Women Holding Umbrellas and Celebrating Sigd in Ambover, Ethiopia
Celebrating the Sigd—the special festival on a mountaintop—in Ambover, Ethiopia. Umbrellas protect from the sun and are a sign of "status."
Photographer: Joan Roth
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Jewish Women's Archive. "Women Holding Umbrellas and Celebrating Sigd in Ambover, Ethiopia." (Viewed on November 21, 2025) <https://qa.jwa.org/media/ethiopia-4-still-image>.