Religious Festivals and Weddings
Though few foreign visitors frequent them, Cairo's religious festivals are quite accessible to outsiders - and a lot of fun. Many begin with a zaffa (parade) of Sufis carrying banners, drums and tambourines, who later perform marathon zikrs, chanting and swaying themselves into the trance-like state known as jazb. Meanwhile, the crowd is entertained by acrobats, stick dancers, dancing horses, fortune-tellers and other side shows - Cairenes see nothing incongruous in combining piety with revelry. Whereas most festivals are specifically Muslim or Christian, people of both faiths attend the birthday or name-day celebrations of holy persons with baraka (the power of blessing) - known as moulids . Aside from the crowds (don't bring valuables, or come alone if you're a woman), the only problem is ascertaining festival dates . Different events are related to the Islamic, Coptic or secular calendar, and sometimes to a particular day rather than a certain date, so details below should be double-checked with Egyptian friends or the tourist office. As a rule, all the longer moulids climax in a leyla kebira (literally "big night") on the last evening or the eve of the last day - the most spectacular and crowded phase.
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