Eating raw meat in Ethiopia is something real men do. They do not bake or broil their meat. They love eating raw meat. You can eat raw meat in Ethiopia at large meat markets like the one in Doro Manekia. Men and women there prefer to cut the raw beef from the bone. People from other countries are very surprised when they see men and women eating raw meat. They think it is very dangerous to eat raw beef or ox. Despite the many warnings from doctors that eating raw meat is not healthy, Ethiopia’s love for raw meat does not disappear. They say raw meat is healthy. One of the men tells that his grandmother became 114 years old and she was eating raw meat every day. Eating raw meat in Ethiopia is like a feast, a lot of people have a celebration with raw meat and their best friends. Metropolis correspondent Yidnekachew Lemma tried some raw meat himself and made this bloody video about celebration with eating raw meat in Addis Adeba. He followed a group of friends who are eating raw meat every weekend together. VPRO Metropolis discovered that eating raw meat in Ethiopia is really all about socializing.

This video is produced as part of VPRO series Metropolis in 2018.

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