THE 3RD ANNUAL BUHE FEST @ THE FARM | 8/16/25

@ IRIE GOAT FARM - 16004 Ashbox Rd, Brandywine, MD

ቡሄን በአሜሪካ እንደባህላችን እናክብር።

ቡሄ በሉ! ችቦ ፤ ሙልሙል ፤ ባህላዊ ጨዋታዎች ፤ ሆያ ሆዬ!

A FAMILY FUN FESTIVAL DAY FIT FOR EVERYONE IN YOUR HOME!

ቡሄ | BUHE

BUHE is Ethiopia’s core tradition of the celebration of light and joy for generations; dedicated to the transfiguration of Jesus Christ to light in His God form on mount tabor; (Mathew 17).

BUHE (pronounced as BU - HAY) is an Ethiopian language word : which means " a bright shining light".

ቡሄ = የበራ ፤ የደመቀ ፤ የጎላ - ከሚለው ትርጓሜ በመነሳት ፡ ጌታችን መድኅኒታችን እየሱስ ክርስቶስ በብርሃነ መለኮትነቱ ሲገለጥ በደብረ ታቦር የነበረውን የጎላ የደመቀ ብርኃንነቱን አስመልክቶ፣ በኢትዮጲያ ለዘመናት ሲከበር የነበረ ፣ እና አሁንም ወደፊትም የሚከበር ልዩ የኢትዮጲያ የብርኃን በዓል ቀን ነው።

A FAMILY FUN DAY @ BUHE FEST

BUHE @ the farm ; started as a small gathering in 2023 and is now grateful to announce BUHE FEST 2025 returns August 16, 2025; reimagined as a vibrant nostalgia of immersive and memorable family-fun gathering; rooted in our heritage, community spirit, and intergenerational joy.

ለመላው ቤተሰብ ተመጣጥኖ የተዘጋጀ ልዩ ቀን። ______________________________

HAPPY TO R.S.V.P | እንመጣለን በደስታ

Come out and enjoy with your entire family

BUY TICKETES | በደስታ እንመጣላን

Family Fun Activities @ BUHE FEST 8 | 16 | 2025

ለመላው ቤተሰብ የተመጣጠነ የባህላዊ የውሎ ቀን ለቡሄ አዘጋጅተን በአክብሮ እንዲቋደሱን እንጋብዛለን ።።

BUHE FEST is a family fun festival dedicated to the transfiguration of Jesus Christ to light in His God form on mount tabor; as a celebration of light and joy - Ethiopia’s core tradition for generations.

Join us on August 16, 2025 for the 3rd annual BUHE FEST, to have and immersive cultural experience of the greatest variety of traditional games, family fun activities, food, coffee, art, crafts and musical showcase that is fit for the entire family; including grandparents, children, and toddlers.

Make Chibbo | Hoya Hoye

ችቦ እንስራ | ሆያ ሆዬ

Come with your entire family and make [ችቦ] chibbo for the bon fire at the BUHE @ The Farm Festival. Open to all ages.

ችቦ አስረን ከልጆቻችን ጋር እንሰራና ፣ ሲመሽ እናበራለን ቡሄ በሉ እያልን ።

Make shaker workshop for the entire family for the buhe traditional hoya hoye song.

ቆርኪዎች ቀጥቅጠን ፣ ጽናጽሉን ሰርተን ፤ ታጅበን በዱላው ድምድምታ ፣ በግጥም ፣ በዜማ ፣ እንደባህላችን ፣ በእልልታ እና ጭብጨባ ፤ እናደምቀዋለን ቡሄን በአሜሪካ ።

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Play Traditional Games

ባህላዊ ጨዋታዎች

Bring out the children for the nostalgic traditional games, played outside in nature with nature at The BUHE @ The Farm Festival. Open to all ages.

ልጆቻችሁን አምጡና ፤ ስንጫወት ባደግንባቸው አስደሳች ጨዋታዎች እናጫውታቸው።

Do you remember playing outside with what ever nature provided ? Let's do it again!

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ጢባ ጢቤ ፣ ቃጤ ፣ ቴዘር ፤ ቅልብልቦሽ ፣ ገበጣ ፣ ብይ ፤ እግር ዃስ ... ማን ያስታውሳል?እስቲ ኑ እንጫወት!

Make Mulmul Workshop

ሙልሙል እንስራ

BUHE FEST invites all families to participate in the wrapping of dough with banana leaves and baking of mul-mul [ ሙልሙል ] bread outdoor, as done in the Ethiopian traditional way at the BUHE FEST @ The Farm Festival 2025. [ Mul-mul wrapping is open to all ages. Baking is open to all ages 8 and above.]

አብራችሁን ሙልሙል መስራት ለምትወዱ በሙሉ ተሰብስበን ሙልሙል በኮባ እንጠቅልል። እንጨት አቀጣጥለን በብረት ምጣድ ሙልሙል እንጋግር።

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Coffee Ceremony Workshop ባህላዊ ቡና እናፍላ

Join us for an exceptionally one of a kind traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony workshop featuring cultural representation from north, east, west, and south of Ethiopia. Learn how to make Ethiopian coffee the traditional way from different regions of Ethiopia at the BUHE FEST @ The Farm Festival 2025. Open to all ages 13 and older.

