THE COMMEMORATION OF BAPTISM FESTIVAL
TIMKET (EPIPANY) --- THIS IS THE GREATEST FESTIVAL OF THE ETHIOPIAN YEAR .FALLING JUST 2 WEEKS AFTER ETHIOPIAN CHRISTMAS EVERY JANUARY 19,IT IS ACCTUALY 3 DAYS AFFAIR .PRECEDED BY THE EVE OF TIMKET WHEN THE DRAMATIC AND COLOURFUL ,PROCESSSION TAKE PLACE THROUGH THE NIGHIT OF PRAYER AND FASTING ,TO THE GRAT DAY ITSELF AND THE COMMEMORATION OF CHRIST BAPTIST BY SAIT JHON IN THE JORDAN RIVER. MANY PEOPLE BRING THEIR TABOT (THE ARC OF THE COVENANT ) ESCORT TO JAN MEDA ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR … Read more ...













