Mother's Day Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== Ethiopia ==== Mother's Day is celebrated for three days in [[Ethiopia]], after the end of the rainy season. It comes in mid-fall where people enjoy a three-day feast called "Antrosht".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/mothers-day|title=Mother's Day – Holidays |website=History.com|access-date=13 April 2016}}</ref> For the feast, ingredients will be brought by the children for a traditional hash recipe. The ingredients are divided along genders, with girls bringing spices, vegetables, cheese and butter, while the boys bring a lamb or bull. The mother hands out to the family the hash.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/alemayehu-g-mariam/ethiopia-happy-mothers-da_b_569185.html|title=Happy Mother's Day Birtukan!|website=HuffPost|date=17 May 2010|access-date=13 April 2016}}</ref> A celebration takes place after the meal. The mothers and daughters anoint themselves using butter on their faces and chests. While honoring their family and heroes, men sing songs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mothersdaycentral.com/about-mothersday/history/|title=Mothers Day History ~ The Complete History of Mother's Day|website=Mothers Day Central|access-date=13 April 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203605/http://www.mothersdaycentral.com/about-mothersday/history/|archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page