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Posts Tagged ‘Enkutatash’

Oakland’s Enkutatash festival is cancelled, but Ethiopians celebrate in other ways

By Waringa Kamau | September 11, 2015 | 1
Teddy Shawl (left) and Mekdem Sebhatu(right), organizers of Saturday's Enkutatash concert in Oakland meet to discuss the event.

Ethiopians in the Bay Area will be ushering in the new year a little differently this year. Oakland’s longtime iconic Enkutatash festival has been cancelled due to lack of funds, according to a letter distributed by Ethiopian Community Services (ECS). “For many years, this event has been graciously supported with a $25,000 grant from The…

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Rich African food helps Ethiopians mark Enkutatash

By Laura Hautala | September 6, 2010 | 4
Ethiopean food

Many of Oakland’s Ethiopian immigrants and their families and friends joined the Berkeley festivities Sunday for Enkutatash, an Ethiopian celebration of the new year.

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