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Wonsho Sacred Sites (Sidama; Dagucho)
Wonsho, Sidama Region, southern Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Active
Regional cluster
- Location
- Wonsho, Sidama Region, southern Ethiopia
- Coordinates
- ~6.8°N 38.5°E
- Elevation
- Sidama highlands
- Size
- Sacred groves/sites (varies)
- Age / Founded
- Ancient (Sidama tradition)
- Status
- Active
- Deity & Religion
- Ancestral/sacred (Dagucho/Podocarpus revered as 'abbo'); Sidama traditional belief
- Community & Guardians
- Sidama (Wonsho)
- Vernacular name
- Sacred site (Dagucho = Podocarpus falcatus 'abbo')
- Record type
- Regional cluster
Cultural practices & uses
Socially conserved sacred sites; rituals; revered Podocarpus trees
Plant species
Podocarpus falcatus (Dagucho) & indigenous trees
Biome & fauna
Sidama Afromontane forest
Threats & protection
Socially conserved; conversion/agricultural threats
Source
'Dagucho (Podocarpus falcatus) is abbo!: Wonsho sacred sites, Sidama, Ethiopia'