RR0214/C Ethiopia: Ark

Описание: (6 Apr 2002) SHOTLIST

Axum, Addis Ababa and Lake Tana, Ethiopia (recent):
Axum: nighttime religious procession of the Mihilila thanksgiving celebration; replica of the Ark of the Covenant being carried in procession; picture of Virgin Mary and child Jesus; worshippers praying; religious ceremony; priest leading prayers; daytime procession of Mihilila; replica of Ark being carried back to chapel of St Mary Zion; Addis Ababa: Ethiopian Orthodox Church Patriarchate; cross; Patriarch Abune Paulos, head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, sot; Axum: the 'Guardian of the Ark' entering chapel; red curtain said to be shielding the Ark; representative of the Guardian of the Ark Tigrignia sot; crowns of Ethiopian kings; Guardian of the Ark turning pages of the 13th century historical book Keber Negest; picture of Menelik and Azariah taking the Ark from the Temple; picture of Menelik with the Ark crossing the Red Sea; picture of wall of water preventing King Solomon's soldiers from following; picture of Queen Sheba in Axum awaiting the Ark's arrival; picture of Menelik arriving with the Ark in Axum; St Mary Zion chapel; ruins of the first chapel; 17th century chapel; obelisks; small ancient obelisk; ancient broken obelisk; people walking; priest in yellow robe; woman kissing cross; priest blessing woman; boys with donkeys; vox pop Tigrignia sot; Lake Tana: Tana Kirkos island; men in papyrus boat heading for island; people waiting on shore; island monastery and monks; Gebrehana Gebremeskel, head priest, Amharic sot; island's chapel; head priest walking to and entering chapel; interior chapel; head priest standing in front of Holy of Holies; parchment of Ten Commandments; picture of Moses' hands outstretched; head priest unfolding parchment showing saints; Addis Ababa: house; international scholar Professor Richard Pankhurst seen through window; Professor Pankhurst sot; Axum: trumpeter; replica of Ark with priests leaving chapel; men with guns; boys with books and bell; musicians; procession; replica of Ark; women praying; replica of Ark taken into tent; drummers; tent and crowd; women clapping and singing; Sunset; interior tent church with sleeping and praying people; exterior nighttime children around fire; crowd on mountain; priest with replica of Ark conducting ceremony; faces reflected in water of modern version of Queen Sheba's bath; bath and people; musicians and boys on steps; musicians drumming; boys' faces; people watching; priest with cross blessing water; three candles being launched on water (APTN)

STORYLINE

Where is Christianity's Ark of the Covenant? Scholars have pondered its existence and location for centuries and theories about its resting place abound, a favourite location being Ethiopia. The Ark of the Covenant, the chest which God commanded be built to hold the tablets of the Ten Commandments, disappeared from Jerusalem after the destruction of King Solomon's Temple. It is central to the 3,000-year-old Ethiopian Orthodox Church and to the country's history. But here there's also a mystery, because there are two Ethiopian versions of what happened to the Ark.

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