impossible to include all that Ethiopia comprises of. We have yet to visit the South, East and West of Ethiopia. For more information about the places featured in the film, head to the article on our website:
handzaround.com/journal-1/ethiopia-travel-film
We are of course aware that Ethiopia consists of Muslim population, and other religions, but unfortunately we didn't have enough time and funds to represent the whole cultural, religious and natural landscape of Ethiopia.
In our description and in our understanding the word 'diverse' applies mainly to Ethiopian geography ('Green highlands, barren deserts, impassable lowlands, sparkling waterfalls, glistening lakes, bustling towns. We can’t describe Ethiopia with one word, unless we reach for ‘diversity’ '), and in our opinion Ethiopia is very diverse in that sense, especially in comparison to the countries we come from.'
Music by: Max LL
www.musicbed.com/artists/max-...
Song 1: Departures - Max LL
Song 2: Collecting Sounds Around The World - Max LL
More films from Ethiopia:
In the Mountains of Tigray (vimeo.com/handzaround/in-the-mountains-of-tigray)
Degosach (vimeo.com/240673473)
Horses of Oromia (vimeo.com/handzaround/horses-of-oromia)
Supported by:
Ethiopian Travel and Tours (ethiotravelandtours.com/)
Gheralta Lodge (gheraltalodgetigrai.com/)
Degosach Eco Lodge (degosachecolodge.com/)
In collaboration with:
Go Addis Tour and Travel (goaddistours.com/)
Kuriftu Resorts (kurifturesortspa.com/)
Hub of Africa (hubfashionweekafrica.com/)
Footage of lava thanks to:
Neil LoBracco
Special thanks to:
Kassahun Zeleke, his family and people of Oromia.
Equipment:
Check out our blog post about all the equipment we use:
www.handzaround.com/journal-1/...
www.handzaround.com
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Instagram: @handzaround
Please note that you are not allowed to download this film and publish it on any of your websites or channels without our consent (email us on [e-mail] for more information). You are welcome to embed the Vimeo link to this film on your website or social media channel, and we would appreciate always crediting us with @HandZaround and/or handzaround.com.
If you are interested in featuring this film or footage on any platform, please get in touch on [e-mail].

[@yehuhabesha5902]

Now that's my country.

[@HARVEYHAWKINS1]

This vid made me even more proud to be from Ethiopia

[@fevenbelete2824]

i miss my home

[@__-pd7tc]

መመኪያየ ክብሬ ዉበቴ ህይወቴ ሃገሬ እማማ ኢትዮጵያ ለዘላለም ኑሪ : ክፉ አይንካሽ ፍቅርን እግዚአብሔር ያድልሽ አሜን ,,, thank you for sharing us the beauty of Ethiopia 🇪🇹

[@Tes-qe1jc]

The most wholesome video I've ever come across on youtube. Thank you.

[@the_emmo]

What a beautiful country and beautiful people. Greetings from Mexico!

[@HandZaround]

Greeting Emmo - glad to hear you liked the video :)

[@QuantumStulmy21]

thanks!

[@georgesmith9415]

*Some of the most welcoming high vibrational people I've ever met!!*

[@esamalaslmy]

A beautiful country indeed

[@MrPishacaldu]

Incredible footage and phenomenal editing!!! Ethiopia is a beautiful land and culture. Thank you for this gift of your craft.

[@contrdt3]

Beautiful video on a beautiful part of the world.Love to our Ethiopian Orthodox sisters and brothers from Macedonia

[@routinemarkout2099]

How does this video not have over 10k likes?! Amazing work, really.

[@ezkaleb2881]

Wonderful, absolutely breathtaking! By far the best Ethiopian video that i have seen so far. Well done.

