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What
is Sham El-Nessim?
The
Sham El-Nessim festival signifying the arrival of Spring is a uniquely
Egyptian tradition practiced since the days of the Pharaohs.
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A farmer tends to a field
of green onions in Giza on Sham El-Nessim 2002
photo by Tarek
Atia/cairolive.com
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Amongst its
most important rites: eating spring onions, and the salted fish known as
fiseekh. Sham El-Nessim, like any other eid, is also a perfect time for
all and sundry to head out to public parks and gardens.
With
this year's holiday falling on a Monday, a lot of businesses have also
decided to take Sunday off, thus giving their employees a long weekend.
Banks will be closed both Sunday and Monday, and the streets should be
empty, as many Cairenes take advantage of the long break to get out of
town for a while. Meanwhile, the weather is in full cooperation -- a
perfect sunny and breezy springtime mild.
Sham
El-Nessim on cairolive.com:
The
wise gauge the steadfastness of the weather by whether or not it's Sham
El-Nessim
Last
year's Sham El-Nessim featured a debate over who could and couldn't
visit the Pyramids.
Cairokids.com
guides you to the best sites for fun activities with the kids on Sham
El-Nessim.
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