Tabor Society
Heidelberg

This old and famous monastery is located south of Däbrä Tabor nearby the hamlet Este. Not too far away from the monastery within an extended pasture a mineral salty spring– with holy water – is found close to a steep rising rock-formation.
Some time ago a huge rock droped into the valley and thus represents a natural altarstone. The processions of seven churches meet here during important feasts; seven Tabota (plural of Tabot which is a copy of the Decalogue and the holy of the holies for the Ethiopian church) lie upon this altar during the celebrations.

Literature:
Tellele Desta. Annual Report, KuS 54/ August 2001, 9.

Photo: Marx