Daily Life-Music and Dance

Jaya Winemiller

Festivals

Some festivals that had music and dancing were the crowning of the Pharaoh, public festivals, private festivals, religious festivals, and royal occasions.
The crowning of the Pharaoh had a lot of dancing and music to honor the new Pharaoh.
Public and Private festivals were celebrations either with a family or with a large group of people.
Religious festivals were celebrations of the people’s religious beliefs.
Royal occasions were something having to do with the king, queen, or his family.

Music

The types of instruments the Egyptians play are Percussion, Wood, and String instruments.
Examples of instruments the Egyptians play are the Harp, Lyre, Lute, Flute, Oboes, Tambourines, Rattles, and Drums.
Mostly women play instruments. Instead of reading the music, they memorized it by listening to the sound of the music.
Musicians perform in festivals of all kinds, both public and private.

Dancing

Dancers started to dance when they were really young, almost a toddler! They were taught to dance at festivals to honor the Pharaoh.
Dancers performed to the music played at all of the festivals by the musicians.
At private festivals dancers performed in front of wealthy people.

Other performers at festivals

Other performers at festivals were acrobats and magicians.
They are like the dancers and musicians but they are not always at every festival.
Acrobats were similar to dancers. They both did a form of dance. Acrobats did flexible movements in dancing, while dancers danced normally.
Magicians also performed alongside the other performers. They sometimes entertained royalty and sometimes entertained wealthy people that hired them.

Citations

Website: Dollinger, André.Aspects of life in Ancient Egypt. http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/timelines/topics/index.html.9/15/15.Web