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