🇪🇬Egyptians
The Nile’s people; the sebou seventh-day welcome descends from pharaonic times.
Customs they practice
3 recorded rites, each with its steps and its WHY.
Sebou · the Egyptian seventh-day welcome
Egypt’s seventh-day celebration, older than Islam and Christianity in the Nile valley: the baby is carried in procession with candles, sieved and gently instructed, amid song and noise to make the child brave.
🇪🇬 🇸🇩 🇱🇾 🇳🇬 🇸🇳Egyptians · Coptic Orthodox Christians · Muslim communities of Africa
The henna night
Across North Africa, the Swahili coast, and the Cape, the bride’s hands and feet are adorned with henna on a music-filled night before the wedding, surrounded by the women of both families.
🇲🇦 🇩🇿 🇱🇾 🇹🇳 🇲🇱Amazigh · Egyptians · Swahili Coast +2for women
Al-arbaʿīn · the fortieth day
Egypt marks the fortieth day after a death with a major gathering of condolence and remembrance: Qur’anic recitation or memorial mass, visits to the grave, and the end of the first mourning: a custom with pharaonic echoes.
🇪🇬 🇸🇩 🇱🇾 🇳🇬 🇸🇳Egyptians · Coptic Orthodox Christians · Muslim communities of Africa
Names from this tradition
11 names in the decoder, meaning first.
Amr
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Yāsmin
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Fāṭimah
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Rāmī
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Ḥusayn
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Jamāl
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Māy
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ʿAlī
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Sārah
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