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Shareen
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| Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 3:15 am Post subject: A funny for you |
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I belong to an egyptology society, attending lectures and talks every month or so. Its purely an amateur thing, but I enjoy learning. However, the society has a "social" calendar. And in the summer, they are organising a garden party at the home of one of the members.
Now the majority of the membership are middle aged and retired ladies and gentleman, very respectable and mostly, very knowledgeable about the history of Egypt.
Now bearing in mind the age and respectability of these people, I would love to know if you could come up with any ideas as to why they would call their garden party........ "The Opet Festival"
Hmmmmmm now if my memory serves me right, I cannot see these people indulging in many of the activities that were a part of the original Opet Festival.
Sorry, I just thought it was amusing, and I hope you find it amusing too. |
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Dienrose
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| Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 5:29 am Post subject: |
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Shareen,
Maybe there's something about the members of your Egyptology club that you still don't know! |
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Ausar
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| Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 10:27 am Post subject: Would this group happen to be |
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| The American Reserch Center in Egypt? |
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Dienrose
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| Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 10:04 pm Post subject: Re: Would this group happen to be |
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Ausar wrote: The American Reserch Center in Egypt?
Shareen's in the UK. Probably not that one. :) |
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Shareen
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| Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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Lol Ausar
Nothing quite so grand as that! Its just a bunch of middle aged and retired folk getting together to hear lectures on Ancient Egypt.
Imagine a room full of twin sets and pearls, flat brogue shoes, hair set and permed together with men in slacks and woolly cardigans over a nice neat shirt and tie and you might get the picture. |
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Laura
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Shareen
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| Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 3:39 am Post subject: |
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Lol Laura...... well...... basically, it is the festival when Amun (the god at Karnak) made his annual visit to his wife at Luxor Temple,...... I will leave it to your imagination as to the purpose of his visit to his wife. Needless to say, the citizens of Thebes also joined in the activities with supreme gusto!
Hence the Opet Festival was simply an excuse for the local population to indulge in a little, shall we say...... horizontal entertainment? |
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Laura
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Zakirah
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| Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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Shareen wrote: Lol Ausar
Nothing quite so grand as that! Its just a bunch of middle aged and retired folk getting together to hear lectures on Ancient Egypt.
Imagine a room full of twin sets and pearls, flat brogue shoes, hair set and permed together with men in slacks and woolly cardigans over a nice neat shirt and tie and you might get the picture.
Lol Shareen, Why are YOU at an event like this? I know that you don't have a twin set and pearls! Do you :? ?
How are you, i hope fine? :lol: |
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Ausar
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| Posted: Wed May 05, 2004 3:51 am Post subject: about the Opet |
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What you said about the Opet was basically true. During this time most common Egyptians had a chance to wirness the priestly procession that most in most case they never got to see. Some were even allowed during this time visit the inside of the temples.
Another event that occured with the Opet festival was another one called Beautiful Feast of the Valley where common Egyptians woulf visit the tomb of a deceased relative to give them blessings. Of course this was a regular customs,but duing this time it obtained a special signifcance.
The Opet festival survives today as the Mouled of Abul' Al Hagag. He was a sufi saint that converted a population of Luxor Egyptians into Sufi islam. He later incorporated most of their traditional beliefs into Sufi Mouled festivals that can be seen each year in Cairo. Many other traditions also survive in rural Egyptian villages.
Sincearly,
that Crazy Sa3eadi Egyptian |
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Shareen
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| Posted: Wed May 05, 2004 3:53 am Post subject: |
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Lol Zakirah
Well, you can imagine that C and I stand out like sore thumbs at the meetings! But it will remain a secret as to whether I possess a twinset and pearls!
And I am fine.... back in July, so if you fancy a few days in our spare room (West Bank this time, cant be doing with M lol), we would love to see you! Take a couple of days off and come and chill with us! |
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