Humorous Wedding Speech Essay

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Good afternoon class, today I will be giving a speech on my country’s flag. This Flag is an Ethiopian flag and I picked this flag to symbolize me because of three reasons. The first reason is very obvious, the flag represents the country where I was born and where I spent my most of my childhood. The second reason is that 80% of my family are in Ethiopia and they are a big factor in my life, they helped me through this journey of life by giving me advices, priceless happiness and by guiding me, for this reason I am forever molded and it’s indented in my personality. The last reason is that I am very proud of my people, the culture, the rich history and the undeniable strong willpower the people possess.

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