Religion, ethiopia. 64-year-old meregeta zewde tadesi, a scribe who was trained in gondar, writing a prayer book, bilbala village, near lalibela. A detail of the master writing. He always squats on his haunches and writes on his knee, in the traditional style

photo 64 year old gondar lalibela writing sean christian knee always africa people village traditional pen man writes squats text developed country paper master detail prayer scribe hands ethiopia christians third world religious haunches book men tadesi male africans ethiopians write rural persons developed countries sub sahara prayer christian books african writing trained religions males bilbala person script religion zewde prayers christianity ethiopian sprague pens book hand meregeta writes