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Baptism and splendor.. "A dress that is not a baptism is torn"

Baptism is not only a religious festival; Baptism is also a public festival where various cultural activities are seen. Baptism is said to be a festival related to purification or cleansing. During the baptism festival, those who can afford it buy new clothes, and those who cannot afford it wash their old ones to look beautiful and beautiful. 

"A dress that is not a baptism is torn" says a local person. To show that there is no time to be beautiful, to look beautiful, and to look beautiful, the baptism season is a time for showing off. Women are adorned and adorned with special and expensive cosmetics, such as lotis, telsem, khtab, dri, bracelets, earrings, alboo and other jewelry that they wear only for the day of baptism. 

So, although the word "dress" in the phrase seems to be for women, the message is for men as well. Their preparation is not easy. They have a lot of preparations to look beautiful, with their hair tied up, their clothes tied up, their teeth brushed, and their teeth brushed. 

Another aspect of the baptism festival behind this beauty is the “lemon throwing”. In the past, it is said that a man would wait a whole year until the baptism to let the woman he loved know that he wanted her. And on the day of the festival, he would throw a lemon at the woman he had previously desired or had seen on the day of the festival and liked her, expressing his love and desire. If she, on the other hand, is interested, she would pick up the lemon or throw the lemon back to him, and they would communicate without any words. 

So, although the lemon throwing seems to have disappeared in this era, the saying and practice of “let a dress that is not suitable for baptism be torn” still exists. They are busy preparing various designs and colorful Habesha clothes for the baptism festival. Traditional clothing stores are crowded with customers. It is common to see people wearing makeup and jewelry these days. Nowadays, baptism is also becoming a celebration of new clothing designs.