[@HandZaround]

Thank you so much! We really loved filming this beautiful country. We hope that we can go back one day and film even more of the country

[@burteg7434]

thank you

[@danielthomas6583]

@@HandZaround thank you so much you did a very good job I was sick and tired of 3 pund a month advertising from charity's and I am ethiopian

[@6williamson]

I've had the great privilege of working with these folks in the Sudan. What tourists often miss when they visit is the Ethiopian's deep abiding faith in a God who chose to come to earth to lead us back to the garden. Everything else comes from this. They teach that we can all have this little bit of peace in our own lives if we just take the risk of faith. Peace

[@Charlesssssss]

Currently doing a research on this beautiful country. Thank you. That was wonderful.

[@user-pn7ks8mc8e]

difficult to do research magical country! The garden of eden the origin of humanity the promised land you have to know this be fore you do research!

[@selenah25]

How did it turn out for u

[@NejiClap]

@@user-pn7ks8mc8e There's a person who was talkin' about his experience in Ethiopia, & he said it's extremely dangerous and people are not welcomin', neither nice

[@feruzaadem5456]

@@NejiClap it is his view every one has it on views of a country

[@NejiClap]

@@feruzaadem5456 not everyone say France is dangerous ✋ if someone warn u not to go visit a country because somehow it's dangerous & u can have problems, then u should not

[@kassanova12]

all have in one country thanks to lord being an ethiopian

[@ariiblabla8917]

Wow ho my God this video is literally the best Ethiopian video I've seen in my life

[@HandZaround]

Thank you so much! We really tried to portray Ethiopia in a positive light! We had such a beautiful experience there and this is just our way of showing it. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@anthonymarcano9376]

I just came from Ethiopia about a month ago, all I got to say is breathtaking experience

[@yahavelt3190]

That's some amazing footage.

[@HandZaround]

Thank you so much - so happy that you enjoyed it :)

[@timhawkins1493]

Wow. That was something. Reaaaally stellar cinematography.

[@KerrySomewhere]

What an incredible video! Thanks for creating this as I look forward to my solo trip to Ethiopia in August.

[@QuantumStulmy21]

hey, beauriful people ! come and visit the holy and most mysterious country in the world, my home ETHIOPIA!

[@HannaZeEthiopia]

wow! AMAZING FILM! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@HandZaround]

Thank you for the lovely comment. We're so happy that you liked the film :)

[@nolawikidane5170]

Yes it is crstanlete

[@alemeshetegierefe3588]

My blessed beautiful Ethiopiaye First born place of humanity, modernization, Liberty, land of Love, religion and beauty, Love Love Love you so much, be blessed forever! እግዚአብሔር ኢትዮጵያንና ሕዝቦቿን ይባርክ

[@HandZaround]

Love to Ethiopia :) Thanks for the comment

[@nebiyuasfaw985]

My goodness! What an amazing work and what an amazing country!

[@tigistalemayehu3901]

Wow amazing u included many things with in 5 minutes that's so amazing thanks

[@rechamitenberge9543]

i am speechless

[@chanypal6759]

I first found your blue nile video bc that’s where I’m planning to stay this year. But this video as a compilation of your entire trip should actually be Ethiopia’s tourism promotion!! Would love to find out about your itinerary to see if there are things I should add to mine!

[@HandZaround]

Oh Wow!!! That is such a lovely thing to say. We really loved our time in Ethiopia and had so much fun making this film. It was a difficult country to get around, but the beautiful locations and friendly people made it all worth it!. I itinerary kind of went like this. Addis Ababa - Danakil Depression - Tigray - Addis - Northern Oromia - Lalibela - Bahir Dar - Blue Nile Falls - Addis - Hawassa - Down to the border of Kenya. You can read some more about our experiences in Ethiopia here www.handzaround.com/destinations-ethiopia or check out the rest of the vlogs we made :) Feel free to ask us any questions and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.

[@meramak2207]

You ll be blessed guy's!!! thanks for visiting and sharing this video of our spiritual places

[@HandZaround]

You're more than welcome - thanks for leaving a positive comment. We really appreciate it :)

[@mamushwo4625]

That's amazing film. Thank you.

