The most striking event of the ceremony is the two day street festival that includes music, dances, horse races, stick fights and a parade of the boats throughout the city streets.

Yussef Abu el-Haggag, the sheikh himself, was born in Damascus, then moved to Mecca and eventually settled in Luxor, where he founded a zawiyah (spiritual retreat).

• Occasion :Annual
• Date of the festival : Two Weeks before Ramadan
• Duration :Two Days