Ancient Egyptian customs and traditions

 

The ancient Egyptian customs and traditions have been passed down from generation to generation over the ages, despite the different historical eras, whether Pharaonic, Coptic or Islamic.

social habits

The ancient Egyptian used to marry at an early age, and the parents, when their son reached puberty, decided to marry him and chose the bride for him from one of the relatives, and the groom went to ask for the bride’s hand and present the dowry, and the father would buy clothes and decorations for his daughter and buy all her requirements. This custom did not disappear from the customs of the Egyptians and continues in some countries Egyptian level.

Food habits

The ancient Egyptian used to lie on the ground while eating. He would raise one of his knees off the ground and sit without supporting his back. The ancient Egyptian used to eat three meals a day, including one in which family members must gather, as the people of Upper Egypt do when they eat; As they sit on the ground around a small table called the tablia, and the whole family gathers during food, especially in the month of Ramadan, and what is known as incantations. Eat mallow.

As for onions, garlic, radishes, lettuce, cucumbers and balls, they were considered among the most important sacred vegetables for the ancient Egyptians, and these vegetables are still grown until now. As for the fruits of sycamore, figs, pomegranate, grapes, watermelon and plum, they were among the most important sacred fruits for them.

Sebaa habits

One of the most important ancient customs of the ancient Egyptians is the custom of Jesus when a new born comes on the seventh day of his birth and they celebrate and sing intensely because they believed that the sense of hearing did not work except for those loud sounds and they put the child on the ground and the mother passes over him seven times and they pray for him and the Egyptians still care about this beautiful habits.

Sham El-Nessim habits

The Egyptians inherited the custom of celebrating Sham El-Nessim from the pharaohs who celebrated it about 4500 years ago. During that day, the pharaohs offered salted fish or fesikh, lettuce and onions as sacrifices to the gods during the harvest season. One of their main habits during that day was going out to gardens and parks, coloring eggs and preparing foods such as Herring, fesikh, and sardines, which are the exact same customs that the Egyptians do until today.

Eye of Horus to prevent envy

The ancient Egyptians considered the Eye of Horus a symbol of good health and protection from evil spirits and stray animals, and they wore the Eye of Horus necklace for decoration and protection and placed it on the chest of the pharaoh's mummy to ensure that he remained healthy and healthy in the afterlife. Over time, the Egyptians considered it a symbol of protection from envy and evil.

treatment

Herbal treatment is one of the most important customs in the Egyptian countryside and Upper Egypt, such as star anise and mint, to treat stomach aches and bloating.

Old Egyptian colloquial terms

The word Bah and its meaning is finished

I mean ignorant

You will mean a lady

Karkar means laugh out loud

Sahad is a Coptic word meaning hell

Kahh means gray hair in a person

Amshir is the month of the storm, one of the agricultural months in ancient Egypt

Hawi Ya Hawi is a word that when said or heard, it expresses a beautiful month and days of Ramadan, and we remember its rituals, beautiful lanterns, and decorations that are prepared to receive this month.