Egypt Car Hire Guide

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Egypt is a place well known for its beaches, beautiful tourist attractions and festivities. One of the main reasons why Egypt is considered to be a very famous tourist spot is because of the grandeur of festivals shown over here. The celebrations are beautiful and the people are enthusiastic. The energy level seems to have no limits. This article will focus upon the selected celebrations of Egypt and the days through which they are celebrated. Let us have a look at them.

The Egyptians have a community of Christians which are from the Orthodox Coptic Church. They celebrate Christmas on 7th January. The Christmas season for them starts from 25th November and then carries on till the night of January 6th. During all this time, they observe fasting and meat and milk are not allowed to be eaten until 7th of January.

Since the major Egyptian population are Muslims, they celebrate the month of Ramadan by observing fasting for continuous 30 days. For them, this month is a month of forgiveness so special prayers are performed and through their prayers, they ask Allah for forgiveness. Ramadan does not have any specific day to begin or end because it depends upon the Ramadan moon according to Islamic Calendar.

Thirty days after Ramadan, to celebrate the new month of Shawwal (according to Islamic Calendar), Eid-ul-Fitr is celebrated. There are three days for the celebration of this event and during these three days, parades and parties are held and sweets are distributed. Eid-ul-Adha is a similar event celebrated 70 days after Eid-ul-Fitr and this month is dedicated in the name of Abraham who sacrificed a sheep in place of his son.

This is considered to be the most famous and the biggest festival of the entire Arab World. Starting from 24th August, this Festival goes on for a week ending at 31st August when people from all over the world have successfully displayed their art pieces at exhibitions held at various places of Egypt.

To conclude, these are few of the festivals celebrated in Egypt. If you are in Egypt and want to have a visit to all these festivals, you don’t need to worry about the transport problem. Car Hire Cairo Airport can provide you with the best cars and drivers at the cheapest rates.

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