| Show wedding of father nile celebrated 41 34 f q t s JI 1111 r A i A N f A NB 0 of f the gally gaily decorated barges participating in the ancient and picturesque 0 ONE tur esque ceremony of wata wafa el nil wedding weddin of father nile which marks the rising of the river to the point necessary for irrigating every part of the nile valley thousands of years ago the priests of egypt annually sacrificed a young maiden to the nile during the ceremony as the canals were cut amid great rejoicing and the water allowed to flow from the nile throughout the land now because of modern irrigation it Is no longer necessary to cut the dams nor Is it desirable to sacrifice a young maiden but tho the elaborate ceremonies are held just the same with firework displays attar sundo sundown m |
