ADDIS ABABA -The eve of Timket known as Ketera was marked by hundreds of thousands of faithful here yesterday at Janmeda.
At the event Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Patriarch Abune Mathias I extended messages and blessings to the celebrants. Ketera, the day before Timket, marks the travel of Jesus Christ to the river Jordan to be baptized by John is celebrated with religious songs, chants and dances by the faithful and the clergy. Ketera falls on January 18 while Timket is celebrated on January 19 every year which is one of Ethiopia’s outdoor festivals filled with spectacle scenes quite colorful and jubilant.
The Ethiopian Herald January 19/2023
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