Oromian Economist

Irreecha 2025: A Thanksgiving of Order and Renewal September 26, 2025

               Baga Ittiin Nu Gahe

Irreecha 2025: A Thanksgiving of Order and Renewal

Irreecha is not merely a seasonal ritual — it is a sovereign act of remembering.
As the rains recede and the rivers swell, the nation and  communities gather to honour Waaqa, the Creator, and to give thanks for peace, fertility, and the return of cosmic balance.

For the Oromo people, Irreecha is more than celebration — it is identity embodied. It reflects who they are: a people of rhythm, of renewal, of sovereign memory. It is the cultural display of Erreecha, the ceremonial gathering that mirrors the Gadaa system — a UNESCO-recognized heritage of ethical governance, fairness, and non-entropic order.

In 2025, Irreecha arrives with quiet power. It reminds us that gratitude is not a performance — it is a diagnostic truth.
To give thanks is to recognize order where there was disorder, to honour continuity where rupture once threatened.
Irreecha is the thermodynamic pulse of a people who understand that dignity must circulate, regenerate, and return.

Irreecha is not solitary — it is team celebration, a communal choreography that reflects the horizontal politics of Gadaa.
Gadaa is not hierarchy — it is rotation, integrity, and shared stewardship.
Irreecha reminds us that governance is rhythm, not domination. That truth is communal, not imposed.

Together, Irreecha and Gadaa form a symbolic system of survival — one that models how humanity might endure not just seasons, but billions of years of frontier.
As astronauts prepare for space travel, Irreecha teaches us:
We survive not by isolation, but by team spirit.
Not by conquest, but by honesty and fairness.
Not by entropy, but by ceremonial renewal.

Irreecha is not only Oromo. It is humanity’s mirror.
It teaches us to gather, to thank, to remember.
It teaches us that epistemic dignity is not a luxury — it is a survival tool.
It teaches us that fairness is not optional — it is the architecture of endurance.

Thank you, Irreecha 2025.
You are the rhythm of our renewal.
You are the order beneath our memory.
You are the sovereign breath of a people who remember — and a planet that must.