Pharaonic Wedding Festival Luxor

Pharaonic Wedding Festival Luxor

Pharaonic Wedding Festival, takes place twice a year at the premises of the consecrated Karnak Temple. Another unique feather on the cap of the bouquet of Egyptian festivals is this fantastic event which takes one back to the pharaonic wedding celebrations practiced in ancient Egypt.

Pharaohs were always associated with riches, splendour, exoticism and mystery. Egyptian Pharaonic weddings were real eye candy for the observers. Money was spent like water to make a wedding elaborate and different from others. Modern Egypt is slowly drifting away from the traditional marriage celebrations and this festival is like a watershed which reminds the eyptian of their roots .

Forty odd couples tie the nuptial knot during this festival in the pharaonic style, the way the ancient Egyptian Kings and Queens got married in a regal manner five thousand years ago.

If asked What's different in the festival, then special mention has to be made of the gaudy wedding dresses, make ups, traditional rituals performed by the priests and the wonderful Egyptian folk dances which are supposed to be the blessings of god and which will ensure everlasting contentment and delight in the lives of the married couples.

The entire ceremony is very sophisticated. After all the marriages take place in a royal manner. Marvel at the costumes worn by the brides and the attire of the grooms.

The festival creates a dream sequence for all those getting married at the spot. The brides are pharaonic queens whereas the grooms are pharaohs. Marriage which is considered to be one of the oldest legalized institutions of society, is given prime importance in the Egyptian culture. And thus this festival of marriage is held two times in a year.

This occasion is treated to be one of the most auspicious hour of beginning a conjugal life. And here lies the significance of the Pharaonic Wedding Festival.

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