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Issue on fools day
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Messenger: Natty wailer
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4/19/2017 7:36:34 AM
greetings I idrens and sistrens.
someday ago i spend time with I idrens and an issue was brought up about fools day. Is it true that it was meant to mock Africans since the first day in the Ethiopian calender is on first April??
onelove
Messenger: JAH Child
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4/19/2017 1:04:34 PM
Greetings I
The first day of the Ethiopian calendar 1 Meskerem occurs in September on the julian calendar.
Messenger: Natty wailer
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4/19/2017 3:38:55 PM
greetings
Ethiopia uses neither gregorian nor julian
onelove
Messenger: JAH Child
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4/22/2017 11:02:13 AM
Yes Iyah that is correct.
I am making the comparison. The Ethiopian calendar begins on 1 Meskerem.. this day is called is 11 September in the west. This upcoming 1 Meskerem it will be the year 2010 in Ethiopia.
Here are some calendar apps which include both sets of dates as well as the major Ethiopian holidays:
Fools's day, as the name suggests, is a day for fools to take part in folly and stupidity on a grand scale. Whether or not the foolish celebration was created to mock Africa, there is no knowledge of a day for fools to engage in foolishness in traditional Ethiopia Africa. We know ourselves to be noble people of divine origin with highly civilized behaviour. So we see who the real fools are, not that it matters to us any way.