Fasika (Ethiopian Orthodox Easter)

One week after the ferengi Easter, we had Easter here. The locals all seen very happy. I’m not sure if it’s because Jesus was resurrected, or because after 60 days of fasting, they can now eat meat again. There were a lot of nervous sheep, goats and chickens yesterday!!!

I had lunch at my neighbours – the children were wearing Easter outfits that are a blend of traditional and modern. Mum had sent out a box of miscellaneous Lego pieces and they enjoyed making cars etc.

Then it was on to another house on the campus to be hand-fed sheep meat, then later to a house in the town currently occupied by another Swede working with an NGO working in the water supply business. First Göran fixed his electricity supply (second one in two days – that’s the trouble when you used to be an electrician,) then we had rice and chicken in a nice sauce.

It’s been really hot again in the last couple of days. After a brief rain shower tonight I felt chilly air coming in the window. The temperature of the air according to my thermometer was 26°C. I don’t think anyone in the UK would regard 26°C as chilly, but being as our lounge has been up to 36-37°C this afternoon, it’s quite a lot cooler for us.

People will slowly return to work this week from spending Easter with their families, but if it’s anything like last year, nothing much will happen until next week.