Friday, September 11, 2009

Happy (Ethiopian) New Year!!


Happy Ethiopian New Year of 2002!!



Ethiopian New Year is celebrated on September 11th according to the Western or Gregorian calendar. Ethiopia still follows the Orthodox Julian calendar which consists of 12 months of 30 days and a 13th month, Pagume, of five or six days, depending on whether or not it is a leap year. The Ethiopian calendar is seven years and eight months behind the Gregorian calendar, so September 2009 is Meskerem 2002 in Ethiopia. The years run in a four year cycle bearing the names of the Gospels with the year of John or Yohannes being the leap year!

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