Egyptian customs and traditions

Egyptian customs and traditions

The Egyptians are among the world's most adhering to the customs and traditions inherited from ancient times, and this is clearly evident through the rituals of their daily lives and daily behavior, in addition to the manifestations of the celebration of different feasts and events .. In the following lines we will try to monitor some of these habits and to show their roots and wisdom and how they continue in the lives of Egyptians

 Let's start with the Egyptian customs in marriage

Marriage customs have not changed since the era of the Pharaohs

"The Egyptians are still the first people in the world to know about marriage," said Dr. Sayed Karim, author of the encyclopaedia of the mystery of civilization. "Egypt is still adhering to its customs and traditions inherited from its ancient ancestors. Marriage is the most important of these customs. And they were called the "Baath ring" because it has no first and no other, and this means the ten tenacity and sincerity, and were made of gold, and the bears were placed in the right hand - just as it happens now - and after the marriage moved to the left hand, , As the controller of the case E and destiny - to end the beliefs of the ancient Egyptians.

Authorized and Alkohh and Zgrudh .. Pharaonic ancient ritual

The marriage rituals we practice today are pharaonic of the first degree. The authorized author, the kaftan, or even the authorized "modern" in the suit and the kraft, is the same authorized pharaonic authority of the temple to hold the bond of sacred marriage between the bridegrooms. now completely - one of the newlyweds and other authorized third and Archives so as not to lose the right to a ..

As for the wedding ceremony, the Egyptians used to have the wedding ceremony at the groom's or bride's house as agreed, or as is happening now in a big hotel if the groom is a bit rich, or in the clubs of the second degree, or often on the roof of his house !! !

Also, the bride and groom used to decorate the wedding hall. The most important thing used to decorate the hall is the jasmine blossom, which is a branch of the Yasmon, because they believe in the blossom of paradise and its smell is the smell of paradise. The name now became "kushah"

It is the tradition of Egyptian weddings now, "Tart bride and groom" and where the newlyweds are keen to cut together, and each of them to take a small part on the tip of the knife dedicated to cutting this cake chef.

Women who attend the wedding are also eager to celebrate the wedding.

Egyptian joy .. form Ahhardh ??

The social and economic changes in Egyptian society during the last few years have been transformed into weddings to change the form of joy, rituals and style of celebration, in accordance with the thought of young couples, where the wedding became "the night of life as everyone wishes it to be," the bride and her friends greet with dancing and singing without a break, There is no need for a second class dancer or even a fourth to greet the concert as it was in the past.

The bands and music that were competing to present all new sounds faded into the early hours of the morning to be replaced by DJs and DJs. All this has disappeared to make way for the bride to greet the concert itself and its talents, sometimes dance and other singer and sometimes encouraging if one of her colleagues to a dance on soft music.

The strange thing about weddings these days is that parents encourage their daughters to dance until morning to compliment their peers, breathing on themselves, and perhaps to show their hidden talents that will 

only come out on those happy occasions, applying the famous Egyptian proverb.

While the joy in the recent past, whether in the five-star hotels or in the narrow Egyptian lanes sanctifies the dignity of the bride through the design of the wedding dress, or in the simple movement, which did not exceed the distribution of smiles to the well-wishers in the face of reddish shame, and forbidden to leave her place until When the drums announce the start of her wedding to her new home, she waits for the bridegroom to take her hand when the night is over.

Also, some couples were trained on the wedding before a few days in front of friends and family in order to show the couple in front of the well-wishers, their mates, and their movements during the wedding a harmonious part with the program until the end of the wedding night safely and without mistakes.

It was the dancers, the singers and the singers, and the 

singing groups that were the ones to celebrate the wedding. The young couples boast that the famous dancer and the famous singer had revived their wedding until the morning.

According to one Egyptian artist, "changing the shape of Egyptian weddings is a natural return to the economic situation. The wedding ceremony for the bridegrooms is the night of life that will not be repeated, and they will enjoy it as long as it is within the limits of Egyptian customs and traditions."

The artist acknowledges her influence as a dancer in changing the form of Egyptian joy. "Good market and good goods. The bad economic situation has affected all people, singers and singers, dancers and all segments of society.

