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Axum, Tigray, Ethiopia, 24 Apr 2013
St Mary Tsion Church: in the week before Orthodox Palm Sunday the faithful process counter-clockwise around the church seven times each day.
Monks and nuns wear the yellow robes.
Axum, Tigray, Ethiopia 25 Apr 2013
With a stay-at-home order in place it's back to the archives and back to the 2013 Ethiopia trip.
Wukro (Tigray region), Ethiopia - September 2011: Ethiopian priests praying dancing, playing drums and singing at the True cross ceremony (yearly religious ceremony)
Axum, Tigray, Ethiopia, 24 Apr 2013
In the days before Orthodox Palm Sunday the faithful process around the church counter-clockwise seven times.
Axum, Tigray, Ethiopia, 24 Apr 2013
In the days before Orthodox Palm Sunday the faithful process around the church counter-clockwise seven times.
Axum, Tigray, Ethiopia, 24 Apr 2013
Axum is a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its various archaeological remains including a group of royal obelisks from the ancient kingdom of Aksum
Se cree que el pueblo Tigray es descendiente de las gentes semitas que comenzaron a establecerse en el Cuerno de Africa hace unos 3000 años. Según sus tradiciones, descienden del antiguo reino de Saba, reino que fue gobernado por Menelik I, el hijo nacido del rey hebreo Salomón y la reina de Saba, según la leyenda.