The Origin and Brief Introduction of Ethiopian New Year

The Origin and Brief Introduction of Ethiopian New Year

How did the Ethiopian New Year come about? Many users will be curious about this question. The following small series brings the origin and introduction of the Ethiopian New Year.

The Ethiopian calendar stipulates that there are 13 months every year, in which 12 months is 30 days and one month is 5 days (6 days in leap years, and leap years are counted every four years). This month with only 5 or 6 days is called "abortion" in Ethiopia, that is, "PAGUEME". When people browse Ethiopian tourist brochures, they sometimes see the words "Welcome to Ethiopia to enjoy the sunshine 13 months".

In addition to the calendar, it is also very strange in the division of time every day. Although Ethiopia also defines it as 24 hours, it divides these two days by sunset and sunrise, not by 12 midnight.

So our 7 o'clock in the morning, in Ethiopia, is 1 point during the day; Our evening is 8 o'clock, and in Ethiopia it is 2 o'clock.

It has been explained that this method of calculating time may be related to Ethiopia's proximity to the equator, which has the same time between day and night, and little change between day and night throughout the year. If you don't understand the characteristics of this era in Ethiopia, you may make jokes on dating.