Dates for your 2006 calendar

Festivals and celebrations
January
6/7 Christmas Eve/Christmas Day

April
23 Grounation Day
This day remembers Haile Selassie’s visit to Jamaica in 1966.

July
23 Birthday of Emperor Haile Selassie I
A holy day of celebration for Rastafarians.

11 Ethiopian New Year’s Day
Rastafarians celebrate the New Year.

November
2 Anniversary of the crowning of Haile Selassie I
On this day, Rastafarians celebrate Haile Selassie the 1st being crowned the Emperor of Ethiopia.  Haile Selassie is believed to be the Messiah.