-ENGLISH YEAR PROJECT 2019 -
BY SANEMSARACOGLU 7B
All About
the Ancıent egyptıAns
Celebrations, holidays and festivals
The ancient Egyptians celebrated and made holidays in their festivals so celebrations and holidays are also related to their festivals. They had plenty of festivals that are known detailed. Some of these festivals are:
Wepet- Renpet Festival:It is the festival that the ancient Egyptians celebrate as new year.
Wag Festival:It is a festival that is done for the remembrance of Osiris and to honor the souls of the dead people in their afterlife.
Wag and Thoth Festival:The conjugation of the Wag Festival and the god Thoth’s birth forms this festival. Thoth was the god of writing, wisdom and knowledge.
Tekh Festival, The Feast of Drunkenness: It was done in the honor of Hathor, who is known as the lady of drunkenness. The festival was done at the time when the humans were saved from the addiction to beer.
Opet Festival:This festival is a very important festival because this festival is done for the honor of the renovation of the king done by the god Amun.
Hathor Festival:This festival is celebrated at Denderawhich is mainly the place where Hathor’s cult is done. The festival is done in the honor of Hathor’s graces and herself.
Sokar Festival / Festival of Khoiak:This festival is done to honor Sokar who was one of the gods that was in the Early Dynastic Period in Egypt.
Bast Festival:This is a famous festival that is dedicated to the birth of Bastet who is a cat goddess.
Nehebkau Festival:The festival is the done for Nehebkau who was the god that connected the human’s body to its soul.
Min Festival:It is done in the honor of Min who is the god of virility, reproduction and fertility.
Wadi Festival/ The Beautiful Feast of the Valley:The festival was done to dedicate the king and also to renovate him.
The Epagomenae:This festival is the name for the last five days of the year. According to the Egyptian calendar a year has 360 days but solar year is 365 days. So they have a festival which is the last five days of the year. ıt is also called super-added days.
Traditions and rıtuals
Most of them were religious but there were also traditions and rituals that weren’t so connected to religion. For example, “mummification”was one of them. The reason of mummification was to keep the corpses well. The ancient Egyptians found out that the corpses were not damaged while they are covered with the dry sands of Egypt. Instead of sand, they used different materials. We can still see the tattoos of the people that are mummified after thousands of years. In conclusion, mummification is one of the most popular traditions of the ancient Egyptians.
First of all, despite the Muslims that ruled the country afterwards, the ancient Egyptians believed in more than one god. For instance, Amun, Anubis, Aten, Atum, Bastet, Bes, Geb, Hapy, Hathor, Horus, Isis, Khepri, Khnum, Ma’at, Nephthys, Nun, Nut, Osiris, Ptah, Ra, Ra-Horakhty, Sekhmet, Seshat, Seth, Shu, Sobek, Tawaret, Tefnut and Thoth. The ancient Egyptians made temples for these gods. This has become a tradition and ritual in the ancient Egyptians. They are known from their marvelous temples. For example, Hatshepsut’s Mortuary Temple, The Ramesseum, Medinet Habu, Luxor Temple, Karnak, Abu Simbel, Abydos, Philae, Edfu, Kom Ombo and Dendera are the most famous temples of the ancient Egypt.