Enkutatash
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Enkutatash (Amharic: ዕንቍጣጣሽ) is a New Year holiday in Ethiopia and Eritrea. It is celebrated on Meskerem 1 on the Ethiopian calendar, which is 11 September (or, during a leap year, 12 September) according to the Gregorian calendar.
Key facts
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- Enkutatash ዕንቍጣጣሽ
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- File:Ethiopian New Year.jpg
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- 200px
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- Enkutatash is an annual holiday observed in September, the perennial Bidens macroptera flower is identified with this holiday due to growing densely in its fully maturation in September.
- Holiday.type
- national
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- Gift of Jewel
- Holiday.significance
- First day of the Ethiopian year
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- same day each year according to Ethiopian calendar
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- 1 day
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- Annual
- Holiday.date2026
- 11 September
- Holiday.relatedto
- New Year's Day
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Enkutatash (Amharic: ዕንቍጣጣሽ) is a New Year holiday in Ethiopia and Eritrea. It is celebrated on Meskerem 1 on the Ethiopian calendar, which is 11 September (or, during a leap year, 12 September) according to the Gregorian calendar.
==Origin== According to Ethiopian tradition, on 11 September Queen of Sheba (Makeda in Ethiopian) returned to Ethiopia from her visit to King Solomon in Jerusalem. Her followers celebrated her return by giving her jewels. Hence ‘‘Enkutatash’’ means the ‘‘gift of jewels’’.
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