The Essence, Practices and Challenges of Indigenous Early Warning System among the Guji Oromo

ABSTRACT The title of this research was the essence, the practices and the challenge indigenous early warning system among Guji oromo; which deals with the indigenous knowledge system, in this the indigenous early warning system is the one which the Guji people practices it for a long time and survive form the coming hazard by using their local sign and indicator. In order to do this research the researcher was used the qualitative research paradigms, in this paradigm the ethnographic research design was the most decisive one to reach on the new finding. This ethnographic methodology include same method such like Interviewing the key informant was the one we get sufficient data, observation in the field work, focus group discussion and informal conversation. In another words, the primary and secondary are the prominent one, as well as, the positionality, reflexivity and use same theory which related the topic. Finally, the research analysis and discussion which the researcher reaches on the finding that how the Guji community practices indigenous early warning system, the essentiality of this knowledge for local people and last but not the least the contemporary challenges which facing this system was globalization, modernity and religious challenges.