{"id":1158,"date":"2026-01-16T08:19:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T08:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/?p=1158"},"modified":"2026-01-16T08:19:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T08:19:15","slug":"ethiopias-culture-and-sports-minister-visits-renovated-gondar-castle-ahead-of-timket-festival-kin-ethiopia-is-showcasing-ethiopias-authentic-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/ethiopias-culture-and-sports-minister-visits-renovated-gondar-castle-ahead-of-timket-festival-kin-ethiopia-is-showcasing-ethiopias-authentic-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia&#8217;s Culture and Sports Minister Visits Renovated Gondar Castle Ahead of Timket Festival, &#8220;Kin Ethiopia\u201d is showcasing Ethiopia&#8217;s Authentic culture."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a><\/a>Prepares Cultural Showcase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AMN Plus -January 15\/2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ethiopia\u2019s Minister of Culture and Sports, Shewit Shanka, visited the newly renovated Gondar Castle ahead of the country\u2019s vibrant Epiphany (Timket) festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She highlighted the government\u2019s efforts to harness Ethiopia\u2019s cultural and historical potential, especially in iconic cities like Gondar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the visit, religious leaders, community figures, and artists praised the restoration work, noting that it enhances the city\u2019s long-recognized cultural, historical, and ethnographic heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Gondar enters its peak season of celebrations, the renowned art troupe \u201cKin Ethiopia\u201d is set to present the \u201cEthiopia Rising\u201d initiative, a national cultural program showcasing Ethiopia\u2019s rich traditions in music, dance, and coffee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kin Ethiopia has previously performed on the international stage, including in China and Russia, promoting tourism, investment, and people-to-people connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Afework Wubetu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prepares Cultural Showcase. AMN Plus -January 15\/2026 Ethiopia\u2019s Minister of Culture and Sports, Shewit Shanka, visited the newly renovated Gondar Castle ahead of the country\u2019s vibrant Epiphany (Timket) festival. She highlighted the government\u2019s efforts to harness Ethiopia\u2019s cultural and historical potential, especially in iconic cities like Gondar. During the visit, religious leaders, community figures, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,20,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-culture","category-tourism","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1160,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158\/revisions\/1160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}