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[3] According to the Ethiopian Tourism Commission, "Enkutatash is not exclusively a religious holiday. Modern Enkutatash is also the season for exchanging formal new year greetings and cards among the urban sophisticated – in lieu of the traditional bouquet of flowers." [4] The Ethiopian counting of years begins in the year 8 of the common era.
The Ethiopian New Year has a rich cultural history dating back to the days of Queen Sheba. In fact, the holiday's name is derived from a story about Queen Sheba's return to Ethiopia after a visit ...
The Ethiopian New Year or Enkutatash is celebrated with the adey abeba flower symbolising a new beginning, each year across the country (from Ethiopia) Image 23 Emperor Haile Selassie I with U.S. President Roosevelt during the end of World War II (from Ethiopia )
In Ethiopia, adey abeba symbolizes the end of the rainy season and the start of Spring (ፀደይ). It also indicates the end of a year and the beginning of a new one. For Ethiopian New Year ( Enkutatash ), a group of young girls sing the traditional new year song Abebayehosh (አበባየሁሽ) and give adey abeba to their parents and loved ...
Ethiopian Television was initially established during Haile Selassie reign era in 1962 with assistance from the British firm, Thomson. Regular transmission began on 2 November 1964. It was created to highlight the Organization of African Unity (OAU) meeting that took place in Addis Ababa that same year.
Fana TV is an Ethiopian satellite television network owned by Fana Broadcasting Corporate, which is a state-owned company. Launched in September 2017, the network is based in Ethiopia and broadcasts programming in Amharic .
France operated post offices at Addis Ababa, Harar, and Dire Dawa, using stamps of Obock or the French Somali Coast, and mail is known with a triple franking of Ethiopia, British Somaliland (via the town of Zeila), and Aden. The first stamps of Ethiopia valid for international mail were a 1 November 1908 set of overprinted stamps of the first ...
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