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Sed festival: main ceremonies
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1. the festival starts with some foundation rituals | |
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2. the king visits building works and the census of cattle |
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3. procession: the king appears for the first time in the Sed cloak, next to him appear the king's children |
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4. ceremony in a building: the lion furniture procession for the rebirth and regeneration of the king |
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5. people from all parts of the country appear in front of the king |
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6. the people appear again in front of the king |
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7. A Min procession |
| 8. the king stops before the chapel of Wepwawet, where he puts ointment on the standard. He changes his cloak and in a ritual a run with the standard. The running seems to be the most important part of the festival. It often symbolised the whole festival | ||
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9. census of cattle, presenting the cattle to the gods |
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| 10. bringing of the carrying chair | ||
| 11. the king takes his place in the carrying chair | ||
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12. procession of the carrying chair
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