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    The document discusses Hathor dances that were performed in ancient Egypt. Priests would parade through towns bestowing blessings, and may have traveled to cemeteries to perform for the dead as well. The author witnessed a modern ceremony in a cemetery near their camp in Egypt that seems to be a survival of this ancient Hathor ritual. A band of singing women would procession to the cemetery, stopping periodically to form a circle and dance while beating tambourines and singing a particular chant and tune. The modern ceremony closely parallels depictions of the ancient Hathor dances.

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    Research pertaining to Dances related to the nTr.t Het Heru.

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    The document discusses Hathor dances that were performed in ancient Egypt. Priests would parade through towns bestowing blessings, and may have traveled to cemeteries to perform for the dead as well. The author witnessed a modern ceremony in a cemetery near their camp in Egypt that seems to be a survival of this ancient Hathor ritual. A band of singing women would procession to the cemetery, stopping periodically to form a circle and dance while beating tambourines and singing a particular chant and tune. The modern ceremony closely parallels depictions of the ancient Hathor dances.

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    Hathor Dances Author(s): A. C. Mace Source: The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Oct., 1920), p. 297 Published by: Egypt Exploration Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3853808 . Accessed: 21/11/2013 19:33
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    COMMUNICATIONS II
    HATHOR DANCES
    NOTE BY MR A. C. MACE

    297

    In DAVIES-GARDINER, The Tomb of Amenemhet (p. 96), Dr Gardiner discusses the representation of Hathor dances in tomb scenes, and draws the following conclusion: "...after these things the priestesses of Karnak doubtless paraded the town, stopping at one house after another in order to bestow upon their owners the blessings of Hathor, as symbolized in song and dance. From the eastern bank of the Nile they may have passed over to the Necropolis in the western hills, there to accomplish for the dead that which had been accomplished already on behalf of the living." At HA, where our camp was close to a large modern cemetery, I have frequently seen what I think am not sure must surely be a survival of this Hathor ceremony. At some interval after a funeral-I whether it coincided with the rahrna or not-a band of singing women used to make procession to the cemetery with tambourines and red handkerchiefs. At frequent intervals on the path they would stop, form themselves into a circle, and dance, jumping up and down and beating the tambourines. The tune of the chant they sang was as follows:

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    and that of the dance a repetition of the five notes

    A close parallel to this modern ceremony is shown in ROSELLINI, Monumenti, Vol. II (Mon. Civili), P1. XCIX (=WILKINSON, Manners and Customs, I, p. 443), where the women carry palm branches in

    addition to the tambourines.

    Journ. of Egypt. Arch. vi.

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