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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall
Hi Chris,
It is well known that the kaskara was in use in Ethiopia (Burton, 1884, Danakil) and in Eritrea. I once spoke to a Beja tribesman from Eritrea, who let me see a video of their tribal dance ceremonies with kaskara.
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Sorry I missed this - I did not know it was in use in Eritrea and thought that its use in Ethiopia was restricted to the Sudanese border regions and slave trade area.
This is something very interesting for me because I have been trying to trace the reason Emilio De Bono had a personalised kaskara. I thought perhaps commemorative of operations against slavers, but if it was in common use in Eritrea then maybe there is another connection.