Masqalla yooooo yohoooo,( happy Dorze meskel Festive)

Masqalla  yooo, yoooooo

Danguza Dorze's traditional colors

Dorze womens drinking with one cup demonstrating love

Masqalla ( meskele)   is one of the most colorfully celebrated socio-religio-ritualistic festival  Dorze southern ethiopia ,. For the Orthodox Christians it also symbolizes the finding of the "True Cross". Beside the levels of meaning attached to it,  Meskel means a lot for the most of southern nations  particularly when it tocomes  Dorze community who lives on mountain 3000 meter who is widely known beehive  hut, weaving and beautiful music.

Unlike anywhere else in Ethiopia here  It marks the beginning of a new year, a time of feasting and a time when the rainy season ends so that visiting of friends and relatives becomes possible.,

 every community member who are living in major towns of the country regularly fulfill an obligation to returned back to their birth place.

 In Doze and in other neighboring area there is a rituals of blessing and purification to make new year prosperous and healthy,  which takes place in on open field accompanied by sacrifice of hundreds of cows  annually on 26^th of September .

paused with smartly dressed dorze man at sacrifice filed 

Here  then the Greeting changes “Mesqall yooooo, yoooooo”( happy meskel festive)