In Egyptian festival culture, celebrations in honour of gods and rulers were the most important ones. In the case of villages, however, both written evidence and archaeological record regarding festivals are poor. Festivals are normally mentioned in contracts whereby associations and individuals made formal agreements about the engagement of entertainers. Nevertheless, the festive calendars of santuaries, along with oracle inquiries and certificates of victims, allow us to drawn a general picture of the festival culture in the Egyptian countryside. It emerges that, at least for the Roman imperial period, similar features are found in the rural settlements of Asia Minor.