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An Ethiopian is sitting on a chair on a place laid out with carpets in front of a crowd of people. He is wearing a cloak and headdress and holding a stick and an Ethiopian metal cross. "Der 'Etschege' der höchste abessinische krichliche[...] Würdenträger auf dem Festplatz. Der Abuna, Erzbischof, ist ein Kopte als Egypter, der vom Patriarchen in Alexandrien ordiniert wird und in Abessinien sterben muß. Momentan gibt es in Abessinien keinen Abuna. - Der Schirmhalter hinter dem Etschege hat als Zeichen seiner Unterwürfigkeit seinen Überwurf untergebunden, wie es sich nach der Landessitte für einen Diener ziemt" ("The 'Etshege' the highest abyssinian church[...] dignitary on the celebration site. The Abuna, archbishop, is a Copt as Egyptian, who is ordained by the Patriarch in Alexandria and has to die in Abyssinia. Currently there is no Abuna in Abyssinia. - the parasol holder behind the Etshege has his cloak bound underneath as a sign of his subservience as befits a servant after the custom of the country").
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