🎉 Enkutatash, Ethiopian New Year
Girls make bouquets of yellow Adey Abeba daisies and go door to door with drums, singing New Year songs.
Where: Mount Entoto, Addis Ababa
📅 On This Day: September 11
September 11: Enkutatash, Ethiopian New Year. In Ethiopia, 11 September (12 September in some years) is New Year's Day, called Enkutatash. The name means 'gift of jewels', from a story that people gave jewels to the Queen of Sheba when she returned home.
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🧠 Question of the day
What does 'Enkutatash' mean?
- Gift of jewels
- Moonlight festival
- Rainy day
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Answer: Gift of jewels
🎂 Landmarks that opened on September 11
Questions
What happened on September 11?
September 11: Enkutatash, Ethiopian New Year. It happened in Mount Entoto, Addis Ababa.
Which landmarks opened on September 11?
Aloha Tower (opened 1926).
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enkutatash