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Timkat
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Timkat, the feast of Epiphany, celebrates the baptism of Christ with a three-day festiv-
al starting on 19 January. Join the procession behind regalia-draped priests as the
church
tabots
(replicas of the Ark of the Covenant) are taken to a nearby body of water on
the afternoon of the eve of Timkat. Next morning, the
tabots
are paraded back to the church
accompanied by much singing and dancing. Easily Ethiopia's most colourful festival.
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