Awakened by midnight chants: Timket in Ethiopia.
From: PSA Journal
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Date: 9/1/2004
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Author: Jefkin-Elnekave, Debbie
A single candle illuminates the shrouded figures of three small children, bronzing their faces and imbuing them with an angelic quality. They are huddled together in a solemn observance of Timket, the Ethiopian Orthodox Epiphany, or commemoration of the baptism of Christ. I reflect back on the chaos of yesterday's Epiphany eve Ketra procession. How different and serene it is this pre-dawn morning of Timket in Lalibela.
My plan to venture so far off the beaten path was met with ...
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