Since no one is talking about it, I will.
- Yesterday was the Rams Road (Al Kebash road) reopening ceremony. Egypt revived ancient Egyptian Opet festival in the reopening of Rams Road. The Rams Road is one of the most important roads and archaeological elements of the ancient city of Thebes. It is a road of major processions for the kings of the pharaohs, and different holidays were celebrated inside it, including the “Opet” festival, the coronation feast of the king, and various national holidays coming out of it, and in the past there was a huge stone dam that protected the road from the western side of Luxor, which was the political capital of the state in the modern state (18th Dynasty) and religious capital until Roman times. It was inaugurated yesterday with the celebrations of the Opet Festival, which originated mainly in Luxor in approximately 2000 BC, in the era of the Middle Kingdom, and when Luxor became the capital of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom, its local holidays became of a national character. The celebration of Opet was held every year with the beginning of the flood in the second half of the second month of the flood season, which corresponds to August 30, according to today’s accounts. Its philosophy was that the entire universe regained its vitality, health and renewal, in preparation for the new agricultural season. This was all remade yesterday, in the ceremony. What was really mesmerising is the role of women. Almost all of the celebration was carried by women. I highly recommend watching it, it was something to see. I will never not fall in love with the history and civilisation of Egypt. It’s so rich and lively.
