The Empress Menen Asfaw Foundation (FEMA) and the Lion of Judah Community invite you to a cultural afternoon to celebrate the birth 133 of Empress Menen I, one of the main Rastafari celebrations, at an event that will take place on Saturday 6 of April in Painter Murillo 5369, Saint Joaquin, from 15:00 hours.
The day will be enlivened by the soundsystem of Anbessa Hifi, while on the microphone they will be Anblessnabi, Last Rock, Angela Music, King Revel Y Soulfyah.
From the Empress Menen Asfaw Chile Foundation they expressed the importance of generating these open spaces for the entire community.
“For us as a Rastafari women's organization We find it important to maintain the tradition of meeting, share, and celebrate an important event for me&Me What is the birth of the mother of the Ethiopian nation?”, expressed from the group.
“Empress Menen did a tremendous job focusing especially on the development of girls, children and women in Ethiopia with the help of SMI Haile Selassie I, Therefore, for us it is equally essential that we raise his name and celebrate as a family., with all the people who want to join this celebration and learn a little more about the Rastafari culture”, they emphasized from the entity.
Menen Asfaw nation the 3 April 1891 -although some sources mention the year 1889 - in the disappeared province of Wolo, in northern Ethiopia, under the name of Walatta Giorgis.
She was the empress consort of Haile Selassie I crowned alongside him the 2 November 1930 in a ceremony to which several world leaders of the time were invited.
The Empress played a fundamental role in the promotion of Ethiopian women, She was the Patron of the Ethiopian Red Cross and the Ethiopian Women's Charitable Organization.
Likewise, founded the Empress Menen School for Girls in Addis Ababa, the first school and boarding school for girls, among other important tasks carried out during his life.
The event to celebrate the birth of the Empress will take place between 15:00 and the 21:00 hours and entry consists of a voluntary donation.
