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| ETHIOPIAN CALENDAR |
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| Ethiopian people use the Orthodox old calendar. |
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| Their calendar is almost 8 years (7 years and 8 month), behind the Gregorian calendar (year 2002=1994 Ethiopian). |
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| The discrepancy results from differences between Ethiopian Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic as to the date of the creation of the world. |
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| The year has 13 month. |
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| Twelve month are 30 days long and the thirteenth month (called PAGUEMAIN), has 6 days (during the leap years), or 5 days (during the other). |
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| The days of PAGUEMAIN are preceding the New Year (11 September). |
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| They celebrate their New Year on 11 September. |
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| READING THE CALENDAR |
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| You read from left to right. |
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| The thousands don't exist. |
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| Want to write 1900-??? |
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| You use the nineteen hundreds in the following way: |
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| 10 9 100 (meaning 10 +9 hundreds). |
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| Then arrives the numeral of the decimal ( 20, 30,40,....etc.). |
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| It ends with the singles. |
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| EXAMPLE: |
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