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The document emphasizes the importance of preserving and passing down the traditions and history of the Ethiopian Orthodox Incarnation Church, particularly in light of contemporary challenges. It highlights specific customs associated with the holiday of Debre Tabor, including the preparation of traditional foods and the significance of various rituals. The call to action urges all Orthodox Christians to actively protect and promote their Church's heritage for future generations.

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Therefore

The document emphasizes the importance of preserving and passing down the traditions and history of the Ethiopian Orthodox Incarnation Church, particularly in light of contemporary challenges. It highlights specific customs associated with the holiday of Debre Tabor, including the preparation of traditional foods and the significance of various rituals. The call to action urges all Orthodox Christians to actively protect and promote their Church's heritage for future generations.

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Therefore, it is essential that we preserve and transfer this major

religious holiday and tradition to the coming generations.


Teaching the true history and tradition of our Church and making
sure that Its dignity is protected is a duty expected of all of us,
especially at this time a time that many are arising from every
corner to erase the history of the Ethiopian Orthodox
Incarnation Church. The unforgettable and miraculous story that
took place at Mount Tabor should be kept intact and passed down
to generations. Today, the “Buhie belu” traditional and spiritual
song has become a song used for admiring athletes, singers and
artists; before this trend morphs into some- thing beyond
controllable, every Orthodox Christian should stand up for his/her
Church. Protecting our Church, serving so that It is able to walk
with the age, and making It known throughout the world is a
responsibility that all of us carryThe whip-cracking that takes
place when the holiday nears symbolizes God’s voice that came
through the cloud at Mount Tabor; the panic that the loud crack of
the whip strikes in us teaches us that the three disciples fell to
the ground due to their fear of the voice. Lighting a bonfire in the
evening of Buhie signifies the light of His glory that was seen on
Mount Tabor; it is also to commemorate parents who lit chibo to
go in search of their children. On the day of the feast, people
who closely know each other give moolmool to the children in
one another’s family (by their number); this is a representation of
the parents who took moolmool to the fields to give to their
children.
In Ethiopian Orthodox Incarnation Church’s traditional schools of
our country known as Abinet Schools, Debre Tabor is a significant
holiday of students. A few days in advance, the students go to
nearby villages and beg for ground and whole cereal grains,
shiny-leaf buckthorn (gesho, which is used as hops), and
germinated grains (known as bikil). As they know the tradition
well, the villagers give to the students generously. The students
then brew tella (Ethiopian traditional beer) with
the gesho and bikil, roast cereals, bake bread, and take all that to
church on the day of Debre Tabor to share with the laity who have
come for Divine Liturgy when they are done. This is our tradition
that is still practiced around Abinet Schools.

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