Tens of thousands of people gathered Thursday in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, to celebrate Meskel, a major religious festival that includes ...

Thousands in Ethiopia's capital city defied a downpour to celebrate Meskel, the first big festival of the religious year. It ...

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). The ...

Thousands of Ethiopians have gathered in the capital city to celebrate an annual religious festival distinguished by the ...

Thousands of Ethiopians gathered in the capital Addis Ababa to celebrate Meskel, an annual religious festival distinguished ...

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Members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church sing for the crowd in Footscray.(ABC News: Kyle Harley) Members of a local church performing on stage. (ABC News: Kyle Harley) Three women preparing coffee ...

Every September 11—as the rains retreat and the earth drinks its final drops—the golden petals of the Meskel flower are blooming across Ethiopia. They blanket the highlands in yellow ...

Every September 11—as the rains retreat and the earth drinks its final drops—the golden petals of the Meskel flower are blooming across Ethiopia. They blanket the highlands in yellow brilliance, a ...

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Sunday school children perform during the Meskel Festival to commemorate the discovery of the true cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified on at the Meskel Square in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, ...