Unless you have some friends who are Ethiopian you probably don't know that this nation celebrates its new year's day on September 11th and this time it is the beginning of year 2005.
Ethiopians are not while using the Gregorian date as almost all of the entire world, however they are adopting the Alexandrian or maybe Coptic date. Dependant upon of your house a start yr or maybe not really, the modern Calendar year is the reason Day time falls about September 11th or maybe twelfth. The change comes from the truth that Ethiopians recognised some other date of Jesus Christ's beginning.
Moreover, the Ethiopian calendar consists of 13 months. Each of them has 30 days and the last one five or six days, again depending on the leap year. This calendar is used for the internal affairs of Ethiopia and internationally the country follows Gregorian calendar. Nevertheless they celebrate their new year in September, according to the Gregorian calendar.
On that occasion people gather on the main squares in different cities to celebrate the holiday together. The biggest celebration takes place in the capital, Addis Ababa. It's filled with music, fireworks and fun. Traditionally people have been buying new clothes for this occasion, especially for children and cooking food. The most popular food on New Year's Day is doro wet, which is spicy chicken stew eaten with flat bread
Ethiopians are not while using the Gregorian date as almost all of the entire world, however they are adopting the Alexandrian or maybe Coptic date. Dependant upon of your house a start yr or maybe not really, the modern Calendar year is the reason Day time falls about September 11th or maybe twelfth. The change comes from the truth that Ethiopians recognised some other date of Jesus Christ's beginning.
Moreover, the Ethiopian calendar consists of 13 months. Each of them has 30 days and the last one five or six days, again depending on the leap year. This calendar is used for the internal affairs of Ethiopia and internationally the country follows Gregorian calendar. Nevertheless they celebrate their new year in September, according to the Gregorian calendar.
On that occasion people gather on the main squares in different cities to celebrate the holiday together. The biggest celebration takes place in the capital, Addis Ababa. It's filled with music, fireworks and fun. Traditionally people have been buying new clothes for this occasion, especially for children and cooking food. The most popular food on New Year's Day is doro wet, which is spicy chicken stew eaten with flat bread
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