At Epiphany, or “Ghtass”, people greet each other by saying Deyim Deyim, which is a wish for others to always have all the blessings as food and wealth and health, etc.

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On this night, women prepare many kind of special sweets made of a special dough or dumpling which they make in different shapes that they dip and fry in boiling oil, as a symbol that reminds us how  Jesus got into the water of the Jordan River to get baptized by John.

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