---
title: "Buhe in Ethiopia | Taste of Ethiopia"
description: "Explore Buhe in Ethiopia: its date, meaning and traditions, with a live countdown and cultural guide from Taste of Ethiopia."
url: "https://testofethiopiarestaurant.com.au/events/buhe"
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Ethiopian cultural and Orthodox festival

# Buhe

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Buhe brightens the rainy season with children's songs, glowing fires, cracking whips and rounds of fresh mulmul bread.

Thursday 19 August 2027

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Nehasse 13, 2019 E.C. · Addis Ababa time

![Rounds of mulmul bread traditionally shared during Buhe](https://testofethiopiarestaurant.com.au/assets/events/buhe.webp)

Photo: [Cookbychoice, CC BY-SA 4.0](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MulMul_Dabo.jpg)

CALENDAR NOTE

Observed every year on 19 August, corresponding to Nehase 13.

[View the full cultural calendar](https://testofethiopiarestaurant.com.au/events)

01 · MEANING

## What it means.

Buhe coincides with the Ethiopian Orthodox Feast of the Transfiguration and has become a much-loved neighbourhood tradition associated with light, renewal and the approaching end of the rains.

02 · TRADITION

## How it is marked.

Groups of boys move from home to home singing the rhythmic Hoya Hoye refrain. Families answer with pieces of warm mulmul bread or small gifts, and communities may gather around a bonfire.

03 · EXPERIENCE

## What you may see.

The sound is part of the occasion: call-and-response singing and the crack of handmade whips announce each group. Debre Tabor is particularly associated with the festival.

[Next in the cultural year **Ashenda**](https://testofethiopiarestaurant.com.au/events/ashenda)

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