On this year's Ashenda many tourists had been witnessed wearing the costumes and aping the hairdos looking happy to be part of the celebration. Ashenda is ever flourishing and gaining widespread ...

They help their children acquire the necessary costumes and ornaments to the cultural play. They help them out in beautifying themselves. The ceremony of the Ashenda festival is an impressive ...

Ashenda is the name of a festival mainly celebrated by girls and young women. In Northern part of Ethiopia, it is mainly celebrated and differently named by" Ashendye" in Lalibela, "Ashenda' in ...

10/26/2023 October 26, 2023 Tigrayan women and girls celebrate their first Ashenda festival since a brutal civil war broke out in Ethiopia. For one week, men give small gifts, while women wear ...

But the signing of a peace deal last November raised cautious hopes among the community, whose female members gathered to mark the traditional festival of Ashenda in Addis Ababa for the first time ...