እንቁጣጣሽ

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እንቁጣጣሽ is the Amharic name for Enkutatash, the Ethiopian and Eritrean New Year festival celebrated in September with religious ceremonies, family gatherings, and cultural festivities.

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እንቁጣጣሽ canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Year festival ⓘ
cultural festival ⓘ
religious holiday ⓘ
approximateGregorianDate September 11 ⓘ
September 12 ⓘ
associatedWithChurch Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
associatedWithCity Addis Ababa ⓘ
associatedWithPilgrimageSite Raguel Church on Entoto in Addis Ababa ⓘ
celebratedOn Meskerem 1 ⓘ
country Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
culturalSignificance marks the beginning of the Ethiopian year ⓘ
marks the end of the rainy season in Ethiopia ⓘ
time of renewal and thanksgiving ⓘ
etymology name Enkutatash often interpreted as "gift of jewels" ⓘ
followsCalendar Ethiopian calendar ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
hasAmharicName እንቁጣጣሽ ⓘ
hasEnglishName Enkutatash ⓘ
hasLanguageContext Amharic ⓘ
hasTraditionalDance eskista ⓘ
hasTraditionalDrink tej ⓘ
tella ⓘ
hasTraditionalFood doro wat ⓘ
injera ⓘ
hasTraditionalMusic Ethiopian traditional songs ⓘ
mainActivities children going house to house ⓘ
church services ⓘ
cultural festivities ⓘ
exchanging gifts ⓘ
family gatherings ⓘ
religious ceremonies ⓘ
sharing festive meals ⓘ
singing traditional songs ⓘ
observedBy Eritrean diaspora communities ⓘ
Eritreans ⓘ
linked to: Eritrean

Ethiopian diaspora communities ⓘ
linked to: Ethiopians

Ethiopians ⓘ
publicHolidayIn Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
relatedTo Ethiopian calendar New Year ⓘ
linked to: Ethiopian New Year
religion Christianity ⓘ
season end of rainy season ⓘ
symbol greenery and fresh grass ⓘ
yellow Meskel flowers ⓘ
timeZoneContext Ethiopian calendar is about 7–8 years behind Gregorian calendar ⓘ
linked to: Ethiopian calendar

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Enkutatash → alsoKnownAs → እንቁጣጣሽ ⓘ