Ethiopia was one of the most civilized country in the world and who used to research about Astronomy in the Ancient time. As LUSIAN wrote in his research “The Ethiopian was the first who invented the sciences of the stars and give a name to the planets. Some people think that Ethiopia have only 3000 years history and they start to count the dates from the time of queen of SHEBA or MAKIDA, but she was the 50th queen in Ethiopian history so this the whole thing show that Ethiopia have more than 3000 years of history. The other thing is name of the day in a week and the months are depending on the biblical meanings. The year consists of 12 months of 30 days and a thirteenth month of five or six timekeeping days. The Ethiopian calendar is currently seven years and eight months behind the Gregorian calendar used in most of the world.
Ethiopia new year holiday is celebrated on 11 September unless it is a leap year in the Ethiopian calendar, in which case it is celebrated on 12 September Gregorian calendar. The Holiday called in Amharic language ENKUTATASH, Enkutatash means the ‘gift of jewels’. It is said to refer to the Queen of Sheba returning from her visit to King Solomon in Jerusalem in 980 BC. On the Queen’s arrival back in Ethiopia, her chiefs welcomed her by filling her treasury with jewels (‘enku’). It may also refer to the countryside, as this time of year coincides with the end of the rainy season meaning the landscape is covered with Adey Abeba, whose bright yellow flowers appear almost in celebration of the impending harvest.
The holiday starts on New Year’s Eve, when each household light wooden torches called “chibo” in Amharic language, that symbolise the coming of the new season of sunshine after the end of the rainy season that has prevailed since June
