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20/01/12. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The festival of Timket is celebrated in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Worshippers, priests, deacons and visiting clergy gather on Jan Meda and congregate around the pool and compound from where the Patriarch blesses and baptises the faithful. Young men play Fussball whilst the procession returning the replica Ark of the Covenant to the local church passes by. Photo credit: Jane Hobson
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