As Bethlehem Haile tries to wrangle a group of 30 girls into a practice room, her voice is nearly drowned out by the sound of chatter. "There is one very important rule: Young girls do exactly what ...

Ashenda is the name of a festival mainly celebrated by girls and young women. In Northern part of Ethiopia, it is mainly celebrated and differently named by" Ashendye" in Lalibela, "Ashenda' in Tigray ...

Tigrayan women and girls celebrate their first Ashenda festival since a brutal civil war broke out in Ethiopia. For one week, men give small gifts, while women wear traditional dresses and gather in ...

In the heart of Ethiopia's capital, a group of women danced while brandishing a flag bearing the insignia of the war-scarred Tigray region -- a scene that would have been unimaginable a year earlier.

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