A SURVEY OF HERITAGE AND THEIR VALUES IN KAFA ZONE, SOUTHWEST ETHIOPIA

Abstract

The study has attempted to survey and assess the values of heritages in the Kafa Administrative Zone of South West Ethiopia. It has examined basic distinctions between different types of values relevant to heritages. In the study field observation, knowledge of local peoples and exploring existing literature has been done. The study also provides basic understanding of cultural traditions of the area. The values of the heritages are for the society that belongs to in the case of social, environmental, archaeological and in some case economical. In the discussion part the study discussion on the values of the surveyed heritage according to the researcher finding and literatures on the area. The results from this study survey showed that the heritages of Kafa are challenged by both natural and man-made activities. The challenges are religions, population pressure, natural catastrophe and agricultural activities that come across to those cultural and natural heritages. Although conservation measures on the heritage so far done on the area were under scale. By seen the result the study recommends to concern and conserve the cultural heritages of the Zone.