1) August observance 2) Festival in Eritrea 
Ashenda or Shadey (Tigrinya: ኣሸንዳ, Amharic: ሻደይ) is a festival celebrated in August in the Ethiopian regions of Tigray and Northern Amhara and in neighbouring Eritrea. Ashenda marks the end of a two-week-long fast known as Filseta (Ge`ez: ጾመ-ፍልሰታ) when adherents of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church/Eritrean Orthodox....