Timkat

party
Country of origin	Ethiopia
Intangible cultural heritage status	Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Described at URL	https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/01491, https://ich.unesco.org/fr/RL/01491, https://ich.unesco.org/es/RL/01491

Timket (Ge'ez: ጥምቀት T’imk’et) e la a Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church aneŋ Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church tigiri diibo a yi a Epiphany. Ba maŋ di la ana tigiri diibo ŋa a19 Gyɛnoɔre (bee 20 a leap year poɔ) bebiri daare, a bebiri ŋa maŋ te kyaarɛɛ a Terr 11th bebiri daare a Ge'ez calendar poɔŋ.

Timkat tigiri diibo maŋ di la te kyaare ne a baptism of Jesus a River Jordan poɔŋ. A tigiri ŋa ba maŋ di la o la a pɛge a baptism ŋmeŋ toŋ poɔŋ (ka a yiniŋ a ŋa ŋmeŋ toŋ yɛlɛ a kiristabiiri kpoŋ zie zaa naŋ maŋ toŋ te kyaare ne a Holy Land saŋa zaa ka banaŋ wa gaa a Jordan).

Saŋa na ka ba naŋ wa dire a Timkat tigiri, a Tabot, a Ark of the Covenant waaloŋ kaŋa, ŋa la ka maŋ de ko a Ethiopian altar kaŋa zaa (a te yineŋ aŋa a Western altar stone), ka ba maŋ de bondaaŋ tane pɔre neŋ aneŋ meŋ ka kauree meŋ maŋ pare a bagebogra zuŋ.^[1] A Tabot, ŋa ka a laity ba maŋ toɔna nyerɛ, meŋ maŋ areko la a Jesus aŋa a Messiah saŋa na o naŋ wa wa a Jordan ka o wa e baptism. A Divine Liturgy ka ba maŋ di o tigiri peɛle kɔŋ kpoŋ noɔre bee bulee koɔŋ noɔre a beekuu saŋa (a wa 2:00 a.m. saŋa). Ka koɔŋ zaa naŋ wa peɛle meŋ maŋ nyɛ la zunɔɔ a waana zenyaare kyɛ ka e waare a neɛ kaŋa zaa naŋ meŋ wa, ka ba mine meŋ gba maŋ kpɛ a koɔŋ poɔ kyɛ de ba memme zaa liŋti a koɔŋ poɔ, ŋaa maŋ la wuloka ba maŋ la sage la ba baptismal vows. Kyɛ a tigiri eŋ ba maŋ baare kyɛ eŋ; Donald N. Levine maŋ wulo la a tigiri diibo a yuomo 1960s piiloo saŋa: Tɛmpileti:Quote UNESCO da ŋmaa la a Timkat a yuoni 2019 poɔ eŋ a List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.^[2]