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On these holidays government offices, public institutions and ministries remain open.
January 1 New Year's Day: The New Year according to the Gregorian calendar
March 21 Mother's Day
June 18 Evacuation Day (Eid ElGalaa): Celebrates the evacuation of foreign troops in 1954
August 15 Flooding of the Nile (Wafaa Elnil): Celebrates the start of the Nile floods
October 21 Egyptian Naval Day: Celebrates the destruction of Israeli destroyer Eilat (1967)
October 24 Suez Day / Popular Resistance Day: Celebrates the resistance of local police forces in Suez during the Suez Crisis
December 23 Victory Day:
Celebrates the ending of the Suez Crisis
The Egyptian climate with its hot summers and mild winters favored light clothing made from plant fibers creating linen. Animal skins, such as leopard skin, were sometimes worn by priests and by pharaohs in their role as first servants of the god.
Men or women wore long see-through robes that were pleated. Better-off people wore wide clothes of white cloth. Wealthy people did not wear more jewelry or fancier clothes to show wealth. They did wear gold jewelry and the most transparent clothes.
