Festivals related to the Journey of the Holy family in… (Egypt)
Nomination: Representative List 2022
EN: Millions of revellers from all over Eypt - Christians and Muslims - participate in the celebrations commemorating the journey of the Holy Family in the Monastery of the Virgin in Durunka, the region from which the Holy Family returned to Bethlehem
EN: Invoking blessings from commemorating the Holy Family as part of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary (Feast)
EN: The participation of young girls and scout groups in the festivals by marching while holding flags on drum beast
EN: The participation of children and youth dressed in liturgical costumes in the ceremony outside the church while holding banners with the name of the Kom Maria Church in Menya
EN: Participants of all segments of society and all ages commemorate the advent of the Holy Family to Egypt
EN: Some of the revellers from Ethiopia participate by singing and beating drums in the Holy Family commenmoration festivals
EN: Performing arts represent one of youth celebration manifestations as young people engage in performing Coptic heritage songs, related to the Holy Family, using wind and percussion instruments
EN: The Marian tree, which is named after the Virgin Mary, is visited by revellers seeking blessings till now
EN: Baptizing children during the celebrations commemorating the Holy Family is one of the practices which fathers and mothers think to invoke blessings
EN: Revellers make a simulation of the well-known scene of the Holy Family. Here, the role of the community in presenting it in a dramatic way to perpetuate this scene and memory in the hearts of children and adults is manifest
