Ledet (Christmas)
falls on December 29 Ethiopian calendar (January 7 Gregorian
calendar). Ledet (Christmas) is celebrated after 43 days
fasting known as Tsome Gahad (Advent), with a spectacular
procession, which begins at 6 AM and lasts until 9 AM.
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Ethiopia is an old
land of towering mountains and deserts and impossibly blue
lakes strewn across the grassy highlands like scattered
jewels. Mans first beginnings were in the arid lowlands of
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Timket,
or the Feast of the Epiphany, is celebrated in the January.
The 3-day event commemorates the baptism of Christ and is
one of the most colorful Ethiopian festivals.
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