Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Egypt Culture Celebration

Look at this Egyptian woman... look what she's wearing, how she looks, the clothing...! Isn't it interesting?!

Women in Egypt where threathed equally as man. They are a full citizen and can own their own houses and properties. After the marriage if they didn't want to give their properties and things to her husband they could. If the women was divorce, she could claim the ex-husband money and things to maintain herself and thir children. When the husband was in war, the women could manage all housee businesses. The only bad thing is that most women weren't educated to write and read, so their were some limitations too for women.

Ancient Egyptian had a love in fashion and their cultures. Pharoahs knowns as a God, they were gold jewelry. the clothing were classified on the caste hierarchy. Their tools for the clothing were linen, wool, animal skin, and feathers. Women's were the ones who made all the cloth. Royal Egyptian wore linen, a fine quality of cloth. Peasent wore cheap clothing, cause they were the one who made the building and nasty jobs. Clothing
Men normally wore loincloths or short skirt. Women wore robes and tight dresses.
Egyptians were very religious they believed in different Gods with different duties. the religious practice were seen of how the sun, moon, and planets move. egyptian were polytheistic, meaining that they believe in many gods and goddesses. Gods and Goddessed were represented as part human and part animal. Egyptian believe in rebirth into a new world. as I already explain, dead bodies were mummified. Then the bodies were buried in the chosen place, but Pharaohs were buried in huge pyramids. Religion

Children in under the age of four years stayed with their mother. Through the four years, children must show respect to their mother. The boy under four years old where educated by their father. Thee other sons attend to a village school and otheers to a designated school whr their study a career such as a priest or a scribe. In school they learned writing, reading, math, sports, and also morals and manors. At the age of fourtheen, the sons who fathers where farmers, had to joined their work. While the sons whos father is in a highr position stayed on school studying religion or government things.

Girls stayed at home practicing how to be a mother and a good wife. Also they were taught to dance and cook. Only daughter of wealthy families were taught reading and writing.

Egyptian ate their food with their hands. Also the status matter on the food. If you were wealthy you could get a great amount of food. If you were poor you would probably rceive less food. The poor people ate bread, onions, and sometimes fish. The wealthy ate different types of bead, vegetables, meat, and fruits.

Egyptian people could only grow certainly kind of food such as wheat and barley. they used the wheat to make bread and the barley to make beers. When they buried someone they buried them with beer so you could have it on the next world. They also ate meat. They didn't ate pigs because they thought that the pigs were leprosy. they ate also beef, mutton, duck, and goose. When egyptian were in the desert for some reasons they hate dates that they also put on the graves so they can eat that in the other world. the dates could  preserve in dry climate for a long time. Egyptian grown watermelons and other different types of melons.

Egyptians had good manors. They meet shaking up their hands, if they have a great relationship they kiss on the cheek. The Woman must extend the hand, if not the man most bow his head in greeting. If you're invited to an Egyptian house, you must bring chocolates, pastries and sweet things to give. You must give always the gift with the right hand, if the give is heavy, you must use both. If you're invited to an dinner, you must take off your shoes before entering. Dress appropriate, the appearance are important and tell how you are. You got to wait for the hostess to tell you where to sit. Eat with the right hand only. Don't salt your food, that's an insult. Leave a little food on the place when you finish eating, otherwise they keep giving you food and you hae to eat it. Etiquette

Egypt's celebration where celebrated with the magic of music and dances. Either on marriages, festivals, and celebrations. Egyptians used different variety of instruments. One group where the idiophones that includes clappers, sistra, cymbals, and bells. Second group where the membranaphones that includes tambourins and drums. The third group were the aerophones that includes flouts, clarinets, and trumpets. The last group where the chordophones that includes harp and lute.

The act of dancing where important rituals and celebrations. Traditional Music and Dances







1 comment:

  1. que lindo compay!!!!! ........ pon el titulo de otro color que no se veeeeeeeeeeeee :)
    jaja

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