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    The Beautiful Festival of Opet was celebrated annually in Thebes. Occurring at the time of Inundation in the season of Akhet, which would mean August-September in modern days. It was celebrated each year and lasted from 11 to 27 days. During the festival divine kingship was reborn and the the king's position as pharaoh reaffirmed. On a cosmic level, the festival "secured the regeneration of the Creator, Amun of Luxor, the rebirth of Amun-Re of Karnak, and the recreation of the cosmos." Lanny Bell, The New Kingdom Divine Temple: The Example of Luxor ...
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    Author: * Mirjam Nebet - 12 Posts on this thread out of 1,727 Posts sitewide.
    Date: Jul 26, 2006 - 06:26

    More and more people are turning up! :)There will be lots of space for pilgrims coming in from everywhere and if you want to, take up the role of a waeb priest or hem-netjer. Yes, a PeraŽA (Pharaoh) would be great!

    If Zeina wants to play with snakes, fine, but they were not part of the official Opet celebrations. Maybe you can find a way to act it out as part of something else along with the festivities, yes?

    For those who might need to check up on what happened during the Opet, try this link! I know IŽve been posting it before but things do sink down very quickly on a thread! :)


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