Ethiopia Oriental Harald simple happiness

Mention to the east to Harar, Addis Yabe Ba people always sigh: "Alas, Harald people, how happy they are!" Since the lucky shepherd after his excited sheep found "bean" secret, coffee aroma as elves, all day in the bustling market, magnificent buildings, attractive man and colorful women always dancing around.

Harald

Life is so simple just khat

Harald people often say: Life is easy, only chat

In other parts of Ethiopia, people of all ages and both sexes are like chewing sticks, that is their tools for cleaning the teeth, so, you can often see the full avenue "teeth". But in eastern Ethiopia, Harald (Harar), the full avenue, chew with green leaves, yes, this is the khat (Chat).

Bustling bazaar

Harald of old cities, there are several coffee shops, selling coke Harald coffee aroma. Coffee shops are open in the old house in the Arabia style, visitors are infatuated with the coffee shop atmosphere and taste, often sitting in the coffee, watching outside the busy, it refused to move. But compared to the coffee and coffee, Harald people more obsessed with khat, even drinking coffee, they also do not forget chewing on a few mouthfuls of cat.

The green branches, can be seen everywhere in harar. Big cat grass market, at six in the morning and already rentouzandong, a lot of khat, carrying out from here, across the Harrar, even as far as Somalia and Djibouti. Reportedly, the daily cost about $500000 to Ethiopia Maiqiate grass, this let us feel incredible, khat, this is an addiction like?

The old city

Cat grass is an evergreen shrub, with an average height of 2 meters, the main growth at an altitude of 1500 meters to 2800 meters in the moist zone. This is a slightly can make people stimulus excited, can make people relax, just chewing too much can cause distraction, illusion, memory loss, even insanity. Khat picking on the same day, will be transported to the use of khat hands. Remember the "black gold" inside the scene? Ethiopia sky, farmland and Starbucks andLondonThe supermarket shelves with coffee together, the dim light, not the coffee, he never could be turned into gold, then, farmers cut off coffee tree, planted a higher economic value of the crop, which is khat, but to Harar, it can become a real gold?

I live in the inn door, standing on the balcony overlooking it can, I often lie on the balcony watching not far from the city and the people are hurrying to and fro. Enough to see the balcony scene, I went down to the two floor of the reception to ask Jiya, Harald what entertainment? Jiya said, "the tourists do, went to see the henna." Hannah, the hyenas? We first went to the night. The hyenas look too good. Harald, say you, the class to do what? Gina smiled, "cat cat, chewing, enough."

Towering trees

What information to not ask in Jiya there, we had to go out and have a look, where there is a noisy place. But, the most lively or cat grass market, even at night are still little dim candlelight transactions, are coming and going of people buy and sell cat grass. Children, like a small fish shuttle around, for a long time refused to disperse, the women beautiful body wrapped in colorful dress and shawl, long shadow, Harald no wind, however, they walk up, the wind in the willow as gracefully.

In the old city, saw a few outsiders, are busy getting lost in the old city of the 368 alley, lost in a complete mess, can't give me direction. Sit to work under the arcade old tailor, to ask me some green shoots, and khat! "Don't worry, to chew the go further." There are 7 gates Harald, one seat opposite, is a quite modern shopping malls, clothing shop, electrical shop, on the third floor even men and ladies hairdressing salons, two girls jumped and shouted to me upstairs, the door half lying on a long bench quite handsome boys, lazy look, holding a handful of khat, saw me, and pulled a few pieces of handing over, "you try?" "Don't!" He shrugged, "why? It can make you happy."

I go for nothing, Jiya smiled, asked, would you like to try cat grass? Is the cat grass. We decided to try Harald human happy life. A few pieces of Jiya gave me the most sweet and tender charters leaves, leaves bitter astringent, feel some Suma, in addition, everything is normal. Jiya asked, how do you feel? "Don't feel......" Jiya said, you this is we the Ethiopian people think the lowest khat, otherwise, you try again a little old cat? Be hard enough as it is delicious, can realize that kind of happiness!

This sense of happiness, I still really enjoy. See I refuse, Jiya said, before the cat grass can only rich people to enjoy, but also not whenever and wherever possible can enjoy, can only in the evening. The tone, some does not appreciate my little complain.