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Ayide Cambalala!! By MTT Hawassa, Sidama, Ethiopia 05 August 2013                                            What is Fichchee? / What is the basis for establishment of Sidama people calendar? and what are the necessary events occurring before and after Fiche Celebration?  Fichchee is an anniversary celebrated by the Sidama people as a New Year event. According to socio-cultural heritages handed down by forefathers through generations to descendants (current generation) Sidama New Year (Fichhcee) anniversary has been celebrated for more than 2000 years. Basis for such unique local New Year’s Day determination and celebration is Sidama calendar which was an outcome of unreserved and relentless innovative efforts of selected knowledgeable and highly respected group of people who were actively involved in profound study of the solar system among which the moon, earth, sun and stars included. According to Sidama people such complicated investigations on part of the solar syste

United Sidama Parties for Freedom and Justice (USPFJ) August 4, 2013 The Sidama New Year known as ‘Fichchee’ is practiced by the Sidama nation of north East Africa that lives in today’s southern Ethiopia. It’s one of the Sidama nation’s cultural heritages that uniquely characterize the nation. Fichchee has been celebrated since time immemorial. The celebration of the aforementioned Sidama New Year is officially conducted on two consecutive days although the festivity lasts for two weeks. In 2012, the Sidama New Year was celebrated on the 15 th  and 16 th  of August as per opinions of Sidama traditional Astrologists  http://www.sidama.org/messages/2012-08-14-uspfj-wishes-sidama-happy-fichche.htm .  This year’s Fichchee and Cambalaalla celebration is going to be held on the 4 th and 5 th  of August 2013 respectively. The dates for the celebrations of Sidama New Year are decided by the Sidama Ayyaantto (exceptionally talented Sidama traditional Astrologists) those who atte

የአገሪቷን የወጪ ንግድ ገቢን ለማሳደግ በየዓመቱ የሚያዘው ውጥንና ትግበራው ዘንድሮም አልተጣጣመም፡፡ የ12ቱ ወራት የወጪ ንግድ ክንውን በ2005 ዓ.ም. ዋዜማ ላይ ሲወጠን አገሪቱ በ2005 በጀት ዓመት ታገኛለች ተብሎ የተጠበቀውን ያህል ብቻ ሳይሆን ከቀዳሚው ዓመት ክንዋኔ ጋር ሲነፃፀርም አንሶ ተገኝቷል፡፡ የ2005 በጀት ዓመት የወጪ ንግድ ገቢ ዕቅድ አምስት ቢሊዮን ዶላር ሲሆን፣ ተገኘ የተባለው ግን 3.08 ቢሊዮን ዶላር ነው፡፡ አምና 3.2 ቢሊዮን ዶላር የውጭ ምንዛሪ ተገኝቶ ነበር፡፡ በበጀት ዓመቱ የተገኘው የውጭ ምንዛሪ በተፈለገው ዕቅድ መጠን አለመስተካከሉ የአገሪቱ ዋና ዋና የወጪ ንግድ ምርቶች ገቢ በመቀነሳቸው ነው፡፡ በተለይ ከቡና የወጪ ንግድ ከተጠበቀው በታች የሆነ ገቢ ማስገኘቱ አንዱ ምክንያት ሆኗል፡፡ በበጀት ዓመቱ ከቡና 1.2 ቢሊዮን ዶላር እንደሚገኝ ታሳቢ የተደረገ ቢሆንም፣ የተገኘው ግን 746.4 ሚሊዮን ዶላር ነው፡፡ ይህ ገቢ በበጀት ዓመቱ ከቡና ይገኛል ተበሎ ከነበረው ገቢ በሁለት በመቶ አንሷል፡፡ ባለፈው ዓመት ተገኝቶ የነበረው ገቢ 832.9 ሚሊዮን ዶላር በመሆኑ በሁለቱ ዓመታት የተመዘገበው የውጭ ምንዛሪ ከ86 ሚሊዮን ዶላር በላይ ቀንሶ ታይቷል፡፡ ከቡና የተገኘው የውጭ ምንዛሪ ገቢ ከተጠበቀው መጠን በታች ይሁን እንጂ ለውጭ ገበያ የቀረበው የቡና መጠን ዕድገት አሳይቷል፡፡ በ2005 በጀት ዓመት ለውጭ ገበያ የቀረበው የቡና መጠን በ19 በመቶ አድጐ ወደ 200 ሺሕ ቶን የሚጠጋ ቡና ለገበያ ቀርቧል፡፡ በዚህን ያህል መጠን አድጐ የተላከው ቡና ለምን ገቢው ቀነሰ የሚለው ጥያቄ የተለያዩ ምክንያቶች የሚቀርቡበት ቢሆንም፣ ዋነኛ ምክንያቱ ግን በዓለም አቀፍ ደረጃ የቡና ዋጋ መቀነሱ ነው፡፡ በተለ

Add caption ‘Fichche’ is the most celebrated Sidama cultural holiday which represents the Sidama New Year. The Fichche is based on the lunar system. Sidama elders (astrologists) observe the movement of the stars in the sky and decide the date for the New Year and the Fichche celebration. The Sidama New Year is therefore is unique in that it does not have a fixed date. It rotates every year following the movements of the stars. Sidama has 13 months in a year. And each of the months is divided equally into 28 days while the 13th month has 29 days. This is because the Sidama week has only 4 days and hence each month has 7 weeks instead of the conventional 4 weeks. The names of the 4 days in Sidama week are called: Dikko, Deela, Qawadoo and Qawalanka to be followed by Dikko completing the cycle of a 4-day week. Read more on   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socio-Economic_Status_of_Sidama_Zone

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