09/08/2013
"Enkutatash" THE ETHIOPIAN NEW YEAR CELEBRATION!!
MUSIC PROVIDED BY BLUE NILE RADIO
Don’t miss this event! Enkutatash Columbus is Saturday, Sept. 14 from 9am-4pm.
This unique and engaging event is a fun filled day of celebration, multicultural awareness and community building.
The event will begin with the renowned Ethiopian Historian who will present about the mystery of the 13th month of the ancient Ethiopian calendar, ritual and ceremony of the new year and followed by the traditional Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony. Also the event will include outdoor children’s games sponsored by The YMCA of Central Ohio and inflatables from the Columbus Crew. Don’t miss the multicultural fashion show, youth choir recital, dancing, and conclude with a drumming performance by Tony West and the Imani Dancers.
The event is a great opportunity to discover and engage with the vibrancy of the Columbus immigrant community at large.
A big “thank you” to The Greater Columbus Arts Council, Thirty-One Gifts, The Columbus Crew, The YMCA of Central Ohio, The Buckeye Ranch and WBNS-10TV for sponsoring our event. We would also like to thank our emcee Angela An, Keynote Speaker African Historian, Ato Shifferaw Enkubahire, Mayor of Whitehall, Kim Maggard and Jennifer Johnson, State Refugee Coordinator.
Go to www.ethiotss.org for tickets, or contact me (see below). Adult tickets $15 in advance, $20 at the door and Children 10 and under $5 includes all festivities and cultural lunch!
For more information about the event, please download the Enkutatash 2013 Flyer!
Laura Berger
Director of Development
Ethiopian Tewahedo Social Services (ETSS)
1060 Mt. Vernon Ave.
Columbus, Ohio 43203
Phone: 614.252.5362 x203
Fax: 614.586.0066
web: www.ethiotss.org
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