Crowd moving towards Trinity Church


Title

Crowd moving towards Trinity Church

Date Issued

1959

Description

Temkat ceremonies were held in several places in succession. Best clothes are worn for the occasion. The original slide was taken during a three-week visit to Ethiopia and Eritrea undertaken during Elliott Forsyth’s study leave in 1959, from the University of Adelaide. Elliott used the images in the collection extensively for lectures on "Ethiopia: the Land of Prester John"

Spatial Coverage

Shoa region
Ethiopia

Medium

slide

Extent

1 slide : col., 5 x 5 cm

Rights

Copyright E. C. Forsyth

Download File(s)

https://repository.erc.monash.edu/files/upload/Data-Collections/Elliott-Forsyth/eth-092.jpg

Citation

Forsyth, Elliott Christopher and Forsyth, Elliott Christopher (photographer), “Crowd moving towards Trinity Church,” Monash Collections Online, accessed December 3, 2023, https://repository.erc.monash.edu/items/show/34598.

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