DENVER (CBS4) – There was a celebration in Denver of a culture more than 8,000 miles away on Sunday — it was the annual Taste of Ethiopia event.
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Denver is popular destination for Ethiopian immigrants because of the climate similarities.
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“The altitude of our capital is 9,000 feet and it’s very dry weather, so I’d say that the weather is attractive, and we also have a lot of mountains in Ethiopia, so that’s attractive,” said Dr. Amen Sergew, a pulmonologist from Ethiopia. “But I’d say the people of Colorado are very friendly and that’s always enticing.”
PHOTO GALLERY: Taste Of Ethiopia
Dozens of immigrants also took the Oath of Allegiance to become American citizens on Sunday.
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