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Tahteeb: Ancient practice that is still popular in Upper Egypt
On the first day of the national Festival of Tahteeb (Stick Dance), which was held from 23 to 27 December, the masters of Tahteeb sat confidently leaning on their sticks awaiting the game to begin.
Tahteeb is a stick dance/game performed by males, usually involving two people, each holding a stick, and trying to touch specific body parts of each other with the tip of the stick, while moving to rhythm of a drum beat and mizzmar .
Enlisted in 2017 on the list of UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, this form of art dates back to the ancient Egyptians and is vividly drawn on the walls of temples in Upper Egypt. Following the footsteps of their ancestors, Tahteeb is a game/dance still in practice and quite popular in Upper and Lower Egypt.
Saad Al-Rayaan is 60 years old and one of the masters of Tahteeb in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Sohag. Sitting next to his peers and elder masters of Tahteeb, he remembered the first time he ever held a stick and performed Tahteeb.
“The first time I played was with my father at the mulid of Abdel Rahman El-Shebly, I was almost 10 and he got me a stick and taught me the first moves. You see the techniques of the game vary from delta to Upper Egypt; however, this game was first practiced in Sohag, Qena and Luxor, respectively,” explained Saad Al-Rayaan to Ahram Online.
Tahteeb’s rules revolve upon scoring points by touching specific areas of the body with the tip of the stick. Any violent behaviour means that the player would be expelled and banned from practicing. There are 206 points, called Babat, which amounts to the number of body bones. The game is usually performed on the drum beats and mezzmar rhythms, and is customary played during moulids or wedding festivities. One of the most interesting elements of Tahteeb is the traditional costumes worn by the players and their sticks.
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Singing is the life stream of the Nubians. Since antiquity Nubians have expressed their love for music, singing and dancing, as witness the many artistic representations of musicians, dancers and singers in processions and festivities painted and engraved into the walls of temples, columns and tombs. Some of the ancient music instruments are still used by Nubians to this day. Accompanied by the rhythms of the Def, the Nubian drum, Nubian artists express their deep feelings, joy or sadness and frustrations in elaborate songs bearing a message of wisdom, of encouragement and of peace.
Inspired by the picturesque nature of their lands at the borders of the Nile, enhanced by the Nubians' tight-knitted, interacting and sociable communities and the serene stress-free life, all Nubians like to sing and to share their songs. While traditional heritage songs have been passed on since at least three hundred years and are sung by successive generations - each one adding its own artistic feeling and environment, the countless contemporary Nubian artists contribute a rich variety of new songs, mostly based on traditional Nubian music and rhythms. The Nubian child is born into his or her people's art-loving environment; the whole village community celebrates the birth by singing, and they sing while bringing the baby to the sacred Nile river to wash his face with Nile water - a ceremony mixing religion and ancient beliefs to wish and ensure the child a happy and prosperous life. Nubians sing at home, so it is obvious that Nubian children grow up sharing songs with their siblings and friends. At school, Nubian children like to sing together during their break between lessons; it is at this early stage that many future singers, poets and musicians develop their talents. While women sing while doing their homework or producing beautiful handicrafts, the men sing while working in the fields. After work they gather either in the home or sitting under the trees and - again - sing all
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Eish shamsi
is a thick sourdough bread eaten in Egypt made with wheat flour . In Upper Egypt it replaces eish baladi as the local staple , although the latter is common as well. The name, which translates to "sun bread", is thought to derive from the practice of letting the dough rise in the sun . The bread is traditionally baked at home in domed clay ovens with openings at the top, although this tradition is fading with pre-made bread becoming increasingly common.
Antiquities are not the only thing inherited from the ancient Egyptians; many cultural heirlooms are inseparable from modern Egyptian culture, including traditions, habits, lifestyle and food.
Al-Shamsi bread is considered an inheritance from pharaonic times when the ancient Egyptians were among the first to produce bread. It was named after the world "sun" in Arabic for its apparent ressemblance, moreover it's baked under the heat of the sun due to the absence of ovens during this time.
A visit to any Upper Egyptian home, one can find a mud oven usually placed nearby so that the housewives can bake Al-Shamsi bread, according to the Supply Ministry, at least 50 percent of people in Aswan city rely on Al-Shamsi bread as their staple food.
"Al-Shamsi bread is the most popular of other twelve kinds of bread derivatives that were inherited from the ancient Egyptian era because it's still a main element in everyday's dish of villagers who used to bake and export it to the big cities," said Abdel Aziz Gamal ancient history expert.
Despite the bread being mainly a homemade product, according to Gamal, it has not prevented some bakeries in Cairo from baking especially for those accustomed to its taste, such as rural townfolk who have migrated to Cairo.
"Though it's healthier, the other forms of modern bread are more attractive to people for their easy access and lack of effort required to make," he said.
Al-Shamsi Bread is baked every two or three days in an Upper Egyptian houses but it needs effor
Ancient Egyptian Sport
Many of today’s sports were practiced by the Ancient Egyptians, who set the rules and regulations for them. Inscriptions on monuments indicate that they practiced wrestling, weightlifting, long jump, swimming, rowing, shooting, fishing and athletics, as well as various kinds of ball games.
Ancient Egyptian kings, princes and statesmen were keen on attending sports competitions, which they encouraged and provided with the necessary equipment.
Drawings on pharaonic monuments tell us that several thousand years ago, the Egyptians had laid down basic rules for games, chosen a neutral referee, a uniform for players, and a means of announcing the winners by awarding them different collars.
Both winner and loser were met with ovation, the first for his superiority and the latter for his sporting spirit.
Hockey
Ancient Egyptians played a game that is similar to our present-day hockey. Drawings on tombs at Beni Hassan in Menia Governorate show players holding bats made of long palm-tree branches, with a bent end similar to that of the hockey bat. The hockey ball was made of compressed papyrus fibers covered with two pieces of leather in the shape of a semicircle. The ball was dyed in two or more colors.
Handball
Drawings of this sport are found on the Saqqara tombs, five thousand years old. The ball was made of leather and stuffed with plant fibers or hay, or made of papyrus plants in order to be light and more durable. It was seldom used for more than one match.
The painting shows four girls playing handball. Each team throws the ball to the other at the same time. Players can either be on their feet or on top of their teammates’ backs while exchanging balls.
Archery
Archery was a well-known sport in Ancient Egypt and was often recorded on plates in ancient temples. These plates show the kings’ and princes’ skill in accurate aiming at the target, and their strength in pulling the bow.
Archery competitions were common. In the 21st centu
