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Fendika Cultural Center, celebrates and renews Ethiopia’s rich cultural heritage. Fendika Cultural Center.
The founding director of Fendika Cultural Center, Melaku Belay is a world-renowned Ethiopian dancer and an ambassador for Ethiopia’s music and dance. In 2018, he became the founding president of Ethiopian Dance Art Association. Melaku was celebrated as a finalist for the 2018 Ye Bego Sew Award (Ethiopian Person of the Year), in the category of raising global awareness of Ethiopian culture. Melaku’s international honors include a 2015 Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (France), a 2019 Visa for Music Award (Morocco), and a 2020 Prince Clause Award (the Netherlands).
Melaku Belay is a contemporary virtuoso interpreter of eskista. His spectacular mastery of eskista has earned him the nicknames of “walking earthquake” and “King of Eskista.” Growing up as a street kid in 1980s’ Ethiopia, Melaku learned many regional dances of Ethiopia in religious festivals such as Timket, folk ceremonies, and everyday activities in Addis Ababa and the countryside where music and dance are a vital part of cultural and spiritual expression.
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