Eyob Derilloさんのイラストまとめ

መልካም አዲስ አመት ይሁንልን! Happy Ethiopian New Year! Based on the #Ethiopian calendar this is 2013!
Traditionally the day is spent with family & friends. Beef,chicken, goat or lamb stews are the festive food served (not pork, it is prohibited in Ethiopian Christianity)

3 birds from paradise took St. Yared to heaven & there he heard songs of the 24 Elders. In the 6th c. Yared invented a #musical notation system representing pitch/melody still used in the #Ethiopian church. He named his complex melodic layers after the birds Ge'ez, Izil & Araray.

The cross has been a central part & an insignia of the #Ethiopian church, since the 4th c. All priests/monks own a hand #cross, a symbol of allegiance to Christ. They are made from wood, copper or bronze decorated with a geometry pattern. @metmuseum @BLAsia_Africa @walters_museum

Arde'et the book of the Disciples tells how Jesus taught the Disciples his secret names & how they performed many miracles by the power of Christ's name. The book was recited in time of pestilence or plagues until 15th c. the reformation of king Zara Yaqob. Or 65 @britishlibrary

#Beds in ancient #Ethiopia was a symbol of social status. They were made of wood or metal covered with gold, jewels, ivory & silk. The royal title Alga Worash literally "inheritor of the bed " Crown Prince, it is a throne-like divan on which the highest Ethiopian nobles sat.

“Every time Zacharias praised Mary there came forth roses from his mouth" Mary receiving the golden roses in her hand. Zacharias placing a crown of golden roses on the icon of Mary. From the 17th c. #Ethiopian version of the Miracles of Mary @britishlibrary
#HappyValentinesDay

Coffee was first discovered in #Ethiopia in the region of Kaffa where the main species Coffee Arabica originated. Kaffa is also the origin of the word "coffee". Exported to Arabia before 16th c. In some parts of Ethiopia #coffee is ceremonially prepared & used in blessing rituals

A 16th c. Ethiopian book claims that the Magi, the 3 kings who visited Jesus were all Ethiopians.
Legend has it that they consumed coffee on their journey to stay awake. In their memory #coffee in #Ethiopia is served 3 times. Serving are named after the Magi Abol, Tona & Baraka

The 11th c. ፍትሐ ነገሥት a legal code/ ecclesiastic forbids cutting down trees on church or monastery land. Forests provide protective 'clothing' for their sacred spaces Scenes from a 17th mss story of a man killed for cutting a tree. #Ethiopia #ecology https://t.co/fg8qRfCDZv

Samuel #Johnson’s novel Rasselas (1759) was inspired by the story of Wehni Amba, a mountain in #Ethiopia where male heirs to the throne were kept until they ascended the throne. Portrait of king Bakaffa "the inexorable" who used Wehni & a 17th c chronicles @britishlibrary