April 15th is the Oromo Martyrs’ Day, also known as Guyyaa Gootota Oromoo. This commemorative day was first started by the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) after the executions of its prominent leaders on a diplomatic mission en routed to Somalia on April 15, 1980. Since then, this day has been observed as the Oromo Martyrs’ Day by Oromo nationals around the world to honor those who have sacrificed their lives to free Oromia, and to renew a commitment to the cause for which they had died.
The reasons we Celebrat the Oromo Martyrs’ Day
- This day allows us to remember those Oromo heroines and heroes who sacrificed their lives to restore Oromo culture, identity, and human dignity that were wounded by Ethiopian colonialism.
- This commemoration day reminds us that Oromo liberation requires heavy sacrifices, and those who have given their lives for our freedom, are our revolutionary models.
- This day reminds us that we have historical obligations to continue the struggle that Oromo martyrs started until victory.
- This celebration helps us recognize that Oromo heroes and heroines are still fighting in Oromia today.
This year, we celebrated the Oromo Martyr's Day on 13 april in oslo, There was around 150 people who gathered there with different kinds of cultural clothes to celebrate the day with different kind of martyr's songs, with poems from young oromos and blessings from our fathers , it has even become more power full . with more love.
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