[@HandZaround]

So happy you enjoyed it. Many thanks for the comment

[@charlottewarren7510]

It is just amazing and beautiful and I thank my Messiah for letting me see places I never seen before and may never visit in this lifetime but I'm so grateful shalom.

[@ACHAMAMANUELCLASSICFILMS]

amazing simply wonderful!!!

[@simretdaniel3697]

Myyyyyy people God blesss my country lovelyyyy people😘😘😘😘😘

[@tgtekle536]

God protect our country Ethiopia for ever

[@nicetomeetyou556]

This is beautiful thank you❤️

[@kirubelg6853]

Whoever you are I Love you for this !!!! 💚💛❤

[@MrAlexwuable]

Live in Peace and Prosperity Ethiopia..

[@kalkidankasahun1381]

wow you guys tho.That was fantastic.I even got like goosebumps and stuff.I loved the way you presented the video short,detailed but also precise

[@wessenetekla5141]

That was so well made good job

[@natnaelbekele5939]

Amazing! I cant belive it only got 32k views and a bunch of likes. . .it truly deserves so much moreeee. . .thanks guys so much!

[@sosinaesayas7147]

Ohhhh my beautiful blessed country

[@mehakmsb3353]

A respectable country in our religion Islam love from Pakistan 💗💓💗 My dream is to visit this place

[@buraburee]

What a beautiful video! About my beautiful Ethiopia! 💚💛❤️

[@comelaine2389]

Amazing vidéo !!

[@abbasbukhari8166]

Really great job, well done 👌🏽👌🏽

[@FocusPhotographyInc]

This place is betam konjo 🇪🇹 Beautiful!

[@shadayefast6599]

That was a very well done video, thanks so much for putting in the effort to make this 😃

[@HandZaround]

Thank you for the lovely comment. We are very glad that you enjoyed our film about our experience in Ethiopia :)

[@Recker-kb6zr]

Nice job dude it's amazing video 👍👍👍

[@EliasF1tt0n]

That was so beautiful

[@tamieza]

wow great work man, I really appreciate for showing to the world how beautiful our home is. I have been following and enjoying also your Blog Thank you very much. 😍👏

[@HandZaround]

Thanks for the comment Ezana - It makes us really happy that you are following along with our travels and enjoying the films we are making along the way.

[@birhanebiru2399]

Ethiopia-everything beautiful

[@Tes-qe1jc]

wow! My beautiful Country! My beautiful people and beautiful video! THUMBS UP!

[@HandZaround]

Thanks for the comment. We loved visiting your country :)

[@amanuelboy1272]

Great video👏

[@eyobgenene795]

bro wow what a video. im living in Canada for the past to year and this video gave me chill and bring some memory i miss Ethiopia

[@HandZaround]

Thats really nice to hear! We hope that can spread the love of Ethiopia just a little bit from our experiences :) Many thanks for the comment

[@onemusicgroup8249]

Absolutely beautiful

[@fekadesenbeta4103]

Awesome video!

[@bthemagick]

Beautiful, absolutely stunning, loved a very moment even i kept waiting for a narrator but the music was it, wonderful work!

[@feyselmohammed6692]

ኢትዮጵያ ሀገሬ

[@Mentallclips]

Absolutely brilliant 👌👌👌♥️♥️

[@Reflektorx]

Very nice

[@HandZaround]

Thank you :)

[@hailelleultesera8643]

Couldn't take my eyes for a sec you guys are amazing I have no idea how beautiful my country is wow

[@HandZaround]

You certainly have a very beautiful country filled with beautiful people. We can't wait to go back one day and explore even more of your land :)

[@asmeentertainment2140]

this is just beautiful ❤

[@abgraphics9891]

wow amezing

[@Visonista]

Wow! What a beautifully made short film. Well done!

