[...IT IS NEITHER THE HIGHLANDS’ AMAZING SCENERY NOR THE SCENES, UNALTERED FOR MILLENNIA, OF A TOUGH BIBLICAL LIFE OF SUBSISTENCE WHICH PRODUCE ETHIOPIA’S MOST UNFORGETTABLE IMAGES. YES, TRAVELING HERE IS TOUGH. THE COUNTRY IS PEACEFUL, THERE IS NO VIOLENCE, THERE IS MINIMAL POLITICAL UPHEAVAL & NEGLIGIBLE CRIME. BUT THERE IS HEART-BREAKING POVERTY & DISEASE. WHAT AMAZES ME IN MY EVERY STEP HERE IS THAT AMONG ALL THIS POVERTY & DISEASE, WHICH HAS BEEN A CONSTANT IN ETHIOPIAN LIFE SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL, TREASURES OF ART & RITUAL TRADITIONS OF MEMORABLE ANTIQUITY ARE UNEARTHED. OUT OF THE POVERTY RISES A BLACK BYZANTIUM, WHOSE POPULATION SHOWS A DEEP ATTACHMENT TO THE CHRISTIAN CULTURE IT INHERITED IN LATE ANTIQUITY...]

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