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		<title>Genna &#8211; Ethiopian Christmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 19:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Dates: Jan-Jun]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 7th
Members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church fast on Christmas Eve before gathering outdoors to pray and chant.
They then move into churches for mass, which can last for over 3 hours. Ethiopians rarely give gifts other than small items such as clothing to children.
After the service is over Ethiopians enjoy dancing, playing sport and feasting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Timket &#8211; Feast of Epiphany</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 19:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 19th
The three day festival of Timket begins 12 days after Genna, celebrating the baptism of Christ.
Ethiopians wear traditional white garments and priests wear red and white ornate robes and carry embroidered umbrellas.
The sistrum (percussion instrument) tinkles, the prayer stick (makamlya) is used to tap out the walking beat and the church officials chant melekets. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meskal &#8211; Finding of the True Cross</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 19:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Dates: Jul-Dec]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 27th
Meskal has been celebrated in the country for over 1600 years. The word actually means “cross” and the feast commemorates the discovery of the cross upon which Jesus was crucified, by the Empress Helena, the mother of Constantine the Great. The original event took place on 19 March 326 AD. but the feast is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enkutatash &#8211; Ethiopian New Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 19:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 11th
Ethiopia still retains the Julian calendar, in which the year is divided into 12 months of 30 days each and a 13th month of 5 days and 6 days in leap year. 
The Ethiopian calendar is 8 years behind the Gregorian calendar from January to September and 7 years behind between September 11 and [...]]]></description>
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