Posts Tagged ‘Enkutatash’
My Top 5 Articles of 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutesMy Top 5 of 2024 Gentle Readers, Happy End of 2024! Thank you for visiting my blog at billpetro.com. I publish my articles not only on my blog but also on my email newsletter, Medium, and Substack. Some readers find syndicated links to my articles on Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Mastodon, Tumblr, Bluesky, Threads, Quora, and Reddit. This year,…
Read MoreHistory of Ethiopian New Year: What is Enkutatash?
Reading Time: 2 minutesHISTORY OF ETHIOPIAN NEW YEAR: WHAT IS ENKUTATASH? Why is your friendly neighborhood historian writing about the Ethiopian New Year? A couple of years ago, the Washington Post interviewed me for an article they were publishing on the subject. The Washington D.C. area has over 200,000 Ethiopian-Americans who celebrate the holiday this year on September 12.…
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