BY HAILE HABTEGABER The 20th of June is one of the sanctified dates in Eritrea’s annual national holiday calendar. It is a day when we venerate and pay tribute to our martyrs for the most precious gift they gave us – a free and sovereign Red Sea state called Eritrea.
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By Bereket Kidane, The month of June is a commemorative one on the Eritrean calendar. As soon as the worldwide Independence Day (Mealti Natsnet) parties and celebrations that start in late May and spill into June wind down, the commemorative season and days of remembrance that culminate with Eritrea’s Memorial Day (Mealti Sematat) come upon […]
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By Bereket Kidane, LATER this month, Eritrea will observe ‘Mealti Sematat’ (Memorial Day) for its fallen heroes. Mealti Sematat has become as sacred as the ancient Muslim and Christian religious holidays celebrated in Eritrea. There is a certain sanctity to it. Collective responsibility is a fundamental principle of Eritrean society. In Eritrea, the idea that […]
Continue Readingመዓልቲ ሰማእታት ኤርትራ ፡ ንሃገራዊ ናጽነትን ሓርነትን ኤርትራ ክብሉ ንዝተሰውኡን ፡ ንዝተረኽበ ሃገራዊ ናጽነት ከይድፈር ሂወቶም ንዝኸፈሉን ጀጋኑ ፡ ንዝገደፉልና ሃገራዊ ሕድርን ሓላፍነትን ብዘይ ዝኾነ ይኹን ቅድመ ኩነት ፡ ከነኽብሮን ክንሕልዎን ምዃና መብጻዓና ነሐድሰሉ፡ ንኽብርን ዝኽርን ሰማእታት ኤርትራ ተባሂሉ ብደረጃ ሃገር ዝኽበር መዓልቲ እዩ ። ብ ግርማይ በርሀ (ሽካጎ), መዓልቲ ሰማእታት ኤርትራ ፡ ንሃገራዊ ናጽነትን ሓርነትን […]
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BY BEREKET KIDANE OVER the last 60 years, some 90,000 Eritrean combatants and countless civilians have been killed and murdered by successive Ethiopian regimes who wanted to erase Eritrean identity and later on Eritrean sovereignty. Eritrea’s Memorial Day (Mealti Sematat) is observed on June 20, a mere few weeks after Independence Day in order to remind […]
Continue ReadingBy Bereket Kidane, This Thursday, June 20, we mark ‘Mealti Sematat’ – Eritrea’s day of remembrance for its fallen heroes. We honor the brave tegadeltis who sacrificed the prime of their lives to create a sovereign Eritrean nation and the equally brave Warsay generation who gave up their lives to protect it. Perhaps more than any other […]
Continue ReadingBy TesfaNews, For all peoples, nations and countries, Independence and Martyrs’ (Memorial) Days are historical, unique, important, and sacred days. They are devoid of any political, religious and ethnic affiliation. They are not and can not be designated to any group or government. They are fully owned by the people. Democracy or not democracy, hot or cold, rain or […]
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