Month: October 2024

[ad_1] In an increasingly interconnected world, the significance of preserving and promoting traditional practices and cultural heritages is crucial to learning about the past and understanding where we came from, reflecting a certain community's cultural values, preserving indigenous knowledge and wisdom and promoting a stronger sense of community as well. Cultural values also serve as the foundation to promote societal norms, nurture fraternity and peace among different groups and bind communities together. Sociologists emphasize that embracing cultural values plays a […]

[ad_1] Irreechaa is one of the cultural values of the Oromo people's Gada system and it is a celebration of gratitude to the Creator. It celebrates the "widespread" subordination of man to his creator as a natural law. In other words, it celebrates the renewal of connection or bond with nature. It is not a religion by itself. It primarily promotes reconciliation, forgiveness, union, love, and peace among the nations and nationalities of Ethiopia. Irreechaa is held twice a year. […]