Ethiopia Religious Art Photographs
Ethiopia is renowned for her distinctive traditional Orthodox Christian artworks dating back as far as the 4th-century AC.
When visiting the churches in and around the Lalibela region (one of many religious regions within Ethiopia), one cannot help but marvel at these paintings, textiles, basketry and jewellery. Without question, it is one of the highlights of any Ethiopian safari (irrespective of one's personal religious beliefs or religious denomination).
Here is our selection of photographs of religious artworks from Ethiopia, all the photos that you see below were taken by the team at Uyaphi.com.
Ethiopia Church Art Photographs
Palace Of Haile Selassie
Haile Selassie, King of Kings, Lion of Judah, by the grace of God, Emperor of Ethiopia. Quite a mouthful of a title for a single man or, as the Rastafarians would have it, the son of God. So awe-inspiring are the adjectives that you would have expected him to live in a magnificent palace made of the finest Carrara marble or a granite stone castle in the tradition of Gondar.Visiting The Lalibela Rock Churches
Your correspondent has been travelling in Africa for over three decades. I feel that I know sub-Saharan Africa; its smells, its peoples, its geography and its wildlife. Ethiopia is different, as different as snow is to sand. So different that you could get a very sharp knife and detach it somewhere in the Red Sea because it is not similar to any of its Arab world neighbours either.Where To Travel In Ethiopia
New on Uyaphi.com is our Travel in Ethiopia portfolio featuring safaris and tours to this somewhat new African safari destination; we are very excited about Ethiopia and all that she has to offer. Think of Ethiopia as a more cultural safari destination than what one is used to in Africa.