Christian Festival in Ura Kidane, North Ethiopia

The Festival at Ura Kidane in North Ethiopia Sheila: We’re on Lake Tana. This is the source of the Blue Nile. We have been at the source of the White Nile and that is in Uganda, and starts in Jinja and that works its way up to Uganda until hits curve to and the Blue Nile starts right here at Lake Tana in Ethiopia and joins with the White Nile in Khartoum and they both flow through Egypt into the Mediterranean. It’s absolutely beautiful. It’s very peaceful and quiet. This is a once a year ceremony. What is the name of this island? Male: It’s not an island, it’s a peninsula. Sheila: It’s a peninsula that we thought of this church. Male: Yeah it’s called Zege, the name of the peninsula. The name of the church would be Ura Kidane. Sheila: Alright. Male: What it means a village here and Kidane means like promise of forgiveness. So the name of the church is called promise of a holy place. Sheila: Does the festival that we saw today have a certain name? Male: The ceremony you mean? Sheila: Yes, the ceremony that we saw. Male: That is once a year. Sheila: Just once a year. Male: And it’s called by the name of the church we visited. Sheila: I’m so lucky to see it. Thank you.