Hadiya Culture

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Yahodee Masqala in Hadiya Ethiopia

The Yahodee is a Cherished Hadiya People’s New Year Celebration Tradition, not Necessarily a Religious One

ያማርኛዉን ትርጉም ለማንበብ ሊንኩ ይህ ነዉ። The fact that Yahodee shares one of its month-long celebration days with Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Cross Day is purely accidental. There is a tendency in the dominant culture in Ethiopia to associate Yahodee with the “finding of the cross of Jesus” of the Ethiopian […]