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Gifaataa, Wolaita people New Year festival
(Ethiopia)
Inscribed in 2025 (
20.COM
) on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Title EN: Friends sharing a local drink called Parswa from a cup made of small gourd. This symbolizes the unity and a promise of lasting relations.
Photograph: Tsegaye Teshome
© Ethiopian Heritage Authority, 2022