A village celebration of Masqal, the Feast of the Cross, a popular festival which commemorates the finding of the True Cross by the Empress Helena (Massaia II, 179)

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Date of image

19th century

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Ethiopia Engraved / Link Ethiopia — Habesha History corpus

Source reference

Massaia II, 179

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