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66 THE MODERN EGYPTIANS. [PART II.
carries it when on a journey; particularly when he
travels by night; which, however, is seldom the case.
Wrestling-matches are also sometimes witnessed in
Egypt: the combatants (who are called " mu-
sare'een," in the singular "musare") strip themselves of all their clothing excepting their drawers,
and generally oil their bodies ; but their exercises are
not remarkable, and are seldom performed but for remuneration, on the occasions of festivals, processions,
&c.—On such occasions, too, mock combats between
two men, usually clad only in their drawers, and
each armed with a sabre and a small shield, are not
unfrequently witnessed : neither attempts to wound
his adversary : every blow is received on the shield.
The game of the " gereed," as played by the Mem-
looks and Turkish soldiers, has often been described;
but the manner in which it is practised by many of
the peasants of Upper Egypt is much more worthy
of description. It is often played by the latter on
the occasion of the marriage of a person of influence, such as the sheykh of a tribe or village ; or
on that of a circumcision ; or when a votive calf or
ox or bull, which has been let loose to pasture where
it will, by common consent, is about to be sacrificed
at the tomb of a saint, and a public feast made with
its meat. The combatants usually consist of two
parties, of different villages, or of different tribes or
branches of a tribe; each party about twelve or
twenty or more in number; and each person mounted
on a horse or mare. The two parties station themselves about five hundred feet or more apart. A
person from one party gallops towards the other
| Title | An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians - 2 |
| Creator | Lane, Edward William |
| Publisher | C. Knight and Co. |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Date | 1842 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000078 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 66 THE MODERN EGYPTIANS. [PART II. carries it when on a journey; particularly when he travels by night; which, however, is seldom the case. Wrestling-matches are also sometimes witnessed in Egypt: the combatants (who are called " mu- sare'een," in the singular "musare") strip themselves of all their clothing excepting their drawers, and generally oil their bodies ; but their exercises are not remarkable, and are seldom performed but for remuneration, on the occasions of festivals, processions, &c.—On such occasions, too, mock combats between two men, usually clad only in their drawers, and each armed with a sabre and a small shield, are not unfrequently witnessed : neither attempts to wound his adversary : every blow is received on the shield. The game of the " gereed," as played by the Mem- looks and Turkish soldiers, has often been described; but the manner in which it is practised by many of the peasants of Upper Egypt is much more worthy of description. It is often played by the latter on the occasion of the marriage of a person of influence, such as the sheykh of a tribe or village ; or on that of a circumcision ; or when a votive calf or ox or bull, which has been let loose to pasture where it will, by common consent, is about to be sacrificed at the tomb of a saint, and a public feast made with its meat. The combatants usually consist of two parties, of different villages, or of different tribes or branches of a tribe; each party about twelve or twenty or more in number; and each person mounted on a horse or mare. The two parties station themselves about five hundred feet or more apart. A person from one party gallops towards the other |
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