21st January, 2024
Millions of People of Ethiopia trooped out on Saturday during the grand finale events to celebrate Timket, the annual Ethiopian Epiphany festival, in the country’s capital, Addis Ababa.
The celebration began on Thursday 19 Jan across Ethiopia with government officials and religious leaders urging the faithful to maintain peace and the world’s intangible cultural heritage.
Timket is a religious festival commemorating Jesus’ baptism in the Jordan River.
The annual festival is recognised by UNESCO as an important intangible cultural heritage.
Followers marched from churches to Jan Meda, an open field in the capital, while priests carried tents called tabots which replicate the Ark of the Covenant that are sacred in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, one of the world’s oldest churches.
Below are images from the event as captured by Xinhua news agency:
