▁is ▁histor ically ▁tied ▁to ▁the ▁region ▁assigned ▁them ▁by ▁the ▁British ▁colonial ▁government ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 0 0 s , ▁though ▁their ▁previous ▁territory ▁appears ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁larger . ▁The ▁territory ▁of ▁the ▁Eth iop ian ▁Gab ra ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁compr ise ▁a ▁" six th ▁drum ". ▁ ▁Religion ▁The ▁Gab ra ▁are ▁pre domin antly ▁Sun ni ▁Muslim s . ▁▁ ▁A ▁smaller ▁percentage ▁still ▁hold ▁true ▁to ▁their ▁ancient ▁traditional ▁Som ali ▁- wa qi ▁belief s ▁and ▁the ▁cam el ▁orient ed ▁rit uals ▁with ▁nom inal ▁S uf i ▁Islam ic ▁practices . ▁They ▁make ▁pil gr images ▁to ▁sacred ▁sites , ▁most ▁of ▁which ▁are ▁located ▁in ▁the ▁mountain ous ▁such ▁as ▁H esi - N ab o ▁and ▁Ag al . ▁Today , ▁both ▁of ▁these ▁holy ▁sites ▁are ▁located ▁within ▁Gab ra ' s ▁traditional ▁territ ories . ▁The ▁religious ▁activities ▁include ▁animal ▁sacrific es ▁and ▁rit ual ▁pray ers ▁and ▁were ▁pres ided ▁over ▁by ▁D abel a , ▁the ▁religious ▁leaders . ▁ ▁Gen et ics ▁According ▁to ▁Y - D NA ▁analysis ▁by ▁Hir bo ▁( 2 0 1 1 ), ▁around ▁ 8 2 . 6 % ▁of ▁Gab ra ▁in ▁Ken ya ▁carry ▁the ▁pat ernal ▁E 1 b 1 b ▁ha p lo group , ▁with ▁most ▁belonging ▁to ▁the ▁V 1 2 ▁or ▁E 3 b 1 a ▁sub cla de ▁( 5 8 . 6 %). ▁This ▁line age ▁is ▁most