A young boy pauses from sweeping dust off the porch of the highly-branded local distributor, long enough to have his photo taken.
See also an earlier photo, in my cats series, at this same location:
All this week: Coke ads in Harar.
This boy had come to Bilbala Gyorgis (rock-hewn) Church, above the town of Bilbala, outside of Lalibela, to take the cure of its holy mud. Clay dirt from inside the church is mixed with holy water, then plastered onto the afflicted part; in this case, the boy presumably has some form of skin disorder. Bilbala Gyorgis, in addition to holy water and holy mud, offers pilgrims holy honey, from bees that have built combs in the former windows of the church.