There is some anthropological research on this -
i thought the moulid referred to the local muslim saint's birthday -
moulid al nabi
Elizabeth
Wickert, (2009)
“Archaeological Memory the Leitmotifs of Ancient Egyptian
Festival Tradition
and Cultural Legacy in the Festival Tradition of Luxor: the mulid
of
Sidi Abu’l Hajjaj al-Uqsori and the Ancient ‘Feast of Opet’” JARCE
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although everyone i spoke to viewed it as the birthday of the
prophet -
many of the activities have been shuffled off to the edge of town
- do you have anoth thoughts on this?
-
mogg
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13/02/2012 18:50, Lil Osborn wrote:
there's a few more here -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ombos/sets/72157629304984389/
a lot of this stuff was moved out of luxor temple a while back -
not sure if because unislamic - more curators seeing the islamic
stuff as alien to the egyptian
- which is big mistake as it often encaptulates archaeological
memory -
everyone waiting for the "other show to drop" as they say -
The situation for tourism income is pretty dire with fall of more
than 50% - more so in Cairo -
Check Mara's blog for updates - think there are problems with
police vacuum -
they are so unpopular because o f past actions - need s to new
beginning, uniforms, training
- perhaps the army to become the police -
Thanks for uploading these pictures, I was
really concerned when I heard they were being banned, as it
could indicate the beginning of eradicating "unIslamic
practices". As an Egyptian citizen I have been bemused by the
discussion on tourism, family over there are telling us the
situation is really dire, the Islamist are embolden by the lack
of policing and religious minorities under threat. I'm waiting
for calls to destroy the Pyramids like the Afghan Buddhas.
