New Year Celebration Ethiopian

It is a day off for the general population and schools and most businesses are closed.

New year celebration ethiopian. This public holiday in ethiopia is celebrated on september 11th unless it is a leap year in the ethiopian calendar in which case it is celebrated on 12 september 12th. Thursday september 12 th marks the first day of the first month known as meskerem of the new year for both ethiopia and eritrea. History of ethiopian new year.

When is ethiopian new year. Unlike the rest of the world ethiopia rings in its new year enkutatash on september 11 and not on january 1. Here is a look at the history behind this unique new year timing and celebration.

Ethiopian new year observances holiday currently only shown for years 2015 2020. እንቁጣጣሽ is a public holiday in coincidence of new year in ethiopia and eritrea. The country s unique calendar considers september called meskerem in the local language of ethiopia to be the first month of the year.

It occurs on meskerem 1 on the ethiopian calendar which is 11 september or during a leap year 12 september according to the gregorian calendar. Ethiopian new year 2013 celebrations by artists. The name enkutatash translates to gift of jewels and alludes to a centuries old tale of queen of sheba s visit to king solomon.

Ethiopia rings in its new year enkutatash on 11 september and not on 1 january as the rest of the world does. A girl wears a face mask to curb the spread of the coronavirus as she attends a prayer ceremony to mark the holiday of enkutatash the first day of the new year in the ethiopian calendar which is traditionally associated with the return of the queen of sheba to ethiopia some 3 000 years ago at bole medhane alem ethiopian orthodox cathedral in the capital addis ababa ethiopia friday sept. Known in amharic the official language of ethiopia as enkutatash this holiday marks 1 meskerem the first day in the ethiopian calendar.