Happy Sham-El-Nasim
To all our Christian brothers and sisters: Happy Easter!
To all Egyptians: Happy Sham-el-Nasim.
And some may ask: The hell is Sham-el-Nasim? A little background: Sham-el-Nasim is an ancient celebration in Egypt that has been celebrated in Egypt for more than 5000 years. The ancient Egyptians believed that was the day creation began and the word Sham-El-Nasim is derived from the hieroglyphic shamo meaning the revival of life. When Christianity entered Egypt, Sham-el-Nasim was a day after Easter and thus, while today is Easter, tomorrow is Sham-el-Nasim, a national holiday in all of Egypt and the day Egyptians decide is the beginning of summer! It's a symbol of life and freshness and one of my favorite days of the year!
So...Go paint your eggs, eat salted feseekh (if you're Egyptian enough you'd know there's no such thing as salted feseekh! It's already salted!) and have fun!
Cheers,
4 comments:
It's an excuse to have a holiday =P
Happy Sham El Nasim Threadlike :D
I've already boiled some raddish & bought curcuma to naturally colour the eggs :D
@Nabs: It definitely is =D Happy Sham-El-Nasim to you too =D
@Mika: Great; maybe I should go do some coloring myself. Feels weird though; haven't done it in so long =P
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