Talk:Harambee
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[edit] Ambeh the Hindu God of Strength
I cannot find any Hindu God called Ambeh. I have googled several other Hindu Gods of Strength, but none called Ambeh, or with a name resembling Ambeh. And according to Chieni the word Harambee does not origninate from Hindi. Can someone verify this? There are some disagreements on this issue. [1][2] / Ezeu 02:23, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
- I think it looks suspicious enough that we should pull it from the article until we get a source (it was originally added to Kenya by an anon: [3]). — Matt Crypto 08:40, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
- The word Harambee was assimilated into the Swahili language from Hindi at the time of the bulding of the Uganda Railway from Mombasa to Kampala. Indian labourers used the phrase Har Har Ambeh or Hail Ambeh - an exortation to Ambeh the Hindu God of Strength - when performing difficult tasks that often required more than one person to be involved e.g. lifting heavy loads etc.
[edit] jamboree
Somebody removed the "jamboree" reference, which I thought was too hasty until I did some etymology searching and found that there is, apparently, no connection between that word and "harambee" (although the etymology is very uncertain). So congratulations to a properly skeptical wiki editor. - DavidWBrooks 12:48, 29 November 2005 (UTC).
- It seems jamboree may be related to corroboree of Indigenous Australians. At least there seems to be a connection between those words (but don't quote me on this).--Ezeu 02:32, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
