Telela Kebede | Wedding Song - Kelemwa | Qelemewa

This song blew me into imagining the amazing orchestra era of Ethiopia. Dramatic and hypnotic, this wedding-song with the title ‘Kelemwa’, ‘Her color’, is one of my favorites. Telela Kebede was also known as an actress and vocalist. Her famous song was 'Lomi Tera Tera' also written by Getachew Debalqe. It was written and recorded and performed in the eve of the 1974 Revolution. Though it criticized the Emperor and his policies, it was after the Dergue took over that both Telela and Getachew were imprisoned for the song. Getachew Debalqe was imprisoned for eight long years for penning 'Lomi Tera Tera'.