The Ethiopian Orthodox ... "eagerly await" is a new outfit to wear on Christmas Day, said World Vision. These are often shemmas – "a traditional dress made from thin white cotton with colourful ...

There are many different Christian groups and communities, each with its own beliefs, traditions and rituals. Let's take a look at how four communities choose to mark Christmas. In Ethiopia ...

One of Ethiopia’s oldest instruments ... while players wear a netela — a traditional white cloth — draped across the chest for men, and as a veil for women. At Grace Nursing Home for ...

In Ethiopia, Christmas isn't celebrated in ... foreigners in his store talking about missing turkey and other traditional Christmas things while in Japan – only around 1% of people in Japan ...

Ethiopia’s Orthodox Christians are celebrating Christmas with prayers for peace ... She was draped in an all-white ...