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2021/07/12 2021/07/12 Ethiopian Clock and Annual Calendar

2021/07/12 Ethiopian Clock and Annual Calendar
If you visit a friend's house in Ethiopia, you will find that the wall clock is very special, as shown in the picture.
The Ethiopian monthly calendar is also very special. There are 13 months in a year, 30 days from January to December, the 13th month is 5 days, and the leap year is 6 days. This kind of calendar is called the Julian Calendar. Julian is the name of Emperor Caesar in Rome, and this calendar was promulgated and implemented by him.
Until the 16th century, the Pope of Rome promulgated the Gregorian Calendar named after him, which is now the Gregorian/Gregorian calendar in the world.
When the great powers came to colonize Africa in the 19th century, they brought the solar calendar with them. All regions of Africa changed their calendars, except Ethiopia, because Ethiopia is the only country in Africa that has not been colonized by any great powers and still adheres to the ancient laws. Use the Julian calendar.
This year is 2021, but Ethiopia is 7 years away, which is 2014. The reason is that there are different disputes about the year Jesus was born.