Ashenda officaly TIGRAY: ኣሸንዳ, is a festival celebrated in August (G.C.) in the TIGRAY regions of Ethiopa, Ashenda marks the end of a two-week-long fast known as Filseta GE,EZ: ጾመ-ፍልሰታ) when…
Meskal has been celebrated in the country for over 1600 years. The word actually means “cross” and the feast commemorates the discovery of the cross…
Christmas, called Lidet, is not the primary religious and secular festival that it has become in Western countries. Falling on 7 January, it is celebrated seriously…
Timket, feast of Epiphany is the greatest festival of the year falling on the 19 January just two weeks after the Ethiopian Christmas. It is actually a…
Ethiopia still retains the Julian calendar, in which the year is divided into 12 months of 30 days each and a 13th month of 5…
