looks incredible, what ever the scientific explanation is... the BBC article is quite funny though eh?

Yeah it was. Isn't my lil bro such a sweetheart? He's the coolest! Anywho.. did you visit my weblog yet, meeraph? Mamo Kilu did and even left a message (a nice one! which I would have past him in the past). Benatish biq bey. And thanks for checking the video! You won't believe what a guy said about it at nazret.com (it's blocked in Ethiopia but endme leBebo Proxy). He called Abune Paulos "Abune Diabilos". I thought that was funny, even if it's very disrespectful to orthodox christians, or atleast to those who still hold onto the old teachings (of respecting the elders and obeying "Egziabher YeQebawin", etc).

For all of you lazy butts, herebelow is the BBC article: Sun halo wows Ethiopia amid poll A halo around the sun startled people in Ethiopia during Sunday's local elections, with many seeing it as a miracle or a sign from God. The ring of light caused by sunlight refracted by ice crystals hung in the sky for almost an hour before it finally faded and disappeared. Some Ethiopians say it last appeared in 1991 before a military regime fell. But the BBC's Elizabeth Blunt in Addis Ababa says there is little chance it could augur change this time. She says the overwhelming majority of candidates are from the government party. Churchgoers who had flocked to see the visiting Patriarch of Alexandria, Pope Shenouda, acclaimed the phenomenon as a miracle, or at least a sign of a blessing from God. Thank you, God, for revealing a sign Abuna Paulos, Patriarch of Ethiopia Pope Shenouda himself believed it was a signal from above. "We accept any sign from God to encourage us in our way," he said, "and confirm that we are going right in our way." Abuna Paulos, the Patriarch of Ethiopia, added his voice to those who believe in signs from God. "If God reveals himself from the sky," he told a press conference, "we believers do not get surprised. We only rejoice and double our efforts to thank God. Thank you, God, for revealing a sign." ****atorship But others looked for more secular implications. Older people in Addis Ababa remember seeing the ring around the sun once before - in the last days of the Derg, the despised military ****atorship, just before its leader Mengistu Haile Mariam fled to Zimbabwe. But there is little prospect of the government falling in these elections. The opposition winners of the controversial elections in 2005 in urban areas never took their seats and did not stand again. The most successful of the other opposition parties pulled out, complaining of intimidation and our correspondent says the results are almost certain to consolidate the ruling party's hold on power. Results have not been published yet but an election official said turnout had been massive. Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7346133.stm

what you talking about, who do you think 'zeraff' was? i am one of those who hold onto respecting the elders thing, when ever possible. although there are exceptional situations where some elders make it diffcult to be respected. i often get my ethio news from there but hardly read the comments. it seems some peeps there want to voice their same old point of view doggedly what ever the topic of the day may be. your clip is on there though. complit with a credit to your bro who filmed it. i bet he is pleased

Orog! Orog! Orog! Anchiw honeshalende "zeraffwa"? I was dead certain it was Mamo_kilo! Never imagined zeraff as a female nick. Kemeda tenestew "eri embwa" yemilut enesu nachew biye meselegm. Endew zeraffiye yemilew zefen beAsnakech Worku endetezefene resechew new. Anywho .. glad you visited it, and thank you for the post. Please.. don't be a stranger. Got a really cool post on Ethiopian names and stuff like that. Keep in touch sis.