Fichchee colourfully celebrated

28 September 2008

Fichchee, Sidama's new year, is colourfully celebrated today at the Sidama Cultural Hall in Hawassa. Tens of thousands of people attended the festival inside and outside the hall. The audience comes from all walks of life and all parts of Sidama including elders, children, women, etc...

Adugna Dumo, Sidama's cultural icon and  many other starts, entertained the jubilant audience. After deliberations and speeches by organisers and invited personalities, extensive fireworks lit the skies of Hawassa from inside the Hall's compound. For all intents and purposes, this was a display of great social, organisational and artistic achievement which must be repeated in many other spheres of life including the economy.

The Fichchee event will be completed tomorrow, the Camballaalla day, with yet another social gathering at Gudumaale in Hawassa.

Fichchee Jejii and Happy New Year to all Sidamas and friends! Here are a few amateur clips from the event.

Lembolena with Adugna

Ayide Camballaalla with Tokicha