My birthday happens to
be on a national holiday in Ethiopia, which celebrates the victory over the
Italians. Therefore, government offices
are closed and there is no work. This allowed me time to plan ad host a birthday gathering. It was a truly special and memorable day that
I will not forget: celebrating birthday #24 in Ethiopia, with about 40 friends,
coworkers and my new family; laughing and enjoying food and drinks together. It even included having a variation of happy
birthday sung to me in a mix of Amharic and English, by a group of five 10-year-old
boys; priceless.
A day in pictures:
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| Birthday-eve preparation: Difo Dabo bread |
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| Day of preparations: my awesome counterpart and compound dad helping to hang up decorations (thank you for sending them mom!) |
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| Part of the party crew! The five boys were the ones who sang to me; so priceless!! |
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| My compound mom and me at the end of a memorable and wonderful celebration! |
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| Birthday decorations! |
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| Lighting the birthday candles! |
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Wearing my net’ela (thank you Christine and Jesse) and party hat (thank you Bantayehu) while cutting the difo dabo bread. Notice the food and beverages (traditional Ethiopian bday style: popcorn, candies, cookies, bread, and soda)
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Cheers to the year ahead! I wish you all a great year ahead; know you're in my thoughts! Thank you for reading:)
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