The Southeastern Region Melbourne Oromo Community Association in Victoria Australia would like to invite you to the annual Irreecha Birraa festival, Oromo National Thanksgiving day, of the year on Sunday 4 October 2015.
Irreechaa Birraa is a celebration that repeats once in a year-in birraa and involves special activities or amusements as it has a lot of importance in our lives. It symbolizes the arrival of spring and brighten season with their vibrant green and daisy flowers.
It’s a day all Oromian’s celebrate and cherish due to our ties to our root: Oromo Identity and country. It’s a time for reflection, celebration and a good connection with our best heritage, Oromummaa.
Theme: Moving Forward: A Year of Networking
This year’s Oromian Irreechaa Festival is going to be bigger and better than ever, with a whole theme park devoted to diverse Oromian cultural Identity. The theme of this national Thanksgiving Day is “Moving Forward: A Year of Networking ” in which it aims to celebrate Irreechaa festivals as a medium for bringing all Oromias together to follow and promote our tradition and religion in society, to create public awareness where Oromo cultural and religious issues will be discussed, to provide a better understanding of Oromo culture and history, to pave the way for promotion of the Oromo culture, history and lifestyle and to celebrate Oromo Irreechaa, a national Thanksgiving Day.
We believe that Irreechaa- Oromo Thanksgiving Day- holds Oromo nation together. The day is very important as it helps to bring life to a state of cheerfulness and enthusiasm through celebration.
This Oromo Irreechaa Festival will be held in Melbourne, Australia on Sunday 4 October 2015 at Wilson Botanical Garden in Berwick , Vic 3806 from 11:30 to 6:00.
Happy Irreechaa!
Advocacy for Oromia 