Learning to Liv...: An Important Day

Thursday, September 11, 2008

An Important Day

To remember when so many lives where changed. To honor all those who lost or risked their lives. To take a moment and pray for peace.

It's also an important day in Ethiopian Culture - It's Happy New Year, called Enkutatash -New Year, 11 September - This festival celebrates both the New Year and the Feast of John the Baptist at the end of the long rains in Spring, when the Highlands become covered in wild flowers. Children dressed in new clothes dance through the villages, distributing garlands and tiny paintings. In the evening every house lights a bonfire and there is singing and dancing.

My friend Heather also made me aware of a local street festival this weekend in Little Ethiopia on Fairfax. This Sunday from noon -8pm. Can't wait to check it out. Sure wish bro was with me ;)

2 comments:

Heather said...: Happy Enkutatash!

Let's all go to the festival together on Sunday!!

xo
H.; September 11, 2008 at 11:59 AM
Unknown said...: I wish I was there with you too! You got to learn the shoulder shake :) Go with tibs, dorowat. Pick up some music too, I'm sure you'll enjoy. Gigi is popular!; September 11, 2008 at 4:54 PM

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Flag Meaning:

The colored stripes on the Ethiopian flag are significant - the red stripe stands for power, faith and blood; the yellow symbolizes peace, natural wealth and love; and the green represents the land and hope. The colors were also interpreted to have a connection to the Holy Trinity, and the three main provinces of Ethiopia. The star represents unity of the people and the races that make up Ethiopia. The five rays on the outside of the star represent prosperity and the blue disk represents peace.
The three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and red with a yellow pentagram and single yellow rays emanating from the angles between the points on a light blue disk centered on the three bands; Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa, and the three main colors of her flag were so often adopted by other African countries upon independence that they became known as the pan-African colors.