Easter in #Ethiopia
On Easter Eve, Ethiopian Christians participate in an hours-long church service that ends around 3 a.m., after which they break their fast and celebrate the risen Christ.
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Easter in #Ethiopia
The Ethiopian #Easter festival is called #Fasika This festival celebrates the day when Jesus Christ rose from the dead after being crucified.
#Palm Sunday or #Hosaina happens the Sunday before Easter. This day marks the beginning of Holy Week and celebrates the story of Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey. Ethiopians wear headbands of palm leaves on this day to remind them of the palm leaves that were laid in Jesus' path.
The period before Easter Sunday is called Lent. During lent, Ethiopian Christians avoid any animal products, such as meat, eggs, butter, milk, yoghurt, cream and cheese. After they have been to the Easter Eve service the family returns home to break their fast and later in the afternoon, they share the main celebratory meal of the day.
At the Easter service all Ethiopians wear a traditional white clothes, called habesha libs.During all their holidays Ethiopians eat special large bread called dabo. This is a soft, spiced honey-wheat bread made in both a large loaf and smaller buns used to commence the meal or served as a dessert. They bake enough to offer a slice to everybody who visits the house. On Easter morning, the bread should be cut, after saying a prayer, by a priest or by the main man of the house. Many Ethiopians enjoy the sweet dabo warm as a snack with shai (spiced tea), tallah (beer), or agwat (curd cheese)
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