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| Before we left, Bob took a picture of me in my flashing lights Christmas necklace that Julie sent me. |
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| Darling Tigist and Meheret in their fancy holiday dresses |
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| Ethiopian Christmas tree |
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| Our Elders |
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| Melkam Gena from Elder and Sister Wold! (I'm wearing the Ethiopian bracelet Meheret gave me for my birthday and Christmas.) |
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| Christmas dinner! (Injera, dabo, doro wat, and other wats and tibs) |
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| Meheret and her mom |
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| Euale age 6 |
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| Ayele and his family Meheret ("Tutu"), his wife, Belaynesh, Tigist and Euale They also have two older sons and a married daughter. |
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| We visited sweet Yeshi and her daughters in their home the day after Christmas with the elders. She insisted we eat! (See our doro wat, dabo and injera below.) |
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| The traditional coffee ceremony is a BIG part of the Ethiopian culture, but since none of us drink coffee, they served a special hot barley drink and also hot milk to go with the Texas Sheet Cake I brought to Ayele's. |
Why do they have Christmas January 7th?
ReplyDeleteThey follow the Julian Calendar not the Gregorian (like we do). They have 12 months of 30 days and the 13th month has 5 days except for leap year.... Their time is also different. The day starts at 6:00 (12:00) and noon is 6:00!!) Church at 9:00 is actually at 3:00! : O It is confusing to say the least!
ReplyDeleteJanuary 7th on our calendar is actually December 29th for them on their calendar!
ReplyDeleteThese pictures of Ayele's family warms our hearts. We spent a lot of time with them but especially Ayele. He was our guide & guardian on several trips out in the country and always on government business. We would never have survived without him. Belaynesh is a wonderful cook & looks so beautiful in these pictures. The girls are so grown up & beautiful. We spent 2 Christmas' with them & some New Years celebrations too. What a wonderful family. We miss seeing Dowit in the pictures & wonder where he is. We love this family & look forward to being with them again someday. Dave & Linda Adams
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