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title: "Enkutatash in Ethiopia | Taste of Ethiopia"
description: "Explore Enkutatash in Ethiopia: its date, meaning and traditions, with a live countdown and cultural guide from Taste of Ethiopia."
url: "https://testofethiopiarestaurant.com.au/events/enkutatash"
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National public holiday

# Enkutatash

እንቁጣጣሽ

Ethiopian New Year welcomes a fresh season as the long rains end and yellow adey abeba flowers cover the highlands.

Sunday 12 September 2027

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Meskerem 1, 2020 E.C. · Addis Ababa time

![Yellow adey abeba flowers associated with Ethiopian New Year](https://testofethiopiarestaurant.com.au/assets/events/enkutatash.webp)

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

CALENDAR NOTE

Meskerem 1 usually falls on 11 September and moves to 12 September before an Ethiopian leap year.

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

01 · MEANING

## What it means.

Enkutatash means "gift of jewels" and marks Meskerem 1, the first day of the Ethiopian calendar. It is both a national new beginning and a celebration of the bright spring season that follows kiremt, the main rains.

02 · TRADITION

## How it is marked.

Families exchange good wishes and share a festive meal. Children, especially groups of girls, may sing from house to house and offer flowers or hand-drawn New Year pictures in return for gifts.

03 · EXPERIENCE

## What you may see.

Look for white traditional clothing, fresh grass and the yellow adey abeba flower. Homes fill with coffee, incense and food, while songs carry New Year blessings through neighbourhoods.

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

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