(7 Jan 2025)
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Lalibela, Ethiopia – 7 January 2025
1. Various of church ceremony
2. SOUNDBITE (English) John Mike, Jamaican tourist:
"This morning, when we were downstairs in the church and we look outside, we don’t know it’s 2025. It can be anytime from the last one thousand years. So Lalibela is a place where the ancient and the modern come together.”
3. Pan of church ceremony
STORYLINE:
Ethiopian pilgrims and tourists celebrated Orthodox Christmas in one of the worlds oldest churches.
The country was one of the earliest nations to accept Christianity in the 4th century and the church of Lalibela, which was built as early as the 12th century out of solid rock, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
This year, thousands attended a church ceremony marking the Ethiopian Christian Coptic Christmas.
The celebration known as ‘Lidet’ takes place over three days, culminating in Christmas Day, which is celebrated on the 7th of January.
"Some of the clothes and the instruments and the traditions are the same that they have been for many hundreds of years," said John Mike, a Jamaican tourist.
He added that the experience at Lalibela brings "the ancient and the modern" together.
Ethiopians follow the Julian calendar, which runs 13 days later than the Gregorian calendar, used by Catholic and Protestant churches.
They traditionally celebrate by slaughtering animals and joining family members to break the fast after midnight.
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