Ethiopia’s Ashenda festival: Tigray cancels event celebrating the Virgin Mary over drone attack fears0

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• August 21, 2026

The three-day festival of Ashenda takes places as Orthodox Christians commemorate the Virgin Mary. Its name means “the tall green grass” in Tigrinya and has grown into a wider cultural event that celebrates women. It is eagerly anticipated by girls and young women in Tigray and other parts of northern Ethiopia. They dress up, braid