The Ethiopian Flag Day
THE ETHIOPIAN FLAG Ethiopia is celebrating the 10th National Flag Day on October 16th, 2017 Gregorian calendar ( ጥቅምት 06, 2010 Julian calendar). (Ethiopia has just started its Year 2010 on September 11th, 2017 as it is following the Julian calendar.) The three basic colors of the Ethiopian Flag are Green (top), Yellow (middle) and Red (bottom). Green symbolizes the Land. Ethiopia has a diversified geography with its highest peak of 4,620 meters above sea level (4620 feet asl) at Mount Ras Dashen in the Simien Mountains of Northern Ethiopia, and the lowest point in the African Continent at Dallol (116 meters below sea level or (380 feet bsl) in the Denakil or Afar Depression of North Eastern Ethiopia. Yellow recalls peace and hope. Red at the bottom signifies power, strength and blood. Ethiopia is the only African Nation which was not colonized by the European powers during the Scramble for Africa. At the Battle of Adwa in (March 02, 1896) Ethiopians shed blood to defeat th