Tag: Gondar

Travel to Ethiopia for 14 days with departure in January to participate in the festivals of Timkat and St George.

Travellers can discover the exceptional vitality of Ethiopians during their religious festivals: Timkat in the spectacular setting of Gondar with the fascinating Fasilidas Baths decorated; the St George in Lalibela will allow us to enjoy the beauty of its famous churches. The rock-hewn churches of the Tigray complete this tour of the oldest Christian kingdom in Africa.

The Timkat festival, is the most important festival for Ethiopian Orthodox believers. Timkat takes place every 19 January and lasts three days. Forty percent of Ethiopians identify as Christians and are among the Christian traditions oldest in the world. This celebration of Epiphany recalls Jesus' baptism in the Jordan River with ritual recreation and parades with replicas of the Ark of the Covenant.

Come and meet this one fascinating Horn of Africa country full of singularities and whose history is lost in time. This is where the “Grandmother of Humanity”, Lucy, whose skeleton is well guarded in the capital Addis Ababa, lived millions of years ago.

A trip to Ethiopia to discover the exceptional vitality of Ethiopians on the occasion of the celebration of their most outstanding religious festivities.
The Timkat celebrations in Ethiopia reveal the spirituality and emotion of the people of Gondar, reaching their climax at the bathing pools during the re-enactment of Jesus’ baptism.