Another tourist, Vikram Sriam, from India, also impressed by the Ethiopian New Year celebration which is new for him. The Indian tourist also extended a happy New Year wish to all Ethiopians.

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But in Ethiopia, which runs on a unique Coptic calendar more than seven years behind the Gregorian calendar, it is a far more auspicious day: New Year's Eve, 1999. Government officials hoped the ...

There was music, food and the happy shouts of playing children who ... the setting “looks like home,” Hajito said. The Ethiopian New Year, which actually happened Thursday, is based off ...

Ethiopia’s capital, while the East Africans rang in the new year might seem suspicious. However, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali confirmed the reality of the situation by tweeting “Happy New ...

At first, celebrating the new year on a date at odds with ... [it] makes everyone very happy." His partner, Leanne Clancey, has embraced Ethiopian culture. "We like to come to these celebrations ...

It is in this sense that Ethiopians usually celebrate the day. Happy Ethiopian New Year! AllAfrica publishes around 500 reports a day from more than 100 news organizations and over 500 other ...

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