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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - January 19, 2023: Choir of men and women perform hymns during Timkat celebrations and a boy is playing the drum. Timket is an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church celebration of Epiphany. It is celebrated on 19 January (or 20 in a leap year), corresponding to the 11th day of Terr in the Ge'ez calendar. On this day, crowds assemble together with priests who are carrying over their heads covered replicas of the "tabot"(a model of the Ark of the Covenant) wrapped in rich cloth and borne in procession on the head of the priests.

Timkat festival in Gonder, Ethiopia

Turmi, Ethiopia - September 2017: Unidentified Ethiopian people celebrating the Meskel festival in Ehtiopia. Meskel commemorates the finding of the True Cross

Gonder, Ethiopia - January 19, 2012: group of unidentified people dressed in traditional attire during the Timkat holiday, the important Ethiopian Orthodox celebration of Epiphany.

Large music band marches during the Timkat Festival, an annual Orthodox Christian celebration of the Epiphany, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - January 19, 2023: Choir of men and women perform hymns during Timkat, celebrations. Timket is an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church celebration of Epiphany. It is celebrated on 19 January (or 20 in a leap year), corresponding to the 11th day of Terr in the Ge'ez calendar. On this day, crowds assemble together with priests who are carrying over their heads covered replicas of the "tabot"(a model of the Ark of the Covenant) wrapped in rich cloth and borne in procession on the head of the priests.

Turmi, Ethiopia - September 2017: Unidentified Ethiopian people celebrating the Meskel festival in Ehtiopia. Meskel commemorates the finding of the True Cross

Azezo, Amhara Region, Ethiopia - April 21, 2019: Orthodox Christian woman white dressed walk to mass on the street during easter holiday. Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Turmi, Ethiopia - September 2017: Unidentified Ethiopian people celebrating the Meskel festival in Ehtiopia. Meskel commemorates the finding of the True Cross

Reading the Bible with a cangle in a dark church

After the Timkat celebration in Jana Meda square, Tabots are being brought to the chuches where they are kept. And during this part of the celebration Begena players from different religious schools are singing hymns. Begena is only used in prayers.

Addis Ababa,Ethiopia-January 19, 2013 : The mother with her daughter had got their face splashed holly water by the priest just before taking this photo during Timket celebration at Jan Meda Race Ground in Addis Ababa.

Gondar, Ethiopia - January 18, 2018: Orthodox priests carry a tabot, a model of the Ark of the Covenant, in a procession for the annual Timka festival in Gondar, Ethiopia.

Gonder, Ethiopia - January 19, 2012: One priest bearing a traditionally decorated hat during the Timkat holiday, the important Ethiopian Orthodox celebration of Epiphany.

Turmi, Ethiopia - September 2017: Portrait of an unidentified Ethiopian woman celebrating the Meskel festival in Ethiopia. Meskel commemorates the finding of the True Cross

BAHIR DAR, ETHIOPIA, APRIL 21th. 2019, Orthodox Christian people white dressed walk to mass on the street during easter holiday. April 21th. 2019, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Addis Ababa,Ethiopia-January 19, 2013 : The girl had got her face splashed holly water by the priest just before taking this photo during Timket celebration at Jan Meda Race Ground in Addis Ababa.

Lalibela, Ethiopia - January 20, 2013: Procession during Timkat festival at Lalibela in Ethiopia

Lalibela, Ethiopia - January 6, 2018: Pilgrims waiting to enter one of the churches in Lalibela after days walking to celebrate the Genna in Lalibela, Ethiopia.

Gonder, Ethiopia, February 18 2015: People dressed in traditional attire celebrate the Timkat festival, the important Ethiopian Orthodox celebration of Epiphany

Turmi, Ethiopia - September 2017: Unidentified Ethiopian people celebrating the Meskel festival in Ehtiopia. Meskel commemorates the finding of the True Cross

lalibela, Ethiopia - January 20, 2013: Ethiopian boy looks at the camera during Timkat festival at Lalibela in Ethiopia.

Gonder, Ethiopia - January 07, 2010: Family dressed in clean new clothes in honor of Timket holiday. Photo was taken at the entrance to their home.

Azezo, Amhara Region, Ethiopia - April 21, 2019: Orthodox Christian people white dressed walk to mass on the street during easter holiday. Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Gondar, Ethiopia - January 19, 2018: Women praying in the Fasilides Bath at the annual Timkat festival, an Orthodox Christian celebration in Gondar, Ethiopia.

Lalibela, Ethiopia - January 19, 2013: An orthodox priest baptizes the pilgrims crowd in a pool at Lalibela in Ethiopia

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - January 19, 2023: During Epiphany celebrations, crowds assemble together with priests who are carrying over their heads covered replicas of the "tabot"(a model of the Ark of the Covenant) wrapped in rich cloth and borne in procession on the head of the priests. On this day choir of men and women perform hymns. Timkat or Timket is an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church celebration of Epiphany. It is celebrated on 19 January (or 20 in a leap year), corresponding to the 11th day of Terr in the Ge'ez calendar.

Gonder, Ethiopia - January 20, 2012: priest holding a candle in the night and reading a book written in the old language of the church, called Geez, during the Timkat holiday, the important Ethiopian Orthodox celebration of Epiphany.

Gondar, Ethiopia - January 19, 2016: Orthodox priests attends the procession in the annual religious celebration of Timket (epiphany)

Gonder, Ethiopia - January 19, 2012: group of unidentified people dressed in traditional attire during the Timkat holiday, the important Ethiopian Orthodox celebration of Epiphany.

