The museum had an Ethiopian seamstress in Silver Spring make the deep-red satin dressings for the stately copper, bronze and silver processional crosses on view, some of them centuries old, and ...

In the center of a meditative gallery, artist Tsedaye Makonnen’s seven light towers—made from mirrored boxes featuring the cutout designs of Ethiopian crosses—serve as monuments to lost ...

Crosses “Ethiopia at the Crossroads” is full of, well, crosses. There are large crosses hoisted on poles during religious processions and handheld crosses displayed in homes.

That portion of the cross is kept in a monastery in Ethiopia. The day is observed as the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in other churches, including Orthodox, Catholic and some Protestant.

Cross-Cultural Exchanges from Vietnam, Ethiopia, the Caribbean Solo shows also abound, from Charles Gaines to Harry Smith, while the women of Land Art and Fluxus keep rocking in major exhibitions.

It also marks the end of Ethiopia's rainy season and is the first opportunity in months for people to travel and visit family. Many websites say the word means cross.