 However, the most important temple festivals, like the Opet Festival celebrated at Karnak, usually involved a procession carrying the god's image out of the sanctuary in a model barque to visit other significant sites, such as the temple of a related deity.Commoners gathered to watch the procession and sometimes received portions of the unusually large offerings given to the gods on these occasions.At many sacred sites, the Egyptians worshipped individual animals which they believed to be manifestations of particular deities.