During 5 days of negotiated peace between rebel and government forces people from far and wide gather to celebrate unity, love and the coming of Jesus Christ between the with bullet holes filled walls of the historic Lalibela rock churches. These priests are celebrating Gena. Ethiopia's traditional Christmas, celebrated on January 7th by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, following a 43-day Fast of the Prophets (Tsome Nebiyat) with spiritual services, traditional white clothing (netela), candlelight processions, feasts (like Doro Wot), coffee ceremonies, and traditional games like field hockey (also called Gena) 2024