Bekur Ethiopia tours/በኩር ኢትዮጵያ አስጎብኚ

06/01/2023

Happy Ethiopian Christmas!

27/09/2022

Meskel /true cross Celebration in Ethiopia 🇪🇹

The finding of the True Cross. The Meskel festival in Ethiopia is one of the most important occasions. Celebrated with a huge bonfire, it is a cultural experience that is highly recommended for visitors from overseas.

11/09/2022

Happy Ethiopian new year!

22/08/2022

Ashendye, Ashenda,solel or shadey is a girl’s festival in Northern Ethiopia. The name of the festivals comes from the tall grass ashendeye, which girls put on their waist in time of the festival. The day colorfully celebrated in North Ethiopia
The celebration is starting from August 16 till August 24 Ethiopian calendar (august 21 till august 29 Gregorian calendar) every year after the end of the fasting called Fileseta by Ethiopian Orthodox church laity’s.
Happy Ashendye!

19/08/2022

like most cultural & religious celebrations here has its origins in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. It marks the transfiguration of Jesus on Mount Tabor.

Buhe is also a tradition where young people are reminded to value older generations. The songs are written and performed in praise of adults and elders.

The boys crack a whip made of braided tree fibers to signal their approach into a neighbourhood. Traditionally the whip was cracked by shepherd boys.

Buhe also marks the last days of the rainy season.

Religious leaders and Orthodox faithful take the time to give thanks and pray for a good harvest. They also take time to reflect on the biblical significance of the events.

The meaning of the whip being cracked is to imitate the sound of the thunder that was heard in the sky. We later light a bonfire to represent the light that was illuminating when Christ appeared. The bread signifies the fact that mothers took bread to their shepherd boys who stayed out late because they thought it was still daylight, but it was Christ’s supernatural appearance. So all the cultural activities you see in relation to Buhe have their origin in religion.

After sunset, celebrations move to the streets where large bonfires burn well into the night and hundreds sing and dance in anticipation of the new year – marked in Ethiopia according to the Orthodox Calendar in September.

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church is one of the pre-colonial Christian denominations in sub-Saharan Africa and is estimated to have between 50 and 60 million followers. The overwhelming majority live in Ethiopia.

01/06/2022

18/01/2022

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐊𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚😍

The day before Timket/ Epiphany is called Ketera a geez term which literally means 'retaining water'

On this day clergies, deacons and laities make a journey to a nearby river by accompanying the replica of the arks of the covenant, a tent erected, ponds & pools filled with water for the Epiphany morning baptism.
Lalibela, Ethiopia

26/10/2021

16/10/2021