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Ethiopian Pilgrimage: The Rock Churches of Lalibela: UNESCO Culture Sector
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The sacred soil of Lalibela is said to cure disease. Pilgrims take it home for those who couldn’t come. As the festival continues into the night, the climax approaches. At midnight on the 7th of January, they greet the day of Christ’s birth amid a living recreation of biblical settings and stories. Here at Lalibela, faith is built on rock."
Ethiopian pilgrimage, the Rock Churches of Lalibela.
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Ethiopia is in northeast Africa.
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A high plateau was formed by molten volcanic rock.
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Isolated within the cliffs is a unique Christian holy site, Lalibela.
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This cross-shaped church is the house of St. George.
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The surrounding rock was cut away to leave a 12 meter by 12 meter cross.
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It is formed out of a single rock without a single seam.
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The interior was also hollowed out from rock.
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Lalibela has 11 stone churches which are connected by tunnels.
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They were built by a ruler named King Lalibela in the 12th century.
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The Christian monarch had a dream. God spoke to him.
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Build churches of rock, this will be a new Jerusalem.
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For this new Jerusalem he reconstructed biblical settings.
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The stable where Christ was born.
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The river of Jordan.
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A cross symbolizes Christ's baptism.
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And the small hill overlooking the holy site was selected to resemble the Mount of Olives.
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Ethiopian Christianity dates back to the 4th century.
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Even today it remains close to its Jewish roots.
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Christmas in the Ethiopian calendar is on the 7th of January.
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As the festival nears, Lalibela's population swells with 60,000 pilgrims.
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Among them are monks who give open air sermons.
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The sacred soil of Lalibela is said to cure disease.
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Pilgrims take it home for those who couldn't come.
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As the festival continues into the night, the climax approaches.
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At midnight on the 7th of January, they greet the day of Christ's birth
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amid a living recreation of biblical settings and stories.
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Here at Lalibela, faith is built on rock.
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www.lalibela.org
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- ▼ Mostrar / ocultar niveles
- Nivel Intermedio
- Autor/es:
- NHK World Heritage 100 Series - UNESCO
- Subido por:
- EducaMadrid
- Licencia:
- Reconocimiento - No comercial - Sin obra derivada
- Visualizaciones:
- 371
- Fecha:
- 1 de junio de 2007 - 10:52
- Visibilidad:
- Público
- Enlace Relacionado:
- UNESCO
- Descripción ampliada:
- Ethiopian Christianity dates back to the 4th century. Even today, it remains close to its Jewish roots. Christmas, in the Ethiopian Calendar, is on the 7th of January. As the festival nears, Lalibela’s population swells with 60 thousand pilgrims. Among them are monks who give open-air sermons. (Was any other city built by God? In all the world, only Lalibela was. You should be proud of Lalibela.)
- Duración:
- 02′ 46″
- Relación de aspecto:
- 4:3 Hasta 2009 fue el estándar utilizado en la televisión PAL; muchas pantallas de ordenador y televisores usan este estándar, erróneamente llamado cuadrado, cuando en la realidad es rectangular o wide.
- Resolución:
- 480x360 píxeles
- Tamaño:
- 16.67 MBytes
