𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐤𝐡 𝐇𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐢𝐧
Twice a year, tens of thousands of people from all over Oromia and other parts of Ethiopia make a pilgrimage to the Anajina site on the border of the West Hararge and Bale Zones to commemorate the two annual Islamic celebrations of Hajji and Zahra at Anajina's 900-year-old Dirre Sheikh Hussein shrine.
Sheikh Hussein is visited twice a year by many thousands of pilgrims from all over eastern Ethiopia and comprises a large complex of mosques, shrines, and tombs surrounded by a stout wall. There are also a number of man-made caves and artificial ponds in the area. Holy white chalk from the caves is taken back by the pilgrims to many parts of the country.
Tourist activity
Religious activity/pilgrim- Religious tourism, also known as faith tourism refers to traveling individually or in groups to holy sites. This place is referred to as meka of the poor
Tombstone- Tombstone tourist is an individual who enjoys history of famous deaths, cemeteries, epitaphs and gravestone rubbing. At dirre sheick hussien there are tombs of famous religious seabass.
Cultural activity-Cultural tourism is where travelers engage with a country or religion’s culture, especially the lifestyle and other elements that shaped the life of the people
Historical exploration- the shrine was built 1000 years ago and this heritage is an opportunity for tourists with research purposes and history lovers.
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