Girls waiting in the predawn of the Timkat festival in Lalibela, Ethiopia 2006.<br />
Two girls giggle conspiratorially in the early predawn hours of the Orthodox Christian Timkat festival. On this particular day of week long rituals and festivities the crowds gather to await being sprinkled with the blessed waters from the reinactment of the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River.

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Girls waiting in the predawn of the Timkat festival in Lalibela, Ethiopia 2006.
Two girls giggle conspiratorially in the early predawn hours of the Orthodox Christian Timkat festival. On this particular day of week long rituals and festivities the crowds gather to await being sprinkled with the blessed waters from the reinactment of the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River.
  • Date: 4 Jan 2006
  • Location: Lalibela Ethiopia
  • Filename: 024.tif
  • Image size: 5003x3323 pixels