Wafaa Al Nil

Wafaa Al-Nil is an Egyptian occasion that begins on the 15th August for 2 weeks and celebrates the Nile Flood day. The River Nile turned into truly essential in Ancient Egypt or even had its personal god, Hapi. Though there's little or no rainfall in Egypt, a heavy rain upstream close to the assets of the river brought on a flood each year. This flood water then left the soil wealthy in nutrients, priming it for farming. They believed the flooding of the Nile started with the advent of "Al-Shaary Al-Yamani" or "Sirius", or the brightest star. Ancient Egyptians believed that the flooding of the Nile turned into genuinely the tears of the goddess Isis, crying over the dying of her husband Osiris.

Ancient celebrations of the occasion have been recorded on papyrus; the primary shape of paper created the usage of the reeds from the banks of the river. They illustrated the Nile withinside the shape of the god Hapi. These drawings might display the god wearing food and drink to a desk together along with his feet at the land of Egypt. This confirmed the best the river carried to Egypt every year. Today, similar to in Ancient traditions, celebrations of Wafaa El-Nil consist of making ready boats designed in Pharaonic fashion and crushing those at the river waters. There also are glad chants and dances, and first-rate costumes as human beings thank the river.

Time: on the 15th August for 2 weeks

Location: All across Egypt