The Sigd Holiday of Ethiopian Jewry

by Shai Afsai (October 2013)

 The holiday’s colourful pageantry draws many photographers from around the country to the Promenade, but Yosef Hadane, the Chief Rabbi of the Ethiopian community, stresses that “[t]his is not just an event.  This is an entirely pure day, a day of prayer.”

Photos by Gidon Agaza.

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