A male rider dressed in a traditional galabiya performs the Mirmah (ميرماح), a historic equestrian tradition of Upper Egypt, during the Moulid (مولد) of Sidi Abd al-Rahim al-Qanawi in Qena. The rider maneuvers a brown Arabian horse across a dirt arena while holding a long cane, as crowds of male spectators sit along the top of a surrounding yellow-ochre wall. The Mirmah is a competitive equestrian display practiced during religious festivals (mawlid) in Upper Egypt, in which riders from across Qena Governorate and surrounding provinces demonstrate horsemanship skills inherited across generations, accompanied by the sounds of drums and the Mizmar Baladi (مزمار بلدي), a traditional Egyptian folk reed oboe.