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What is the annual Sufi festival held in Tanta, attracting millions of pilgrims to the shrine of Ahmad al-Badawi, and considered the largest moulid in the country?

The Moulid of Sayyid Ahmad al-Badawi in Tanta draws millions each October, with pilgrims camping in the streets, dhikr circles chanting through the night, and the final 'dawra' procession around the mosque — a massive expression of popular Sufi devotion that dwarfs the better-known Cairene moulids.

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