Area residents celebrate Ethiopian New Year on Sept. 12, based on the Julian calendarTraditional food will make up part of the celebration of Ethiopian New Year tomorrow (Sept. 12) at the Ukrainian Cultural Centre. Ruslan Dashinsky/iStockAn Ethiopian New Years celebration happening tomorrow (Sept. 12) in Victoria will welcome in the year 2011. “Our calendar and the Western calendar use different dates to decide when Jesus was born,” he said. The Ethiopian calendar has 13 months: 12 with 30 days, and one with five or six, depending on if it’s a leap year. Victoria’s Ethiopian community numbers approximately 300 and Kebede said the celebration will be extra special for them.

Source: Ethiopian News September 11, 2018 18:00 UTC