North Ethiopia: FESTIVAL IN URA KIDANE MONASTERY

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Channel: Travel: The Good, The Bad & The Funny · 2008 · Travel & Events

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Boating over Lake Tana to Ura Kidane Monastery, we were fortunate to see a once-a-year celebration.  A mixture of African and devout Orthodox Ethiopian Christianity, it was spine-tingling.  Ura Kidane is the Zege Peninsula's most famous monastery and has beautifully painted depictions of Jesus, Mary and every other saint.  Primitive, bold and thoroughly engrossing...

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