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Aksoum ou Axoum est une ville située Près de la frontière nord de l'Éthiopie dans la province du Tigré.(tigray) C'est l'un des centres religieux de l'Église éthiopienne orthodoxe.
Rally in Portland, Maine in support of reconnecting phone and internet service to the Tigray region of Ethiopia during its conflict with the Ethiopian Ruling government.
Troglodyte church in the Gheralta mountains. Tigray [ትግራይ]. Ethiopia [ኢትዮጵያ]. Africa [አፍሪቃ].
You can see where the church stands in this other photo www.flickr.com/photos/danielvirella/16115097085/in/album-...
The Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion (Cathedral of Maryam Tsion) is an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in Ethiopia. It is claimed to contain the Ark of the Covenant. The original church is believed to have been built during the reign of Ezana the first Christian ruler of the Kingdom of Axum (Present-day Eritrea and Ethiopia), during the 4th century AD, and has been rebuilt several times since then.
Reportedly, the Ark was moved to the Chapel of the Tablet adjacent to the old church because a divine 'heat' from the Tablets had cracked the stones of its previous sanctum. Emperor Haile Selassie's wife, Empress Menen, paid for the construction of the new chapel.
Axum, Tigray, Ethiopia.
Axum, Tigray, Ethiopia, 24 Apr 2013
Tigray is a dry region. I think this is a Candelabra cactus tree.
The Ethiopian people are generally very calm, polite, gentle. One day, when I came to the church, many were very frantic; rushing from place to place, arguing with each other very emotionally. Even the police were invited. Someone explained to me that they 'imported' to Israel some of the internal conflicts in Ethiopia between the different tribes: the Amhara and the Tigray.
Naturally, though many were taking videos of the event with their phones, a few asked me not to take photos.
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I must admit I find the woman second to the left, the most interesting one in the photo. In real life, the central one was the most frantic woman in the event.
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It often happens to me that I concentrate on one figure and the frame, and hardly notice others. Including, others that are looking at me. Here, I concentrated at the central one, and hardly noticed the others, especially, not the two that are looking at me.