EBCEF News
Sunday, September 03, 2006
EBCEF Celebrates Ethiopian New Year in Oakland
Today, on a sunny day by beautiful Lake Merritt in Oakland, Bay Area EBCEF supporters celebrated Enkukatash (a few days early) with the Bay Area Ethiopian communities at a joint festival organized by both San Jose and Oakland community organizations.
Apart from several traditional craft and Ethiopian food stalls, the wonderful "Mesgana" young girl dancers from Ethiopia performed to great acclaim. The EBCEF stall had "adaye abeba" (meskel flower) making and drawing for children, so they could celebrate the new year, had copies of "Silly Mammo" for sale and held a very popular raffle for a "Saba" doll and book. Many Bay Area Ethiopian families and Ethiopian adoptive families showed great interest in EBCEF's work, were particularly excited to hear about the several upcoming new bilingual children's books and many signed up for our newsletter.
Everyone had a great time and EBCEF at Enkutatash looks like becoming a regular event in the Bay Area! Many thanks to local supporters Martha Wold, Mikael Tilahun, Veselka Budimir and family, Marina and Lily Lakew.
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