Habits of the Egyptians for the prevention of evils

In ancient times prevailed in the Egyptian society, habits, some positive and one negative, including the loss with the passage of time, including what remained firmly intact, but it has always been related to a Egyptian man who spoke with him many of the historians and Orientalists.

 
  These habits monitored by us, consisting of Ceyhan safe in her book "The Funniest Egyptian .. tour through the past," The first thing we talked about the warm Egyptian Guest and honoring them, which he described of the English Edward Lane in his speech about the etiquette of the visit in the Egyptian society in the nineteenth century says

:When people come to visit a friend who does not enter at all by surprise, but raise his voice, announcing his arrival but did not find anyone to knock on the door with his hand and waiting in the courtyard in order to allow him to enter. When you hear the visits after throwing a lot of peace from the words of praise and recognition from the official (ish good and you're doing) that Akrarhama many times. And last visits, often several hours while visits by women last for a whole day, and continue to visiting in the smoking Bepth throughout the time of the visit was sipping coffee or drink syrup more than once heard a person words of praise and flattery itself after drinking a cup of sherbet or a dose of water and is it the best of them. Do not leave the server room for the duration of the visit, and in the end of the visit the guest servants sprayed with rose water and Tattiyrh Bmboukrh burn out peel amber, and the server, in turn, gives guest a small gift when Mgardth ranging from two piasters three pennies. "

Strange habit practiced by the rich as a form of land and were keen to exercised the purchase of birds trapped from the market Digajan and release, and they thought it was a sparrow will enter Paradise, and this was the general example, a popular taunt the habit "Who has money Thirh Gieblh bath Aitirh," but this usually faded with time.

 
 

Envious eye

 The Egyptians feared the envy They were avoiding people who have the ability to envy, and was gathered about the food they fear the evil eye Verddon "Food envied prevailing" .. The people tried to prevent envy in various ways, were children Kahla wearing a blue bead to protect them thought they harm the eye, and they will help them Baltaaoiv written and talisman. Also believed the ability of alum to prevent the risk eye They were burned with incense before the Maghrib and chanting phrases such as "recite from the eye Algarzh such as screw," with cut gowns of paper in the form of the person envied, which pierces every part of the needle and then burn the bride Balchih and salt .

Has earned the confidence of the people who happened spells Go to charlatans for talisman to prevent envy and disease prevention or to bring love and hate to pay. These farmers also commented on the amulets of cattle because they believe it helps a lot of milk added.

 
  Received some of the ways people's confidence, and it was the most common bowl stir, a bowl of magic from the copper showing the spells written, I think people in their ability to cure diseases and to expel evil spirits, was launched in the first bowl stir because they were used in the treatment of neurological diseases, then included the rest of the diseases and the capacity Kaltzmm live scorpion, epilepsy, colic and other ailments

 Used a bowl stir that is placed inside the water, dates, milk, and exposure during the night of dew in the open air and drink the patient in the morning and repeated it several times .. Beliefs of other exotic that does not wash the affected eye with water once, because that leads to loss of eyesight, and eye from ophthalmia cured by taking a piece of Nile silt and transit to the other side of the river and dumped there

  

Constitution of the O Osiade
  The Zar a means popular for the treatment of diseases of the people thought the idea of 

​​flagrante delicto, and the ability of the lives of the underworld to control rights, and the expulsion of these "masters" must be a concert Zar, The "codification", Sheikha Zar and you place a chair in the center of the Council, sitting by the worn, which held its Zar, wearing a white dress color and put codification Decca on her head and Farraktin on her shoulders and then follow assigned reading and sings songs and frequency of audience the word "constitution, O Osiade", then hit the aides codification daffs and sing songs to the beat of drums, and start codification in the dance jerky and share with the patient until the fall of fatigue and slaughtered sheep blood stained white clothes to Her Zar

 People used to seek blessing Bamajaveb and belief in their state, and describes the French painter Brice Davin some of these manifestations and says "There are parents and permitted them to do anything, people who Atklfon piety and show toward them fools out of respect religiously, they are people walking half-naked, find them sitting in the corners, often seen wives are religious vomit approaching those of parents and accept their hands. "

 
  And tells of the English Edward Lin, a position that occurred with him during his first visit to Cairo, "I walk around the streets of Cairo and he stood before me a semi-naked and his hair drop-down in braids long, and was riding a donkey, objected to my path and then stretched out his hand asking good, have tried hard to avoid, but one of the passers-by for the physical security and to my attention that this man is the guardian of saints should respect and comply with his request, and only hated and I got Ahakna unfortunately

 Hype Abu Rish
  Turned ordinary people into strange habit in order to protect their children and protect them from evil, prolong life, the hype Abu Rish, Abu Rish is one of parents is the righteous who are buried in Egypt, begins weddings briefly in the child intended to develop the inverse on a donkey black after that wears a crown of feathers , and walking behind children in the streets and chanting "O Abu al-Rish the SHA is live

Spread between the peasant as a kind of tattoo adornment and beauty supplements, and was done by seven needles that are linked together to prick the skin in the form required by the paint on the chin or hands and feet, and reflects the tattoo images of the natural environment reflects the optimism or images lend beauty. After the acupuncture put some black smoke from the wood burnt over the skin, and after a week before the wound is healing Applying a mixture of powdered leaf clover Vtdfa Luna hitter blue-green, and sometimes put some blue dye. In Upper Egypt was the peasant Mormat Bouchm lips just might turn the color to blue, and this tattoo is called the "father", has been tattooing spread until the beginning of the twentieth century.

There are many customs that were associated with optimism and pessimism, including the purchase of milk on the first night of the Hijri year of the new year would be better and happier, as they used to put a stone or a pinch of salt in a sieve when loaned to neighbors to ward off evil

Also believed that the month of September brings bile months and they would not put the basis for building trade and they hate it. Also were optimistic the change in the month of October, the month the low temperature in preparation for the winter season they start detail new clothes, and believe that the lack of the scourge of the dress of the old this month means the death of its owner, but in the month of November was the change is not required it is recommended the tailoring of new or to wear them.

Death is the biggest event in human life, and old at the death of head of household, women were Ikbann rugs and pillows and leave their hair throughout the mourning period, a drop-down, and be hired Ndabat to weep for the deceased users of tambourines with repeating the merits, and women are hard-pocket with cover their heads and chests in mud, all heresies forbade about Islam religion.

Of the most beautiful traditions that are still Egyptians are keen during the holy month of Ramadan is a charity banquets, and is told that first invented is to Egypt, al-Layth ibn Sa'd who was a jurist wealthy recluse and was staying tables full of the fasting month of Ramadan offers the delicious foods and only is Belkemat small. Some people say that the first created the tables Rahman was Caliph Ahmed Ibn Tulun, where he invited senior state scientists and Pimp and traders, and when they attend, they found the table full of the poor and needy, and speeches, including Ibn Tulun, reminding them of righteousness, piety and told them that this table will continue throughout the day of the month Holy to receive the poor and the passers-by, and since this day has become a tradition Ramadanaa.

 In the era of the Fatimid state set up large tables, which was called "Scalding" throughout the month of Ramadan, and was told that the tables Muizz Fatimid was sufficient fasting hundred thousand, one hundred thousand out daily amount of food colors different from the common house.

 
  Did not change traditions in Egyptian holidays, Vkadima the Egyptian families are doing donuts in the Eid al-Fitr, and tailor new clothes, as people used to go for Eid prayers in a large convoy, and after the prayer, eating salted fish and visit their graves before going out for a walk on the shore of the Nile , while in the Eid al-Adha They were

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