On the eve of Timket, known as Ketera, priests and deacons wearing colourful robes and crowns participate in the festive processions. The priests pray throughout the long night and Kedase is concluded at around 2:00 a.m. People in masses camp out, singing church music, eating and drinking sitting around fires and torches. Christian followers attend an early afternoon mass service.
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Followed by the actual Timket day the Tabots are carried by priests over their heads, where the Ceremony begins by the divine worship celebrated near the body of water early in the morning. After which the water is blessed and sprinkled on the followers. Many choose to submerse themselves into the holly water, thus emblematically renewing their baptism.
After the baptism the Tabots of each church return to their respective churches accompanied by a well dressed (Usually white cloths) and singing mass of people. in Ethiopia people wear their best cloths on Timket day. There is also an Amharic saying
