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Ethiopian Festivals:
Dawe Emede Travel and Tour is also Ethiopia's leading tour guide service for all interested in taking part in Ethiopian cultural and religious celebrations and festivities.
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Timkat (Epiphany) - E1038:
Timkat is the greatest Ethiopian religious festival. Timkat festival dates back to the legendary history of The Ark of The Covenant. It is believed by Orthodox Church and some scholars that The Ark of Israel, which they were given from God through prophet Mosses, is rested here in Axum, Ethiopia.
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Meskal (The Festival of the True Cross) - E1037:
The True Cross is the name for physical remnants traditionally believed to be from the cross upon which Jesus was crucified.
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3. Mariam Zion (Celebration of Saint Mary of Axum) - E1039:
One of the most fascinating and advanced legendary (may be real history) of Ethiopia is The Ark (lost) of The covenant In Axum, it is widely believed by some scholars and Ethiopians that the Ark is currently being held in the Church of Saint Mary of Zion, guarded by a monk known as the "Keeper of the Ark," who claims to have it in his possession.
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4. Kulubi (Festival Saint Gabriel) - tours can be arranged upon request:
The church was built in 1880.The festival of Saint Gabriel (kulubi Gabriel), the Archangel, is celebrated on every December (Tahsas) 19 Ethiopian calendar (December 28 Gregorian calendar) which culminates in a pilgrimage to Kulubi...
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5. Genna (Christmas) - E1036:
Genna Festival is celebrated 05-08 of every January after a 40 days fasting among Orthodox Christians. On the eve of Christmas or “Genna” as Ethiopians refer to it, people gather in churches to pray in mass that lasts about 3 hours.
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6. Fassika (Easter) - E1035:
The Ethiopian Orthodox Church offers special daily prayers during the Fassika season. The church members and those who offer spiritual teachings in the church do not eat until 3 o’clock in the afternoon with the exception of Saturday and Sunday when prayers are conducted early in the morning. This will be continued for 55 consecutive fasting days.
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7. SHEIKH HUSSEIN (Islamic Pilgrimage):
Sheikh Hussein is a village in south eastern Ethiopia, located in the Bale Province in Ethiopia. The village is name after what, in Ethiopian Muslim eyes, is the most sacred place: the tomb of the thirteenth century Sheikh Hussein, who introduced Islam to the Sidamo people who had lived in the area at the time, and is said to have performed many miracles. A number of these miracles have been recorded in a hagiography published in Cairo in the 1920s, entitled Rabi` al-Qulub. It has continued to be the destination of approximately 50,000 pilgrims twice a year during the Muslim months of Hajj and Rabi` al-Awwal.
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