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Malin Fezehai Photographs Ethiopian Christmas

Photography by Malin Fezehai
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    Priests at a ceremony on Christmas Day.

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    The Church of St. George.

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    A pilgrim, Yeshareg, and her sister, Sisay, make the 6-hour trip from their village to Lalibela with their father.

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    Pilgrims in Lalibela.

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    A priest sells candles on the evening before Christmas.

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    A woman reads the bible outside the Church of St. Emmanuel.

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    Priests chant during a Genna ceremony on Christmas Day.

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    Pilgrims watch the crowds enter the Church of St. Emmanuel.

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    A wedding ceremony on the day before Christmas.

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    Before the Genna ceremony begins on Christmas Eve.

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    Pilgrims.

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    Pilgrims watch priests perform the Genna ceremony on Christmas Day.