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Title

Egyptian festivals / Margo Veillon ; edited by Bruno Ronfard ; with an essay by John Rodenbeck.

Author

Veillon, Margo

Publication

Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, c2002.

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Additional Authors

• Ronfard, Bruno.
• Rodenbeck, John

Description

[104] p. : chiefly col. ill., ports.; 31 cm.

Summary

Margo Veillon, one of Egypt's best known and best loved artists, returns to enchant us again with a collection of paintings and drawings depicting the festivals of Egypt. The cycle of Egyptian life is marked by festivals and celebrations: those for births, weddings, saints' mulids, national holidays, and closing the circle, funerals. Margo Veill ... more "on draws us in to the joy, exuberance, and occasional sorrow that mark the seasons of Egyptian festivals. This remarkable collection of images fills the viewer with the music and dance that punctuate these events and allows us to participate vicariously through the pages in a swirl of colors, smells, sounds, and exultation.

Alternative Title

Margo Veillon

Subject

• Veillon, Margo
• Festivals > Egypt > Pictorial works
• Egypt > In art
• Egypt > Social life and customs > Pictorial works

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 101).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction by Bruno Ronfard --- Weddings --- The Mulids of Egypt by John Rodenbeck --- The Stick Dance --- Dancing Horses --- Musicians --- Mourning --- Shamm al-Nesim --- The Merry-Go-Round.

ISBN

9774246942

OCLC

50623057

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library