Meskel in Ethiopia: Festival fires burn bright despite downpour - BBC
WEB2 days ago · Ethiopia festival fires burn bright despite downpour. Thousands in Ethiopia's capital city defied a downpour to celebrate Meskel, the first big festival of the religious year. It marks the ...
Thousands gather in Ethiopia's capital to celebrate a religious ...
WEB3 days ago · In Meskel square Thursday, the patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church lit a large one in the presence of thousands of believers in white costumes. Across Ethiopia, many gather in public squares and by churches to light similar bonfires from piles of logs, dry leaves and grass.
Thousands gather in Ethiopia's capital to celebrate a religious ...
WEB3 days ago · Everton Gordon, a Jamaican-Canadian who has previously celebrated Meskel in Canada, said that marking the holiday in Ethiopia is a unique experience. The large bonfires are “going to be the ...
Ethiopian Orthodox Christians celebrate Meskel, the feast of the …
WEB2 days ago · Ethiopian Orthodox Christian faithfuls marching and singing during a religious festival known as "Meskel". Thousands of Ethiopians were gathered on Addis Ababa's Meskel square Thursday (Sep. 26).
Meskel (Finding Of The True Cross) In Ethiopia
WEBAug 25, 2024 · One of the key customs associated with Meskel is the lighting of a large bonfire known as Demera. This bonfire symbolizes the direction given to Queen Helena in a dream to light a fire, which would reveal the hiding place of the True Cross.
Fire, smoke and colour as Ethiopians mark Meskel - BBC
WEBSep 27, 2021 · The highlight on Sunday, which was the eve of the festival, called Demera, is the lighting of a bonfire in the centre of the Meskel Square - a huge public plaza at the heart of the capital.
Ethiopia: Meskel Festival to Boost Tourism, Stimulate Dev't
WEB3 days ago · Meskel which literally means cross has been celebrated in Ethiopia for more than 1,600 years as an outdoor religious festival. It is a religious and cultural event celebrated on the advent of the ...
Ethiopia: Meskel - Ethiopia's World Heritage Worth Promoting …
WEB4 days ago · The feast of Meskel starts on the 26th of September with the celebration of the Demera, a ceremonial burning of a large bonfire. It is a special event that is conducted on the eve of Meskel to ...
Meskel festival embodies harmony, unity among faithful, says PM …
WEB4 days ago · As Ethiopians gather with families and communities to partake in the Meskel Demera festivities, the Prime Minister urged everyone to keep Ethiopia’s values, traditions, and languages at the forefront of their celebrations. “Let us remember that together, our cultural richness makes Ethiopia great, prosperous, and respectable,” he declared.
Ethiopian Christians Mark Meskel Celebration - Voice of America
WEBSep 27, 2023 · FILE - A high priest holds a cross while standing in front of a bonfire during the celebrations of the Ethiopian Orthodox holiday of Meskel in Addis Ababa on September 27, 2023. At sunset, after hours of dancing and singing, these bonfires -- topped with a cross and covered in indigenous flowers -- are set ablaze across the country.