What is "gidole"

Gidole is a town in southern Ethiopia, and is the administrative center of the Dirashe special woreda. Located in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region, it sits at a latitude and longitude of with an elevation ranging from 2045 to 2650 meters above sea level. The town is named after the Gidole or Gardulla people, an ethnic group inhabiting southern Ethiopia better known as the Dirashe.

Currently 9 different ethnic groups live in Gidole and 5 different languages are being spoken: “derashegna”, “busigna”, “masholo”,”kusicho(Gatogna)” and “werozigna”. They use different musical instruments for their casual holiday celebrations. “Kirar”, “mira”,”kultato(Washint)”,”phila” and “lolata are among many.