Invitation to Oromo’s Annual Family Cook Out in Washington DC Metro Area
September 25, 2012
The Oromo Community Organization (OCO) of the Washington D.C Metropolitan Area has planned to organize Oromo’s annual family cookout on Saturday September 29, 2012 from 1:30 pm-6:00pm at the Silver Spring’s Indian Springs recreation center/park.Information related to the venue, date and time of this event is indicated below.
During this event, Oromo’s great foods and drinks will be served free of charges. In addition, various entertaining programs such as fun games, question and answer session related to Oromo’s history and culture, health awareness session, certificate award ceremony for high school students, games for kids, sports, poem readings, jokes, mamaaksa, hibboo…etc will be conducted.
We, therefore, kindly invite you and your family to come to this highly important and entertaining family cookout event and enjoy your time with fellow Oromos. We also encourage you to bring to this event relatives and friends.
Venue, date and time of the event
Date: September 29, 2012
Time: 1:30pm-10:30pm
Place: Indian Springs
Address: 9717 Lawndale Drive
Silver Spring, MD 20901
With kind regards,
Oromo Community Organization (OCO)
6212 3rd street NW,
Washington D.C, 20011
Phone: (office) 202-234-1151
Email: info@oneoromo.org
Website: www.oneoromo.org
Well done. This is one way of joing hhands and hearts. Good creativity.
This is very sad. The Oromo community organization is disrespecting the irrecha holiday by organizing a major community event before the Irrecha. Next day is Irrecha. Just cancel it and honor our tradition. Allow the children to learn the tradition. Bring them to the Irrecha day on Sunday.
“One Oromo” in name only! Ginbot -7s, OPDOs, pacifists and unionists have deliberately organized this event to disrupt the Gubaa Ceremony. Whatever your intention is, Washington Metropolitan Area is a pioneer in celebrating this vibrant Oromo culture for more than two decades.
This is a fact on record and no one can deny it. You need to change this event because Gubaa and Irreechaa Ceremony is a once a year event. You can change the community gathering to another time.
I respect your rights not to celebrate it but I object the intention if it is deliberately done.
Jiruu Barii