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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 37 The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam currently under construction is set to be the largest dam in Africa (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 ...
A building in downtown Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, sports bunting in the Ethiopian national colors of green, yellow and red to mark the Ethiopian Millennium on 11 September 2007. The Ethiopian New Year is called Kudus Yohannes in Geʽez and Tigrinya, while in Amharic, the official language of Ethiopia, it is called Enkutatash meaning "gift of jewels ...
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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