Gonder, Ethiopia, February 18 2015: People dressed in traditional attire celebrate the Timkat festival, the important Ethiopian Orthodox celebration of Epiphany

Gonder, Ethiopia - January 20, 2012: priest holding a candle in the night and reading a book written in the old language of the church, called Geez, during the Timkat holiday, the important Ethiopian Orthodox celebration of Epiphany.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - January 19, 2010: Ethiopian priests celebrate Timkat religious Orthodox festival playing music and dancing at the street in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Gondar, Ethiopia - January 19, 2018: Pilgrims bathing in the holy waters of the Fasilides Baths at the annual Timkat festival in Gondar, Ethiopia.

Lalibela, Ethiopia - January 20, 2013: Two orthodox priests greeting each other during Timkat festival at Lalibela in Ethiopia. Lalibela is a town in northern Ethiopia that is famous for its monolithic rock-cut churches. Lalibela is one of Ethiopia's holiest cities and is a center of pilgrimage for much of the country. Timkat is the Ethiopian Orthodox celebration of both: Epiphany and the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River. This festival is best known for its ritual reenactment of baptism.

Addis Ababa,Ethiopia-January 19, 2013 : The man and his daughter had got their face splashed holly water by the priest just before taking this photo during Timket celebration at Jan Meda Race Ground in Addis Ababa.

Addis Ababa 19th January 2008: Choir girls chanting prayers during Ethiopian Epiphany, otherwise know as Timkat, celebrations. On this day, crowds assemble together with priests who come from their different churches carrying over their heads covered replicas of the tabot which they scrupulously keep in custody during the rest of the year.

Gonder, Ethiopia - January 20, 2012: Portrait of old woman with traditional headscarf in the street of Gonder during the Timkat holiday, the important Ethiopian Orthodox celebration of Epiphany.

Gonder, Ethiopia - January 19, 2012: Two young boys playing in the street of Gonder during the Timkat holiday, the important Ethiopian Orthodox celebration of Epiphany.

Addis Ababa 18th January 2007:Ethiopian Epiphany, otherwise know as Timkat, celebrations. Choir girls chanting prayers. On this day, crowds assemble together with priests who come from their different churches carrying over their heads covered replicas of the tabot which they scrupulously keep in custody during the rest of the year.

Large music band marches during the Timkat Festival, an annual Orthodox Christian celebration of the Epiphany, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Africa Ethiopia, Gondar, Gonder, Royal Enclosure Fasil Ghebbi Fasilides Bath - Fasilides Swimming Pool. UNESCO World Heritage List

Gonder, Ethiopia, February 18 2015: People dressed in traditional attire celebrate the Timkat festival, the important Ethiopian Orthodox celebration of Epiphany

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - January 19, 2023: Choir of men and women perform hymns during Timkat, celebrations. Timket is an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church celebration of Epiphany. It is celebrated on 19 January (or 20 in a leap year), corresponding to the 11th day of Terr in the Ge'ez calendar. On this day, crowds assemble together with priests who are carrying over their heads covered replicas of the "tabot"(a model of the Ark of the Covenant) wrapped in rich cloth and borne in procession on the head of the priests.

Gondar, Ethiopia - January 19, 2016: A crowd of faithful and tourists surrounding a procession in the annual religious celebration of Timket (epiphany)

Gonder, Ethiopia - January 19, 2012: group of unidentified people dressed in traditional attire during the Timkat holiday, the important Ethiopian Orthodox celebration of Epiphany.

Gonder, Ethiopia - January 19, 2012: people dressed in traditional attire carrying a big cross placed on a religious cart among the crowd during the Timkat holiday, the important Ethiopian Orthodox celebration of Epiphany.

Gonder, Ethiopia, February 18 2015: People dressed in traditional attire celebrate the Timkat festival, the important Ethiopian Orthodox celebration of Epiphany

Lalibela, Ethiopia - January 20, 2013: Musician playing drum during Timkat festival at Lalibela. Lalibela is a town in northern Ethiopia that is famous for its monolithic rock-cut churches. Lalibela is one of Ethiopia's holiest cities and is a center of pilgrimage for much of the country. Timkat is the Ethiopian Orthodox celebration of both: Epiphany and the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River. This festival is best known for its ritual reenactment of baptism.

Adua, Ethiopia - January 21, 2016: Local faithfuls attends the annual religious celebration of Timkat (epiphany)

Gonder, Ethiopia - January 19, 2012: group of unidentified people dressed in traditional attire during the Timkat holiday, the important Ethiopian Orthodox celebration of Epiphany.

Lalibela, Ethiopia - January 7, 2018: A woman praying inside a church in Lalibela. During the first days of January, thousands of Ethiopian Orthodox Christian pilgrims go to the city of Lalibela in Ethiopia.

Gonder, Ethiopia - January 19, 2012: group of unidentified people dressed in traditional attire during the Timkat holiday, the important Ethiopian Orthodox celebration of Epiphany.

BAHIR DAR, ETHIOPIA, APRIL 21th. 2019, Orthodox Christian pilgrim at worship on the street during easter. April 21th. 2019, Bahir Dar, Etiopia

Turmi, Ethiopia - November 22, 2011: Celebration of day of Saint Mikhail in orthodox Christian church.

Gondar, Ethiopia - January 19, 2018: Pilgrims bathing in the holy waters of the Fasilides Baths at the annual Timkat festival in Gondar, Ethiopia.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - January 19, 2010: Ethiopian people wearing traditional costumes take part in Timkat religious Orthodox festival at the street in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.