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Women Holding Umbrellas and Celebrating Sigd in Ambover, Ethiopia

Celebrating the Sigd—the special festival on a mountaintop—in Ambover, Ethiopia. Umbrellas protect from the sun and are a sign of "status."

Photographer: Joan Roth

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Women Holding Umbrellas and Celebrating Sigd in Ambover, Ethiopia." (Viewed on March 19, 2024) <http://jwa.org/media/ethiopia-4-still-image>.