Wag Festival

Alright, I know this is a cop-out, but there's a major festival of the dead in my faith coming soon so I figured I would at least mention it.

The veneration of ancestors is, well, primal.  Before we had Gods, we had ancestors, and that has carried on today in many of the world's faiths.  And in many of those cases, specific holidays are set aside to honor the dead.  Most popular in my area are Halloween, Samhain, and El Dia de los Muertos, which fall at about the same time and are major death-veneration and spirit-appeasing festivals.

In my case, though, we have Wag.  Wag in a modern Kemetic's life involves such wonderful activities as praying for and to the Akhu (ancestors), putting small boats on a shrine pointed to Abydos, and giving offerings of flowers and alcohol.  It's also a celebration of the death and rebirth of Osiris.

Wag festival started tonight and continues until the 25th.  Dua Wesir! Dua Akhu!