MADNESS ON FARANDZHI (continued, p.2) to Gondar are many famous historical buildings, including the royal palace. An area of ??6,500 sq ft are numerous castles and palaces built in the XVII century, when Emperor Fasiladas founded a new capital, Gondar, which was known as the African Camelot. The royal palace recently restored, and today it looks amazing. At the Palace much open space. Hence, a great view of the mountains and the nearby eucalyptus grove. Baths Fasiladasa Another attraction of Gondar - Fasiladasa baths. This is a huge rectangular swimming pool, the size is much greater than the Olympic standard. In the middle of the pool is a remarkable structure, which is usually considered a second residence Fasiladasa. Here everything is permeated with calm, even similar to snake tree roots that have sprouted through the stone walls. Unfortunately, we were not very lucky - when we were there, just going restoration work. During the celebration Timkata (baptism in the Ethiopian, approx. Perevi.) Pool filled with water, which brought over 500 kilometers. To fill it takes about a month. Crowds of people rush into the pool and begins the ceremony, which follows the baptism of Christ in the Jordan River. Timkat is a symbol of renewal of faith. Church of Debre Berhan Selassie Church Debre Berhan Selassie became one of the latest attractions that we visited in Gondar. The church of looting crowds of Sudanese dervishes in the 80 years of the last century has saved a swarm of bees that attacked the invaders and drove them. When we arrived, the church was closed, despite a work schedule, and ticket collector was not in place, apparently, until the end of the day, he hardly would have appeared. We managed to find a priest, who revealed to us the church. Inside it looks very colorful, her ceiling is shown about a hundred angels. The massive stone wall with 12 round towers, symbolizing the 12 apostles, the surrounding area. The largest, the 13th tower symbolizes Christ. Angels in the Church of Debre Berhan Selassie Poverty in the country is just amazing. We are constantly assailed the poor and homeless, as well as street children, who asked for money and food. It seems the government to have no case. We saw a lot of blind and disabled, at least more than you would expect. Apparently, since malnutrition affects. The main event during our trip to Gondar was the visit to non-governmental organization Yenege Tesfa, "which deals with the problem of street children Gondar. There are thousands of homeless, but no one can give exact figures. This organization took care of 17 girls and 34 boys under the age of 18 years. Here they are fed and clothed, making sure that they attended school and received special training, for example, learned how to clean shoes, sell tissue paper and chewing gum, or doing hair. Each shelter is a person who is the titular dad or mom. Such organizations is particularly difficult to work with street girls, because they are often sold in the servants (and often ill-treated), they fall into sexual slavery or to the public hangouts. Shelter for Girls, We're lucky we found a shelter for girls. When we arrived, the older girls are going over the lentils, and "mom" preparing dinner. We looked at their books. They were quite interesting, suggestions and stories that children would learn, were on health, AIDS, and about food and clean clothes. Children are shy, but very happy that we photographed them, and although the camera does not look they wanted, then showed a storm of delight when she saw his picture. "Yenege Tesfa" gives homeless medical and pharmacy vouchers, which they can go to the doctor or buy medicine, and coupons for bread, for which homeless kids can get at the local bakery a loaf of bread. The organization is financed from the Netherlands and Belgium. From the state, it receives no help, despite numerous promises. The textbook is interesting, although perhaps this is part of a campaign that is very active in Ethiopia to build something. As in the Sudan, the Chinese are building roads and drainage system. All these things should have been done much earlier, while people's lives would be easier, especially for those living in remote villages and forced to daily or weekly travel on buses to get to where you can sell your goods. Inzhera and Wat Ethiopian cuisine is not very well known in the world. National dish is inzhera vat. Inzhera - is such a big cake, the kind of grayish, rather than taste a little sour. Wat - it is a stew with a spicy sauce (Ethiopian curries). Wat is placed on inzhera, which serves as a plate. Instead of cutlery also use inzhera, picked up her vat and sauce. Unfortunately, this dish did not have us to taste, so we'll drink lots of juice and eat pasta and bread. Start material: Read more:
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