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EVENTS 2001
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JAN : 19 - TIMKAT FESTIVAL
FEB : NO DATE - FENKIL, A REMEMBRANCE OF THE LAST DAYS OF THE WAR
FOUGHT TO LIBERATE THE CITY OF MASSAWA
MAR : 06-08 - EID-AL-ADHA- FEAST OF SACRIFICE, THE CULMINATION
OF THE HAJJ OR HOLY PILGRIMAGE.
MAY : 24 - LIBERATION DAY CELEBRATIONS
JUN : 03 - MEWLID EL NABI, THIS DAY MARKS THE BIRTH OF
PROPHET MUHAMMAD
20 - MARTYR DAY, A SPECIAL DAY DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE.
AUG : NO DATE - ERITREAN FESTIVAL, FESTIVITIES INCLUDE EXHIBITIONS,
MUSICAL SHOWS & DANCES AND A CULTURAL EVENT THAT
LASTS ABOUT 10 DAYS
SEP : 01 - NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATION, DAY COMMEMORATES THE
START OF COUNTRY'S ARMED STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE
11 - KIDDUS YOHANNES (ORTHODOX NEW YEAR) CELEBRATIONS
27 - MESKEL FESTIVAL, THIS IS A CEREMONY OF FINDING
THE TRUE CROSS AND CROWDS OF PEOPLE MAKE A BIG
BONFIRE CALLED THE DEMERA ON THIS DAY.
NOV : 17-15DEC- MONTH OF RAMDAN- MUSLIMS KEEPS FAST DURING THE
DAY AND FEAST AT THE NIGHT. DURING THIS WHOLE
MONTH.
DEC : 16 - EID AL FITR- THE FEAST TO MARK THE END OF THE
RAMADAN MONTH. THE BIGGEST FESTIVAL OF MUSLIMS
ON THIS DAY PEOPLE GREET & DISTRIBUTE SWEETS
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