Dr. Omnia Farouk, a specialist in social sciences

"The form of Egyptian joy has changed completely in both rituals and in the style of the bride and groom, as well as the well-wishers. It is a natural product of the social pyramid change in Egypt and a true expression of the working class that reduced all aspects of joy in a reduced form to look modern, In Egypt, and circumventing difficult living conditions. "

The form of joy has been divided into three forms

The joys of the rich

It is a joy that still insists on following the old tradition of weddings by inviting top singers, singers and dancers without paying attention to its material cost. And the joy of the working class, which saw the need to dispense with the dancers and bands of high wages, which were taking advantage of the need of families to establish the joys of their children and put a large price can not meet the husband. And the joy of Islam is the joy that is held in the halls attached to the mosques, and in which the men separate from women, and then let him joy in his own way without embarrassment or departure from the Islamic tradition, the type in which he met the two classes, where the rich and hard working alike to the desire of the parties to hold a ceremony on Islamic way as the cost does not remember even compare the current Belafrah. Second, the Egyptian holidays. The customs of the Egyptians in the funerals are truly considered to be a heritage that should always be praised. The Egyptians in the mamtums are divided into layers according to the standard of living. They must appear even in the best of sorrow. Every man must have a memory that people remember. Eid for the deceased, and each person has his place. Now the people of the late are only renting the butterfly for only three hours, although the funeral parlor was going on for three days in the past, and says Hanouti specializes in transporting the dead from the "birth of the great," as he put it: every dead and has Its place and price means that if the deceased Jay is from abroad, I will receive him from the airport and bring him to his last place. If he is in the 

cemeteries of Cairo or Fayoum, he will take 2000 pounds, but if he is buried in the governorates, every connection will be by distance. Abd al-Basit al-Tarbi says, The minister son like a son of the poor, each one has needed to be looked Otq And I am taking 300 pounds in the head, because the sand has risen in price, as well as gypsum, and all the things in Egypt have increased. "" It is remarkable to look at the issue of the Egyptians' estrangement, Known for reciting the Koran in solace, which may sometimes amount to 20 thousand pounds in only two hours of time, although some began to replace this by operating the cassette player to the voice of the most famous Quran readers in 

Egypt, without the need to pay this amount In it, and the opinion of the Egyptian saying "is the death and ruin of Deyaar" !!! Egyptian funerals and the art of many !! In our beloved Egypt, the funerals of funerals differ from one province to another, from village to village in the same governorate, although they eventually meet one bond, respect for the sanctity of the dead. But the most famous thing in most governorates Upper Egypt, is the skill of Egyptian women in the art of many, and stamp on the cheeks and scarcity, which boast of women in 

every orphanage, where each woman individually to highlight her talent in the slap and many .. But what many? What does it have to do with the art of lamentation? 

Lamentation is one of the oldest and most important arts of the saying practiced by man because of his connection to the great universal reality of death, and to his attachment to basic human psychological needs, including the sadness 

that accompanies the death of a loved one, including the desire of man to immortality. great cemetery, or a book, or Hassan, who mentioned a poem Tkhaldh lament !! And "many" is the lamentation in the popular image of women say in the event of death of someone, has diminished the purposes of lamentation in many, became a single purpose is essential is to raise grief and the curse on the deceased through the poetic image .. Many were said in the funeral through the ladies are professional This is the case for the wealthy, and the non-wealthy classes were publishing "Al-Gadeer", one of the women who kept it. This art was concentrated in the funerals, but it 

deals with most of the living conditions of the popular women. has also full natural innate is "poetic" of which there are premium at the K Many imaging Ansan..oeetmaz strongly because the image is the main weapon in achieving its purpose, which is to raise sadness in the soul. And "many" a picture reflected the life of society, and the ideas and nature of life, it is recorded in the lives of the people two aspects .. The mentality of the people and ideas .. The people's social and political life .. It also helps many to take a life style, customs, traditions, events, clothes, The popular classes that spread this art, and 

thus fill many gaps in the official history, which shed lights on the upper classes ignoring the popular classes .. And many consists of pieces, each section consists of two houses, and each house consists of two parts, In terms of meaning, however, the fragment is composed of m And the second is a repetition of the first, which is not different except at the end of the two words are often synonymous to the two in the first house, and when the composition consists of more than two houses - sometimes a few - all are repeated for the first house in the same way also .. The shrouds are a complete union, but it may suffice for the rapprochement between the two words in the exits of letters, melodies and music. Many try to adhere to poetic weights, but they do not always succeed in compensating the "narrator." It is necessary here to 

