Aswan is a pretty laid back town. It's not like in Cairo. Even though there's close to 300,000 people, it doesn't feel that way. Just before I flew into Egypt, they had their presidential elections. I was a little scared what that meant since President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was re-elected for his second and final term.
 |
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. (Source: Africareview.com/File)
|
 |
| Voting in the presidential elections (Source: Egypt Today/File) |
Can you see how many of the people are holding their pinky finger up? Well, when you cast or make your vote during an election, you dip your finger in red ink. This way the people who are in charge of the voting and election procedures, can tell that you already visited. The ink stays on for about a week so it just has to wear off. When I first saw people with the ink on their finger, I was wondering why someone would only have nail polish on one finger and why men would do this too. Now I know why. Sometimes when you are not sure about something you should ask instead of guessing about it.
Everything was just fine and it ended up we got to see a big parade and celebration that was going on all over the country. There were fireworks, music, horses dancing in the streets, flags flying all over. It was pretty neat because we don't do that in the United States. Everyone was excited. Tomorrow we are taking a sailboat called a felucca down the Nile River and we are going to go eat dinner at a Nubian village home.
No comments:
Post a Comment