Lalibela’s swarm || by Matteo Sandrini from legend of sorrow Watch Video
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Description: Fasika is the Ethiopian celebration of Easter. During the Holy week, the most intense celebration begins on Holy Saturday and continues late into the night. Saturday morning, at the entrance of the churches, under a fig tree merchants sell blades of grass to passing pilgrims, which they tie around their heads to symbolise that the soul of Jesus has passed to the heaven. Legend tells that a child was surrounded by a swarm of bees at birth; he was baptized Lalibela, meaning “bees recogni
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