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I benefit from these long traditions that have served many Ethiopian generations.</i>\r\n- Almaz Tesfaye, V&amp;A Estates Services, member of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<i>Sacred texts of Ethiopia date back to the 4th century AD, painstakingly transcribed and illuminated by monks and religious scholars on goatskin parchment. 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