Aswan is a historical city witnessed different events since the prehistoric times. Nations after nations occupied this city because if it’s vital location. In Pharoanic times, the town was known as “Swno” (the market) later Aswan by Arabs. However, Aswan preserves its traditional heritage, which has been inherited since the ancient times. Diverse types of crafts have been survived to assure the originality of Aswan as a creative city.
The community in Aswan consists of its indigenous population and the Nubian population as well Arab population. Crafts are distinguished with the surrounding environment such as the Nile and the pace of life is slow and relaxing. The Nile is flowing through the amber desert, granite rocks, and round emerald islands covered palm groves ...Read More
Folk Arts
FOLK DANCING To protect and revive such folk traditions, the Aswan troupe was created to reflect this great heritage. The troupe uses ancient musical instruments which accompany the various dances.
The troupe was basically formed of amateurs who participated in the weddings and celebrations ..Read More TRADITIONAL CRAFTS Straw crafts: Using white palm-leaves and other parts of the date-palm
This craft will disappear to some extent due to the inundation of large numbers of date-palms by the waters of the High Dam Lake as well as the widespread education of Nubian girls, ..Read More
Festivals and events
Aswan city shared in different festivals with its cultural productions.
Besides being a creative city in folk arts, Aswan has an important and worldly festival in which many countries of the world contribute. The most important and trendy festival is “The Miracle of the sun at Abu Simbel.” A festival has grown up around the ancient event. Twice each year; it celebrates not only the king Ramses II but also the Nubian culture. It has become a national event attracting performers and tourists. They spend the night celebrating in front of the temple until the sun strikes the statues in the sanctuary.
The second important festival is the International Symposium of Sculpturing,..Read more
Shoping & Marketing
Tourism has now become the world's most important civil industry, representing annually a US$ 3.5 trillion activity. The travel and tourism industry employs 127 million workers (one in 15 workers world wide). Overall, the tourism industry is expected to double by the year 2005.
The World Tourism Organization (WTO) has conducted forecasts of international tourism, which grew by more than 57 percent in the past decade and is expected to grow by 50 percent in this decade. The 600 million international travelers in 1996 are expec.. Read More
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Museums
Aswan Museum The first museum is Aswan museum on the other side of the Nile, which was a house the old dam engineer and transferred into museum in 1912. Recently, German expedition constructed the Annex which includes some pieces of the..Read More The Nubia Museum The Nubia Museum is the most recent museum that has been built with the cooperation between UNESCO and the Egyptian government. The museum has an anthropology department that has one mission the preservation of the folk arts in Aswan city..Read More
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