Back فيضان النيل Arabic عيد وفاء النيل ARZ Inundacions del Nil Catalan Nilschwemme German Crecida del Nilo Spanish Crue du Nil French Ambaliyar kogin nilu Hausa Banjir Sungai Nil ID Pembanjiran Nil Malay Nijlvloed Dutch
The flooding of the Nile (commonly referred to as the inundation) has been an important natural cycle in Nubia and Egypt since ancient times. It is celebrated by Egyptians as an annual holiday for two weeks starting August 15, known as Wafaa El-Nil. It is also celebrated in the Coptic Church by ceremonially throwing a martyr's relic into the river, hence the name, The Martyr's Finger (Coptic: ⲡⲓⲧⲏⲃ ⲛⲙⲁⲣⲧⲏⲣⲟⲥ, Arabic: Esba` al-shahīd). The flooding of the Nile was poetically described in myth as Isis's tears of sorrow for Osiris when killed by his brother Set.