Category:Eritrean Food Traditions and Festivals

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There are many traditions and festivals held in Eritrea. The national holiday include The New Year’s Day (January 1st), Leddet or the Christmas Day (January 7th), Eil ad-Adha( January 10th), Timket or Epiphany ( January 19th), Muharram or the Islamic New Year (January 31st), Keren (May 29th), Ramadan ends (October 24th) and Eid al-Adha or the festival of sacrifice( December 31st). People from Eritrea mostly those who belong to the Coptic Orthodox Christians and the Moslems are not allowed by their religion to eat meat for 200 days on the year so they have numerous meals which exclude meat. One of their traditional dishes is hot oat gruel with honey. The main traditional foods in Eritrean cuisine are zigni(meat with chili peppers), hilbet (paste made from vegetables like lentils and faba beans), shiro(pea soup) and of course injera which is generally consummated for every meal; injera is flatbread made from teff, wheat ot sorghum).