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celebrated annually in <a href="/wiki/Thebes,_Egypt" title="Thebes, Egypt">Thebes</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Luxor" title="Luxor">Luxor</a>), during the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Kingdom_of_Egypt" title="Middle Kingdom of Egypt">Middle Kingdom</a> period and later. </p><p>The sacred barques of the wind deity <a href="/wiki/Amun-Re" class="mw-redirect" title="Amun-Re">Amun-Re</a>, his consort <a href="/wiki/Mut" title="Mut">Mut</a> and son <a href="/wiki/Khonsu" title="Khonsu">Khensu</a> left the temple at <a href="/wiki/Karnak" title="Karnak">Karnak</a> in order to visit the funerary temples of deceased royalty on the West Bank and their shrines in the <a href="/wiki/Theban_Necropolis" title="Theban Necropolis">Theban Necropolis</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Celebration">Celebration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Beautiful_Festival_of_the_Valley&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Celebration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Beautiful Festival of the Valley was a celebration of the dead,<sup id="cite_ref-hethert_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hethert-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ancientegypt_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ancientegypt-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and could be more ancient than the <a href="/wiki/Opet_Festival" title="Opet Festival">Opet Festival</a> as it can be traced back to the Middle Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-touregypt_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-touregypt-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was said to be held as a remembrance of the dead, from the beginning of the Middle Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, when joined with the Festival of Opet, the holy procession became the main event of the liturgical calendar of <a href="/wiki/Thebes,_Egypt" title="Thebes, Egypt">Thebes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ancientegypt_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ancientegypt-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The annual festival was held at the New Moon of Month Two of the harvesting season Shemu.<sup id="cite_ref-digitalegypt_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-digitalegypt-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was the 10th month in a calendar of 12.<sup id="cite_ref-digitalegypt_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-digitalegypt-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During <a href="/wiki/Hatshepsut" title="Hatshepsut">Hatshepsut</a>'s reign she carried out both the Opet and The Beautiful Festival of the Valley to Amun.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There was a grand procession at the start of the festival which could go for several days.<sup id="cite_ref-kemetic_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kemetic-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was a colourful and joyous occasion for the people of Thebes.<sup id="cite_ref-touregypt_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-touregypt-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The procession would be led by <a href="/wiki/Amun" title="Amun">Amun</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-ancientegypt_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ancientegypt-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from the East (rising sun, new life, the direction of the living) to the West (setting sun, land of the dead.)<sup id="cite_ref-kemetic_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kemetic-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A statue or picture of Amun, decorated with a broad collar and sun disk,<sup id="cite_ref-hethert_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hethert-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> would be led by priests down the Nile in a ceremonial boat or <a href="/wiki/Barque" title="Barque">barque</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-touregypt_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-touregypt-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This barque would then be placed in a ship known as the <i>Userhet</i> that was covered in gold and precious materials.<sup id="cite_ref-hethert_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hethert-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This <i>Userhet</i> would be followed by boats for Mut and Khonsu to form the <a href="/wiki/Theban_Triad" title="Theban Triad">Theban Triad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ancientegypt_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ancientegypt-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The procession proceeded to the <i>Temple of Million Years of the King</i> where the townspeople would sacrifice food and drink as well as flowers to the flotilla of boats.<sup id="cite_ref-ancientegypt_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ancientegypt-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Great quantities of flowers would be presented,<sup id="cite_ref-digitalegypt_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-digitalegypt-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as it is believed by the Egyptian culture that the flowers became filled with the essence of the deity.<sup id="cite_ref-ancientegypt_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ancientegypt-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Townspeople then took these flowers to their relatives' tombs to pay their respects and ensure the revival of the deceased's spirit.<sup id="cite_ref-ancientegypt_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ancientegypt-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They would drink and sleep on the deceased's tombs as different levels of consciousness blessed the dead and brought them closer to god.<sup id="cite_ref-kemetic_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kemetic-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Amun's shrine was brought into the <i>Djoser-djoseru</i> to reaffirm the bond between the king of the gods and the king of the people.<sup id="cite_ref-kemetic_7-3" class="reference"><a 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