The Resurrection, Renewal and Reconstruction of Order of the Ancient Egyptian Syed Festival from the Perspective of Transitional Ritual

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10.2991/assehr.k.220110.220How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Said Festival; Transition ceremony; Ancient Egypt; Resurrection ceremony

Abstract

This paper examines the specific process of the ancient Egyptian Syed Festival with the theory of transitional ritual, and explores its deep structure and symbolic significance on the basis of previous research. In the Syed Festival, both the people and the king go through the process of “structural-anti-structural-structure” transformation. The secret ritual of simulating death and resurrection is the core of the festival process, and through God’s gift, the king realizes the renewal of vitality, which in turn symbolizes the re-establishment of the Egyptian social order. In addition, it is worth noting that the semi-divine nature of the king himself makes Syed’s Day different from the general transitional ritual, and that the brief disappearance of the king’s divine sanctity is typical of it.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Siyuan Yang
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/01/28
TI  - The Resurrection, Renewal and Reconstruction of Order of the Ancient Egyptian Syed Festival from the Perspective of Transitional Ritual
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Public Art and Human Development ( ICPAHD 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1174
EP  - 1180
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220110.220
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220110.220
ID  - Yang2022
ER  -