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Aswan Local Customs

This handsome tourist police did not ask tips ! - Aswan
This handsome tourist police did not ask tips !
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Learn the local customs of Aswan. Tips and photos posted by real travelers and Aswan locals.
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Whirling Dervish
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  • By sue_stone on February 1, 2005
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  • dizzy yet!? - Aswan
    dizzy yet!?
    by sue_stone
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    A Whirling Dervish is a unique dance - a "religious ceremony transcending into performing art". It is a dance performed by an order of the Islamic faith, and it involves the dancer whirling around and around continuously for minutes. The dancer starts off slowly turning and gets faster as the music picks up pace. They spin and spin, lifting parts of their costumes up as they go. It goes on for so long that you start to feel dizzy just watching - you wait with baited breath for them to fall over.....but they don't...they keep spinning and whirling. Amazing!

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    Shisha Anyone!?
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  • Updated By sue_stone on February 7, 2005
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  • enjoying a Shisha - Aswan
    enjoying a Shisha
    by sue_stone
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    A very popular custom in Egypt is smoking a shisha. A shisha is a small packet containing a rolled tobacco leaf, a small amount of molasses, and some apple flavour. This is put in a type of 'water pipe' under a burning charcoal. You then inhale and the smoke passes through the water, cooling it. The cooled smoke picks up the flavours of the shisha. There are shisha parlors all over the place where people (mainly men) get together with friends for a quiet smoke and a turkish coffee. I didn't try it, but wish I had.

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    How close do you live to a river?
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  • By ATXtraveler on July 11, 2004
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  • View from the Nile - Aswan
    View from the Nile
    by ATXtraveler
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    One of the most interesting facts that we learned on our trip to Egypt is that 95% of Egyptians live with 12 miles of the Nile River. It is truly amazing to think that one single natural landmark could completely dominate an entire country's prosperity as greatly as the Nile River dominates the Egyptian way of life! Of course that is until you actually experience this river, which is truly amazing in and of itself.

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    Egyptian-Russian Friendship
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  • By Kuznetsov_Sergey on October 7, 2007
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  • Aswan - Egyptian-Russian Friendship - Me - Aswan
    Aswan - Egyptian-Russian
    Friendship - Me
    by Kuznetsov_Sergey, 4 more photos
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    It is pleasant to visit the country in which you are hospitably meet not only because you the stranger but also because you have arrived from the especially favorite by locals country. I felt such impression during visiting Egypt and especially in Aswan. Egyptians really love Russians! There are many reasons of such a feeling. One of them - the Aswan Dam, which has been constructed at scientific and technical participation of the USSR. In 1960th and in the beginning of 1970th Egypt and the USSR were great friends. In a photo you may see me on a background of two arms. Hardly above there were portraits of heads of our states Gabal Nasser and Nikita Khrushchev.


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    Nubian Villages
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  • By Jim_Eliason on January 14, 2007
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  • Nubian Village - Aswan
    Nubian Village
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    Just north of the Aswan dam along the Nile are the villages of the Nubians who were displaced by the filling of Lake Nassar. Aswan is the center of Nubian culture in Egypt.

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    Smoke a Bowl... A Houka Bowl
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  • By ATXtraveler on May 22, 2004
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  • Mohammed having a Houka in the Nubian Village - Aswan
    Mohammed having a Houka in the
    Nubian Village
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    In Egypt, narcotics are illegal, however you will see several people on the streets smoking this bowl of tobacco.... have a Houka!

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    Boobytrap on board
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  • By Luchonda on February 22, 2005
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    Local custom
    by Luchonda
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    The servants on board of a "Cruise on the Nile" like to show their presence and effectnes of cleaning up the rooms. By using your left clothings and use them as a boobytrap. You will be surprised !

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    Hold a Baby Crocodile!
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  • By ATXtraveler on May 22, 2004
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  • Sarah holding a baby croc! - Aswan
    Sarah holding a baby croc!
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    In the Nubian Villages, they raise baby crocodiles... so make sure you ask to hold one!

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    Tourist Site Tourist Police
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  • Updated By VZ-Pam on January 29, 2008
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  • This handsome tourist police did not ask tips ! - Aswan
    This handsome tourist police
    did not ask tips !
    by VZ-Pam
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    Many tourist police or locals will wave at you & help you to find the best view in these tourist sites. However, while some of them are really friendly but many are asking for a tip for these services. So prepare yourself with many small bills or nice pens to give out to establish international friendship (many asked me for pens in Aswan & Luxor) . If you carry lots of pens like I did, please don't show all of them or you will hear a list of their entire family that want a pen : ) I list this under local customs because I think the practice is so widely found in all tourist areas, I conside it a local custom to pay tips or give "gifts" under various situations : )

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    Nubian house with yard
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  • By sachara on August 25, 2003
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  • yard of Nubian house - Aswan
    yard of Nubian house
    by sachara
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    In 1983 we visited in a Nubian village near Aswan a Nubian house. The lady of the house showed us her house and yard and explained their customs. So they stored their drinkwater in a stone jar to keep the water cool.

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