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Ashenda Festival
August 27, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT
Free
Ashenda Festival is a intergenerational traditional Tigrayan celebration of femininity.
Ashenda is a colourful annual event with food, live music, dancing and singing. Tigrayan women and girls of all faiths wear traditional white dresses with beautiful embroidery and accessories. All are welcome!
This year the festival takes on new meaning as it will also highlight how Tigrayan women and girls have been prime targets in the genocidal war on Tigray that started in Nov 2020. Their bodies have become a battlefield as they have been subjected to weaponized rape and sexual slavery.
There has never been a better time to make a joyful statement about continued existence and to celebrate the centrality of women in Tigrayan culture. Join us.
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