New year has started all over the world, but there is also a country which is lagging behind the rest of the countries by 7 years. Yes 2012 is still going on in this country. Not only this but a year is 13 months in this country, in such a situation you can understand yourself why this country is lagging behind the rest of the countries by 7 years.
The country that we are talking about is Ethiopia, where today, not 2019, but 2012 is going on, which is 7 years behind all the countries of the world. You will be surprised to know that the population of this country is just around 10 crores. The special thing is that while all the countries of the world celebrate their new year on 1 January, the residents of Ethiopia celebrate their new year on 11 September.
In fact, Ethiopians have their own Coptic calendar according to which they run, while all the countries of the world follow the same Grigorian calendar and their festivals are also according to this calendar. Residents of Ethiopia believe that Jesus was born in 7BC, and accordingly the counting of days began here after which the Coptic calendar was created. No festival is celebrated in Ethiopia on the day when the whole world is celebrating that festival.
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