BBC6 年
Ethiopia's Meskel festival: Bonfires, robes and crosses
Ethiopians are celebrating the annual Meskel festival, the first big festival of the Ethiopian religious year. According to Ethiopian Orthodox Christian tradition, the national holiday marks the ...
BBC2 个月
Ethiopia festival fires burn bright despite downpour
Thousands in Ethiopia's capital city defied a downpour to celebrate Meskel, the first big festival of the religious year. It marks the discovery of the cross Jesus was crucified on, according to ...
来自MSN2 个月
Thousands gather in Ethiopia's capital to celebrate a religious festival. Many are thinking ...
Meskel has been inscribed by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This year's festival comes at a difficult time for Ethiopia, Africa's second-most populous country and one of ...