User:Bersabehg/Ethiopian New Year

Ethiopian New YearItalic text Ethiopian New Year is a new year celebrated in Ethiopia. It is known as ( ENQUTATASH) in traditional Amharic.( Amharic is the common language spoken in Ethiopia)The new year's celebration is celebrated in the capital city of Ethiopia,known as Addis Ababa. During this time special flowers start to grow all over the country. These plants are known as "Adey Abeba" in traditional Amharic. These plants are usually yellow and are very bright. At the morning people clean their home and put a special kin of grass called "ketema" on the flooor of their homes. During the holiday kids start moving around with the "Adey Abeba" singing. They mostly move in groups around their village and knock on people's door and start singing: Esey des yebelen Esey des yebelen Awed amet metalen Awed amet metalen Esey des yibelen Esey des yibelen Amet beal metalen Amet beal metalen...(the above song is written in traditional Amharic) The song above in general shows that people are happy during holidays and it tells that they are glad to see each other during holidays. In Ethiopia families are gathered in one house all together with their kids and they eat their traditional food which is known as "Doro Wet". This food is literally a mouth burning food for people that haven't tasted it yet. The other traditional food in Ethiopia is "Injera". It is used like a bread for most of Ethiopia's foods. People that move in groups singing from house to house earn a lot of money from different houses. After everybody finishes eating, there will be a traditional coffee ceremony. The traditional coffee ceremony in Ethiopia is special because after the coffee is burnt, it moves around everybody so that they can smell it. It has a different smell than any other burnt thing. This coffee is now poured into cups and given to everybody with spoon and sugar and with the cup holder on the bottom of the cup. The people will now drink and enjoy with their families. After a while a song will be opened and people start dancing with their families. People may also sing by themselves and dance with the family. After all this dancing and celebrating the holiday, people sit and start having their diner with a special traditional drink called "Tela". "Tela" is a drink mad form honey but is thought to have alcohol.This drink might make people get drunk. After dinner, people go to their home with a happy mood and go to sleep felling tired. People may also sleep in the house they spent their day if they cam from abroad or if they are feeling very tired. THIS PAGE CAN NOT BE COPIED OR EDITED WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE WRITER!!