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The festival of Timket It is celebrated on January 19 (20 in a leap year) and commemorates the Baptism of jesus by John the Baptist on the Jordan River.
In Ketera the Tabot (replica of the Ark of the covenant) is taken from each church and taken by the high priests to the nearest river, lake, or pond where community baptism will take place the next day.
The procession is attended by singing and dancing crowds in dazzling traditional white dress, contrasting with the colors of the ceremonial robes and sequined velvet umbrellas of the priests.
the Tabots spend the night near the water and the ceremonies continue through the night.
Timket the celebration begins the next morning, when the ceremony begins with pre-dawn rituals, including Kidane (Morning prayer) and the Kidasie (the Divine Liturgy)
And then follows the blessing and the sprinkling of holy water on the congregation gathered in commemoration of the baptism of Christ.
It takes most of the day before the procession breaks to return the Tabots to the churches in the afternoon.
In the afternoon, all Tabots they are returned to their churches in procession with the priests and the animated youth and jumping like king David at Bible.
Both of them Ketera and Timket The ceremonies in particular are so colorful that various tourists from all over the world attend.
Source: FBC
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