[@HandZaround]

Thank you very much! Thanks for the comment :)

[@selometesfayederibe5988]

Beautiful

[@nolawikidane5170]

I love you do the music and the canters

[@eyasuyilma3515]

extraordinary!!

[@tewodrosanbessa4833]

Amazing video The beginning luma key effect to revile the volcano was amazing..u could actual have made a hyperlapse from inside the church to the demra with smooth zoom transition to connect those too clips...amazing video i really enjoyed it.

[@werkadediwordofa6197]

Wowwwww

[@meronlemma3679]

I love this so much. I used it aa background for a lyric video for a college project and I wanted to let you know that I’ll be posting it.

[@HandZaround]

Thanks for letting me know. I would love to see your video when you post it. Please send me a link

[@BumbleBee77777]

Wow 🤩

[@gideyhi]

Well done!

[@0832050342]

So Nice!!!

[@HandZaround]

Thank you so much :)

[@Bella11264]

AMAZING

[@HandZaround]

So glad you enjoyed the film - we had so much fun making it :)

[@monetize1919]

Such a beautiful country

[@HandZaround]

Totally agree :) Thanks for the comment

[@PlRATE]

this means alot ...thanks in advance!

[@HandZaround]

Most welcome!

[@bzainwudu4363]

How i have no words

[@dithbug3191]

beautiful

[@dremuafework1893]

amazing

[@yerayawdaniel3321]

wawwww

[@aaututorial9010]

Amazing video !! Make a trip to Axum & Gondar.

[@ETBeMore]

Amazing!

[@HandZaround]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@jujumama]

Wow

[@lexusrental]

this is so good what

[@fitsumaberatsehay]

This is a very amazing video, you did the best. I's going to ask you for your permission if I can use it for my tutorial some of the parts from your best video. Thanks.

[@warinkhaicharoen5968]

Good 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@user-fk7pw6hl1l]

Yha its my contery

[@bgzlyj3580]

.....Fabulous. It has been twenty years since I went back home for a visit. You brought tears to my eyes.

[@abdulwekildesta1526]

Ethiopia is a very multi-cultural country, I am disappointed that there is no footage of the islamic mosques even-though there is great history of Muslims. King 'Negashi's' legacy in Ethiopia. Almost half of the population are Muslims.

[@sebleseb5204]

Wtf there is no islamic history in Ethiopia

[@meron612]

Home sweet home 🏡 💚💛❤️

[@henokhailu1682]

oh dear...this my country

[@HandZaround]

You certainly have a beautiful country

[@BoydsterM]

Amazing! What equipment did you take with you to film and capture all of this?

[@getoriented]

Hello, we want to use some clips from your video in our video about Aksum. Let me know if that is okay, or if you do not want us to! Thank you, beautiful video🙂

[@erninja-ox2si]

may i get your permition to post this video in my website

[@rogeliokeijser7931]

Hi HandZaround. Can I use some of you footage for a website?

[@edenalemayehu3438]

🇪🇹❤🙏

[@marcelsaleh]

Do you have a library of footage or do you sell any of these shots?

[@KushiteNomad]

I will say it is beautiful when you show the whole face of Ethiopia! This is just one cheek. Only the north and Christian part's of Ethiopia is depicted on this video. And Ethiopia is bigger than this! But good video

[@sebleseb5204]

He showed the east Afar, dallol? What else do you what dumbo

[@elianahenrich3851]

Hi! We are students producing a non-commercial documentary about repatriation and we would like to use a very small clip of this video for our film, would that be possible? And how can we credit correctly? Thanks so much!

[@samriashu344]

😘😘❤️❤️👌🏻🌸💗💗👌🏻👌🏻

[@HandZaround]

Thank you

[@audreysteward2823]

Bro

[@marcellusbrown7940]

Through Prayer, I seek the divine, him, His Imperial Majesty, Haile Selassie I, blessing so I must reverence all good things, even the bad provide lessons, come from him, through Prayer.