What a beautiful few days it was. From the halls of Kings Hall to the peaceful grounds along Alum Creek, our community came together to sing, dance, remember, and celebrate what it means to be Afar โ together, across borders and generations.
None of it would have been possible without the generosity of those who believed in this vision and stood behind it.
๐๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ:
๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐บ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐น (๐๐๐๐) โ for the grant support that helped bring this celebration to life
๐ ๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ง๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ (๐๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ) โ for standing with us as a sponsor of Afar Day
๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ โ for your sponsorship and continued partnership with our community
๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ถ๐๐ฟ๐ผ โ for generously sponsoring this year’s gathering
๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ โ for your contributions, your time, and your unwavering commitment to our community, year after year
To our sponsors, our volunteers, our elders, our performers, and every single family who traveled near and far to be part of this โ Afar Day only grows because of you. Thank you for investing in our language, our culture, and our future.
Until next year โ ๐ค๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ฎ! ๐บ๐ธ
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๐ Columbus, Ohio | ๐๏ธ August 14โ16, 2026