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Promoting Abesha
Jan 10th
Your mind literally twirls in the ether as you get massaged through your core by melodic tunes and vibrant bass of our country’s musika.
by: Teddy Fikre written: Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
Promoting is an art as much as it is a skill. Promoters have to hone their skill over years, getting to know their customers, their preferences, their desires and their needs. Promoters are conveyors of the consumers’ dreams, they deliver to their clients their inner most yearnings. This art is one that is very demanding on the ones who dare to practice it, a promoter has to be on the constant cutting edge or else fear being obsolete. Add to this mix the difficulty of promoting to the Abesha community and an aspiring promoter in the Abesha community could soon find themselves drowning in confusion.
It is with this backdrop that I introduce you to a family of promoters named DC Abesha. When I say family, I mean literally family, this crew—Desta, Tefera, Malik, and Dawit—have made it a mission to highlight and promote the Ethiopian and Eritrean culture through weekly parties in DC and Addis. DC Abesha did not arrive at this stage by sheer luck and happenstance, they did More >
Enkutatash Celebration at Berkeley
Aug 31st
Enkutatash means the “gift of jewels”, and is an important festival in the lives of Ethiopians.
Posted: Tuesday, August 31, 2010
On Sunday, September 5th, the public is invited to take a walk on the cultural side at Enkutatash, the 7th Annual Ethiopian New Year Festival at Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park, 2151 Martin Luther King Jr. Way in downtown Berkeley, from 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM.
The goal of this Festival is to commemorate Ethiopian traditions, art, and culture. This celebration will include: delicious traditional dishes, national costumes, poetry, music, children’s programs, Reggae Band Selamta, West African Highlife Band, Ethiopian Musicians Haileye Tadesse, Neway Afardew, and much more. This family friendly event is free of charge and open to all.
Enkutatash means the “gift of jewels”, and is an important festival in the lives of Ethiopians. Its celebration dates back to the days of the Queen of Sheba. After three months of heavy rain, spring comes creating a beautiful clear fresh atmosphere in Ethiopia. The highlands turn to gold as the daisies burst into flower, gifts from nature to Ethiopia. Enkutatash is traditionally celebrated in a big way in Ethiopia; just as Americans celebrate the New Year.
ECCC, the sponsor of More >