Wolaita Gifaataa New Year festival
African & Afro-Diasporic Rite / ceremony
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Neutral catalog summary
About this record
Wolaita Gifaataa New Year festival is cataloged as a Rite / ceremony within African & Afro-Diasporic. Its candidate country context is “Ethiopia” and its period or origin is “Historically documented; living.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Wolaita customary traditions.”
This summary is assembled only from the record fields shown below. It does not add ritual instructions, doctrinal claims or inferred geography.
Record fields
- Alternate / historical names
- Gifaataa; Gifaata; Wolaita New Year
- Parent tradition
- Wolaita customary traditions
- Public geographic context
- Ethiopia
- Period / origin
- Historically documented; living
- Living / historical status
- Living community new-year festival
- Access / protocol
- Open / public
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Geography
CandidateEthiopia
Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.
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Related Atlas entries
Stable attribution
Cite this record
Wolaita Gifaataa New Year festival. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 1864. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/1864
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