25/11/2021
The day you knew would come is finally here are you ready?
Today is the opening of the Sphinx Avenue (Al-Kebbash Road) which start at 7.30 PM Cairo time and the recreation of the Opet festival.
There is a live stream which you can watch on the YouTube channel of Experience Egypt https://youtube.com/c/ExperienceEgypt
And a live stream can be watched on the YouTube channel of DMC / ON / CBC / Hayat / Mehwar and Luxor Times
Sphinx Avenue Opening Ceremony program:
▪️ The party begins with sunset on Thursday, November 25, and will start with a gradual panoramic lighting of Luxor Temple and the Rams Road, about 3 km long.
▪️At the same moment, the West Bank, the Temple of Hatshepsut, and the Colossi of Memnon are lit, so that the laser lights go out, embracing the sky.
▪️ From the Nile, 3 floating goldfish designed in the pharaonic style will move, symbolizing the trinity of pharaonic deities, Amun, Mut and Khonsu.
▪️ Colorful sailboats will be launched in Luxor's visual identity colors.
▪️ A film about the launch of balloons in the sky of Luxor to celebrate the opening.
▪️ From inside the Luxor Temple, the official celebration begins with the departure of three palanquins symbolizing the Holy Trinity, carried by young people in pharaonic clothes, and led by banner bearers, to exit from the Holy of Holies through the first edifice of the temple, to the statues of the Sphinx, as the beginning of the path of rams.
▪️ With the beginning of the procession, the Philharmonic Orchestra, led by Maestro Nader Abbasi, will play the pharaonic music, and then the chant of Amun, which is revived with the same Pharaonic words.
▪️ The artist, Mohamed Hamaki, will participate in a welcome song for the visitors of Luxor, which will be broadcast in conjunction with a dance segment from the Savoy Market.
▪️ Recording a number of paragraphs at the Temple of Hatshepsut and Karnak, and a number of archaeological sites in the city, to be broadcast in conjunction with the celebration, similar to what happened in the procession of the mummies.
▪️ Equipping a number of horse carriages "carts" that characterize Luxor, and lighting their sides, as they will participate in re-embodiment of the famous Reda band's song "Luxor is our country is a country of tourists".
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