Meskel

Meskel ("cross") is a major celebration in the Ethiopian Orthodox calendar. I was in the UK - Chris was out having fun.

One Evening, Two Cultures

A burning 'chibo'It all started with a tree branch broken by a storm that blocked the road adjacent to the Bingham perimeter wall last weekend. A tree guy was summoned and the electricity department alerted. There was a danger that when the branch was removed it could fall on the electricity wires. The tree guy did his part, the branch descended onto the wires and sparks flew (the electricity department hadn’t heeded the warning), but amazingly the wires survived. But within a very short while the whole branch been ferreted away somewhere.