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እንድባህላችን አብረን ውጪ ተሰብስበን ቡና እናፍላ ። የተለያዩ የኢትዮጲያ ባህላዊ ቡና አፈላሎችን እንማር ፣ እንቅመስ ፣ እናጣጥም ። መቼም የማንረሳው ቀን ይኑረን።

Painting with beteseb.org

ስዕል እንሳል ከቤተሰብ ጋር

Come with you family for a free style painting session with Beteseb.org : A DC based non-profit that strives to make art an affordable and accessible experience for families in the DC metro area.

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R.S.V.P.

ንጹህ አየር እየተነፈስን ውጪ ሜዳ ላይ ተሰብስበን ከቤተሰብ ጋር ስዕል እንሳል ፣ እንቀባ ፣ መንፈሳችንን እናድስ ።

Paint with beteseb is $ 25 per attendee to cover cost of Art materials and instructor's time.

ለመሳል የሚያስፈልጎትን ሁሉ ከኛ በ $25 ያሟሉ።

Live Music @ BUHE FEST

ልዩ የባህላዊ ሙዚቃ ዝግጅት

A special musical performance by masters of their arts curated by Betesebawi to ensure its fit for all in the family, including grandparents, young children, and toddlers.

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Musical Performances By:

Youth Cultural Dance Performance

የልጆች የባህል ውዝዋዜ

Cultural Traditional Instrument Performance

የልጆች የባህል መሳሪያ ተጫዋቾች

Zelesegna + Medina by Setegne Atenaw

ዘለሰኛ መዲና - በሰጠኝ አጠናው

ችቦ - BON FIRE

ችቦ ሲበራ - Chibbo bon fire ceremony at BUHE FEST 2024.

Become A Sponsor of A Family Fun Activity

It takes a collective grains of sand, a collective grains of cement, a collective H2O molecules of water, the brick, and the labor of love to make the wall rise up to be a home. We are just doing good in our part as a single grain of sand individually, that is needed to build our communities.

The entire BUHE Fest community appreciates your interest in becoming a proud sponsor of one of the family fun activities, or a traditional game, live music, or art workshop at The BUHE FEST. Build a nostalgic and life long memory of your brand within our well curated community of families by sponsoring one of the Family Fun Activities at BUHE FEST 2025.

በቡሄ ዝግጅታችንን ከመላው ቤተሰቦ ጋር ተገኝተው እየተዝናኑ ፤ የኩባኒያዎትን ስም እንዳይረሳ አድርገው እንዲያስተዋውቁ በአክብሮት ጋብዘኖታል። ድርጅትዎ በቡሄ ፌስት ቢሳተፍልን ፤

Sponsorship Options

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Vending at BUHE FEST 2025

BUHE FEST 2025 invites local start ups and established businesses to come and be a proud vendor at our festival. We have 10X10 space for your vending tent ready for set up at the farm. We invite food establishments, craft makers, natural health and beauty products sellers, after school programs, and other like minded organization to become a vending partner with BUHE FEST 2025.

2025 BUHE FEST
VENDORS LIST

BUHE FEST takes great pride in curating a great list of quality vendors to feature at the BUHE @ The Farm Festival 2025. Meet our communities of businesses that have partnered with BUHE FEST as a vendor.

SEE VENDORS LIST FOR 2025

BECOME A VENDOR
BUHE FEST 2025

If you have a unique product or service you would like to promote at BUHE FEST 2025 for our 800 plus guest at our Festival, we encourage you to become a BUHE FEST 2025 vendor.

BECOME A VENDOR

HOST A FAMILY FUN ACTIVITY
BUHE FEST 2025

If you have a for profit or not for profit organization that focuses on youth programs; become a host of the BUHE FEST Family Fun Activities or games and in return build a nostalgic lifelong memory of your company and brand to a large community of families.

HOST A FAMILY FUN ACTIVITY

SUPPORT THE JRDC SCHOOL

THE SHASHEMANE FOUNDATION - A MARYLAND BASED 501 C SUPPORTS THE JRDC SCHOOL IN SHASHEMANE, ETHIOPIA; CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF SERVICE IN EDUCATING THOUSANDS OF ETHIOPIANS AND RASTAFARIAN STUDENTS IN SHASHEMANE ETHIOPIA.

AS SHASHEMANE FOUNDATION FOCUSES THEIR MISSION ON MAKING THE JRDC SCHOOL A SELF SUSTAINING PROJECT, BUHE FEST WILL DO IT'S PART IN SUPPORTING BY DONATING 10% OF ALL BUHE FEST PROCEEDS TO THE JRDC SCHOOL IN SHASHEMANE.

YOU CAN DONATE TO SHASHEMANE FOUNDATION DIRECTLY BY CLICKING THE LINK BELOW!

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BUHE FEST is Empowered by:

BUHE FEST kindly appreciates the collective community of individuals, for profit and non-profit organizations who have come with their small grain part to bring this grand nostalgic event to your families for the past two "BUHE FEST festivals on years 2023 and 2024.

BUHE FEST 2025 invites and encourages all to continue to do their small part in making indigenous culture accessible to the diaspora.