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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: Horse riding is one of the practices during the Gaziya ceremony that is the closing day of the Gifaataa festival.
Photograph: Birhanu Jole
© Wolaita Zone Culture and Tourism Office, Ethiopia, 2022
