ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA..09/26/2002.Meskal Festival..Orthodox priests and about 300.000 worshippers from all over the country meet at Meskal Square to sing, dance and celebrate during the country's largest religious procession..At sunset, a pile of dry wood in the middle of the square is set ablaze by the patriarch and the highest priests of the country to mark the climax and end of the ceremony..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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