Kefale Alemu on the Miraculous Lake Tana, Its Islands and the Outlet of River Nile In Ethiopia

This Video film presents the miraculous Lake Tana, Its Islands and the outlet of River Abay (Blue Nile) in Ethiopia. Lake Tana is situated at 1830 Meters Above Sea Level in the Amhara Gojam and Gondar Regions.

It is hard to believe the fact that the Gilgel Abay (Young River Nile) flows over the Tana Lake just as it flows in its valley. This amazing natural phenomenon makes the Lake water fresh and drinkable.

As River Abay/Nile (floods) from the area highlands it is rich in soil (Mud.) That is why It is possible to clearly observe how the River is flowing over the Lake water because of its distinctive muddy texture (colour).

In most of the Islands there are Churches and Monasteries. According to my informants, there are 37 Islands and 21 Monasteries in Lake Tana. Most of the Islands are inhabited by humans mainly by Nuns and Monks. Nuns and Monks live separately.

According to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church a Monk or a Nun is a person who devotes his life to the words of God. A man becomes a Monk and a Woman becomes Nun when they abandon the material world so as to clean their past sins and to join the spiritual world. They abandon the contemporary society because of jealousy, deceit, self centred attitudes and treasons. They usually produce their own food by farming small plots of land and dedicate most of their time life in prayers. They believe that such peaceful practices will help them to communicate with God and to go to Heaven after death.

You can also see the Hippopotamus, Verity of Birds, Plants, including Dengel (Amharic) Papyrus (English). Papyrus is also famous in Egypt. Ancient Egyptian made the first paper from Papyrus Plannt. See Even today it is used for painting pictures, writing texts and for variety of decoration purposes. In Ethiopia it is mainly used to construct small Tankuwa or Jelba (Amharic), Boat (English). Tankuwa or Jelba is an Ancient and indigenous Ethiopian Boat. Enjoy Tana!! Enjoy amazing Ethiopia and don't forget to subscribe if you want to see more thrilling videos on this amazing country!!

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