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Ethiopia’s ancient instrument finds new life, healing through timeless melodies
One of the country's oldest instruments, the begena was once reserved for the elite - and effectively banned during the ...
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Christianity and the Queen of Sheba
The Ethiopian Orthodox Church dates the top-down Christianization of Aksum circa 330 AD with King Ezana’s conversion to the monotheistic religion, under the influence of bishop Frumentius. Although ...
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Abuna Yemata Guh, a remote and ancient church in a very difficult to access location
The rock walls that must be traversed to reach Abuna Yemata Guh (Photo: Wittmann Tours). Disagreements within Ethiopian ...
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These Seven Stunning Towers Memorialize Lost Black Lives With Mirrors, Light and Ethiopian Cross Designs
“There was such a really direct application of her studying the Ethiopian Coptic Orthodox crosses, and sort of learning about those forms and applying that to our work, we just thought it told ...
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Yes Band Aid, Ethiopians do know it's Christmas time
Ethiopians follow the ancient Julian calendar, and like many other Orthodox Christians they celebrate Christmas on 7 January (or according to the Ge'ez Ethiopian calendar, the 29th day of Tahsas).