East Africa

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Enkutatash — Ethiopian New Year

Fri, September 11, 2026

While the rest of the world reads September, Ethiopia turns the page to a brand-new year. Enkutatash, the "gift of jewels," lands as the long rains end and the hillsides erupt in yellow adey abeba daisies. Girls go door to door singing, families gather over doro wat and a full jebena buna coffee ceremony, and the diaspora calls home to wish everyone a melkam addis amet.