Ethiopian Christmas

High school (ages 12+)
Holidays & Celebrations

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/ethiopian-christmas

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the calendar system?Ethiopian calendar with 13 months; Gena celebrated on Tahsas 29
2. What is the game type?Team-based stick-and-ball sport, analogous to field hockey or lacrosse
3. What is Ethiopian Christmas called and when is it celebrated?Ethiopian Christmas is called Gena and it is celebrated on January 7th.
4. Why is Ethiopian Christmas on January 7th instead of December 25th?Ethiopia follows the Julian calendar, so the date is different from the Gregorian calendar used in most places.

Gena: The Ethiopian Christmas holiday and its associated traditional stick-and-ball game.
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church: An ancient Oriental Orthodox Christian church with distinct traditions, calendar, and theology.
Tahsas 29: The date of Ethiopian Christmas on the Ethiopian calendar, corresponding to January 7th in the Gregorian calendar.
Julian Calendar: An older calendar system that Ethiopia uses, resulting in a different Christmas date than the Gregorian calendar.