emphasize the position of religion from many, the Messenger of Allah peace be upon him "has forbidden a severe deviation from the manifestations of grief in the Hadith," not from us to slap the cheeks, and cut pockets, and called the pretext of ignorance, "but he never said that he forbade The words that are said to express sadness, be it poetry or prose, but listen to such, and sometimes ask to increase in listening, as did the prayers of God and peace, and he listens to feel poets and poets of lamentations and many "Khansaa", 

and whenever she stopped singing Astzadeha by saying (Hey Oh Khanas) means keep up the chanting, O Khansa. It is obvious that many do not Only lament "... known that lamentation is said in And many of them are considered to slap and cut pockets and carry mud and dirt on the heads of the required supplies to the popular women, so the clerics in the fight against many because of his supplies and his companions, even if he himself is not enough .. This may be one of the reasons In addition to the high degree of education and the level of culture and openness to the world through radio and television, and the 

consequent change in the behavior and customs of women's popular, and ways to express their feelings of joy and sorrow alike, became displeased today has what Grandmother considered necessary .. And there 38 type Many of the events include 

life from many patients, many to men and children, many young people, washing, funeral, bride, educated, courageous and strange, and many who did not follow children. The woman who died all her children, and the woman who died in childbirth, and many positions, and many drowned and burned and the prisoner and Bara vehicles. Before we 

present examples of these many, we must point out the existence of many in all peoples with close images close to the cultures of these peoples, if the similarity of the cultural and social level of women in two peoples also resemble many, and even similarities and accessories as well .. Among the most famous models scattered in the Upper Egypt and some governorates of the face of the sea and the different villages ..: Aiad meet the way of mosques crying and Tnoh, Vn prayer pray Yiji and go? By mosques crying by Dima, Fein chapel owner value? Many 

girls who did not marry, my ground cutter, and throw her between the differences pin, the earthly activator of her heart, and throw her between the differences bear many of the courage we had seven Tbeibh seven, and seven died and we eat Dbouba We had seven people, and seven died and we Sobhna Blash many officials to say, you, the quality, the border stone What you take off the wave of say you, the owner of the amount, the boundary stone What brings you the stream of many seasons and holidays Eid feast on the neighbors and walk, we are sad and do not repeat Eid feast on the neighbors and spirit, we are sad and heart Mawdouh Al - Mahrouq Ain Al - Jada Tala Barr Oh, what do you want to burn fire, O people of God? Eye Jada came up before, Ya 

Min de Ahouc fire, boys? I have many people in the wheel, my hands and my hand under the calf alone, you are present, come to his people, my hand and my hand under the calf and his feet, you are present. They became good morning, said the load will go at night, they became morning Badri, said the load will see the bridegroom many bridegroom Madi God is a bridegroom is married in Jenina, O Ritha Zaf and entered the night Madi God is the bridegroom of his uncle's house, uncle, do not hit the drum and Nicot neighbor many women to her husband, O p Dr. Betty column Hdoh, oh do you see in the Maine House ambush? O my house and column marble column, oh do you see in the house of Watqam? Third Circumcision .. In the midst of Egyptian customs, male circumcision, or what is known as durum, was done in the last period by a hospital doctor, but the phenomenon of holding the ceremony of Tahr returned to float to the surface in the Egyptian dialogue and villages, and replaced the parents again with a barber of health and Tomerji to perform the circumcision instead of the doctor . This is not different from one village to another or even from one province to another, because the result in the end one, which is the process of circumcision of the child or even the girl, the families boast of such concerts for their children, especially that they believe that the child, even if he was one year old, has become On the outskirts of masculinity, and the girl has reached the stage of femininity, which must disappear from sight awaiting the bridegroom Hamam, who is kidnapped by his white horse !!! "I had a wedding ceremony for my son and I did not cost one million. I went first to the doctor but he asked me for 700 pounds. I could not manage the amount, so I had to set up a marquee in the neighborhood and called one of the twins who took me 50 pounds, And the process of circumcision, and through this ceremony I was able to collect the amount of four thousand pounds point from Habayeb and neighbors, this amount I was able to repay the debt and is a loan and help and I will refund it to anyone who is doing a ceremony of Tahr to his son, all predecessor and religion. It seems that this is the thinking of ordinary Egyptians, these are their best habits, compliment each other, and stand beside each other in times of joy and sadness.