{"id":277947,"date":"2019-06-03T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CBMiZ2h0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmFmcmljYW5ld3MuY29tLzIwMTkvMDYvMDQvZWlkLWluLWV0aGlvcGlhLWNvbW11bmFsLXByZXBzLWZyZWUtYnVzLXJpZGUtdG8tcGxhY2Utb2Ytd29yc2hpcC_SAQA?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-26T11:15:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T15:15:05","slug":"eid-in-ethiopia-brought-communal-clean-ups-and-free-bus-rides-to-prayer-grounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/277947","title":{"rendered":"Eid in Ethiopia brought communal clean-ups and free bus rides to prayer grounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In June 2019 Africanews reported that Ethiopia\u2019s Eid festivities that year were marked by communal preparation, including clean-ups at places of worship and free bus rides that helped people reach prayer sites.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-598256\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/east-wollega-featured.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Eid in Ethiopia brought communal clean-ups and free bus rides to prayer grounds\" \/>\n<p>Public transport support and neighborhood work around mosques showed how religious holidays in Ethiopia often run through shared logistics, not only private family meals.<\/p>\n<p>Kept as culture archive, the Africanews piece dates how Eid 2019 was organized as a public and communal event in Ethiopian cities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2019\/06\/04\/eid-in-ethiopia-communal-preps-free-bus-ride-to-place-of-worship\/\">Africanews<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eid in Ethiopia: Communal preps, free bus ride to place of worship&nbsp;&nbsp;Africanews EnglishIn Ethiopia, a sense of communal unity and togetherness underlined the events leading up to 2019 Eid festivities. From the clean up of places of worship by &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":598256,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/east-wollega-featured.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1aj1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277947"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":755033,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277947\/revisions\/755033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}