{"id":3758,"date":"2020-06-22T10:40:40","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T09:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africa-horn-travel.com\/?p=3758"},"modified":"2021-07-05T15:26:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T13:26:41","slug":"les-3-incontournables-voyage-en-ethiopie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africa-horn-travel.com\/en\/the-3-contingent-travel-to-ethiopia\/","title":{"rendered":"the 3 essentials for a trip to Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"
Journey to meet the inhabitants of Ethiopia: the 3 qualities that make us admire them and become attached to them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the causes of this fervour is undoubtedly the ancient roots of the Ethiopian Christian Church, which is the religion with the largest number of followers. Indeed, these go back to the beginning of the 4th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Places of worship are numerous. The faithful crowd into the churches and pray outside when there is no room left inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Believer or non-believer, the traveller is captivated and impressed by the moments of collective jubilation he can experience at the celebration of feasts such as MESKEL (end of September), LEDDET equivalent of CHRISTMAS (very early January) or TIMKAT equivalent of Epiphany (3th<\/sup> week of January).<\/p>\n\n\n\n The participation of all is facilitated by the fact that songs, music and dances play an important role in the celebration of Ethiopian religious festivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The unavoidable monolithic churches of LALIBELA are one of the symbols of the spiritual dimension of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not forgetting the churches dug out of the rock of the Tigray cliffs... To reach them, you sometimes have to climb the rock faces and not be prone to vertigo!<\/p>\n\n\n\n But beyond this symbol, and even if in the cities the religious practice of young people seems to be declining, it is no less true that everywhere and for all generations, the spiritual dimension of existence remains a sincerely shared value in Ethiopia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Music and dance are omnipresent in Ethiopia where 84 ethnic groups live, and therefore where at least 84 dances exist that have emotion and dynamism as a common characteristic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ESKESTA is the best known: dancers move their shoulders in a jerky movement from left to right, placing their hands on their hips. The famous Ethiopian dancer and choreographer MELAKU BELAY is one of the artists who has contributed the most to the knowledge of this dance in the world. He is now the owner of a traditional nightclub in Addis (Azemati b\u00e9t) where people sing, dance and drink tej (alcohol made from honey). His establishment, the FENDIKA, is a mythical place of the Ethiopian nights. I have spent memorable evenings in this Addisian landmark, where skin color, age and gender are not an issue!<\/p>\n\n\n\n To find out more about its much broader vocation, you can consult numerous articles, including this one from Liberation.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n If I have mentioned MELAKU BELAY in this article, it is not only because he is a world-famous Ethiopian artist and an \"ambassador\" of ESKESTA, it is also because, having started his life on the streets and without family, he is a known example of the courage shown by many anonymous Ethiopians, today as in the past. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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