Ethiopians on Friday welcomed what many people around the world might like to see: the beginning of a new year.
A girl wears a face mask to curb the spread of the coronavirus as she attends a prayer ceremony to mark the holiday of"Enkutatash", the first day of the new year in the Ethiopian calendar, which is traditionally associated with the return of the Queen of Sheba to Ethiopia some 3,000 years ago, at Bole Medhane Alem Ethiopian Orthodox Cathedral in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Friday, Sept. 11, 2020.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- ns marked the beginning of 2013.n calendar is a year where we went through a lot. There was a big punishment as a result of wrath,” said Emkulu Yiheyis, an Ethiopian Orthodox priest. “But it was not as big as we thought it would be, because of God’s will it was easier, and we are here now.Coronavirus cases only in recent weeks have begun to rise rapidly in Africa’s second most populous country.
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