Ethiopia: Demera - an Enticing Tradition for Tourists' Influx

Demera, the eve of Mesekel celebration, ceremony is prepared individually and communally outside homes. Specially, the holiday in Addis Ababa is prepared at Meskel Square on the 26th of September, at the eve of Meskel, Tall Demera made of tree branches is erected decorating with flowers at the Meskel Square and while singing spiritual songs Sunday School Students and the clergy accompanied by huge crowds of worshipers wearing cultural clothing, march to Meskel Square to carryout Demera festivity ceremony.

As Meskel is a unique ceremony to Ethiopia, Many tourists also influx to Ethiopia to see and follow the Demera ceremonial process. Of course, Meskel has been inscribed in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as the Intangible Cultural Heritages of Humanity three years ago. Yes, apart from its spiritual importance, it has been one of nation's tourist attractions and an engine for the nation's economic development.

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