Addis Corridor Dev’t Special Beauty to Irreecha Festival: Celebrants 

Addis Ababa, October 4, 2025 (ENA) – Development endeavors, including the corridor development, in Addis Ababa have become special beauty to the Irreecha festival, participants of the celebration said.

Irreecha, the Oromo thanksgiving festival, was colorfully celebrated in Hora Finfinnee through vibrant displays of the Oromo culture that vividly reflects the community’s rich cultural heritage.

Many people, including Abbaa Gadaas, youth, elders, and guests from various walks of life, attended the ceremony.

 

Participants told ENA that Irreecha is a festival of thanksgiving, peace, forgiveness, harmony and brotherhood, which also strengthens the multinational unity and bond of people.

Irreecha vividly depicted the Oromo culture as participants decorated with various spectacular traditional attires at the festival symbolize unity and the rich cultural heritage of the Oromo people.

 

Addis Ababa through the integration of lush greenery, stunning walkways, public plazas, and vibrant streets, among others, has become a special beauty to the Irreecah festival, according to the celebrants.

 

Irreechaa Hora Arsadi will also be celebrated in Bishoftu town of Oromia region 40 kilometers southeast of Addis Ababa, tomorrow.

Irreecha, which is part of the UNESCO-inscribed intangible world heritage of the Gada system, is an emblem of peace, multinational unity, and peaceful coexistence among people.