Holidays and Celebration Ideas
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 1:31 am
Please change whatever you wish. These are just general ideas.
Glade -
Day of Reverence: 15th day of Glade. Giving reverence to the patrons of the region, large paper mache dragons and their incarnations are made and displayed. Each person creating a paper lantern with a prayer inside where they go outside and lighting a candle inside, they wait for the sound of the gong to let them know to release their lanterns to the sky. It is a beautiful display as it can be seen from a fair distance like fire rising to the Heavens.
Iroai: 50th day of Glade. Some call this the “festival of spring”, “festival of colors”, “festival of love”, or “festival of unity”. It is a time differences are set aside and to come together as one where caste, race, and gender doesn’t matter. People come around noon for music, dancing, and food for the next couple of hours until around 3pm when everyone is given colored powder to throw in the air. This happen every hour till the late evening and it is suggested that one doesn’t wear their best attire to this since sometimes the clothing is stained and depending on which dye is stronger, so is the skin for a day or two.
Searing -
Lady of the Pale Grove: Celebrated on the 13th weekend for Naori for she is the epitome of freedom and expression.That even in structure, there is chaos whether seen or unseen. There is a parade to celebrate her and on a stage people can watch women dressed up as Naori perform her dance and tales are told by theater actors.
Daichin Togloom: 88th to 90th of Searing. Originally celebrated for the days when the people of Orkhan took in the Synnekar and their union. Now it has become a day of games and festivities where many men and women come to test their merits in competition usually involving horse racing, archery, mounted archery, and martial competition with both weapons and unarmed. There are other athletic games around which changes every year followed by music, food, and drinking.
Ash -
The Wild Hunt: 77th to 78th of Ash. Hunters from all walks of life and experience come test themselves on the day of the Wild Hunt. Each city has their preferences to determine what it is the Hunters are looking for on a point system and sometimes they are required to bring it back alive rather than dead to show a test of skill. It is known that those who enter the Wild Hunt can be injured and rare occasion, dead.
Harvest Ash Festival: The date varies as it usually falls on the 8th full moon in the year. It is the day of gathering, thanksgiving, and prayers and while it is dated back in history for crops, it has become more about the people. Friends and family coming together and celebrating harmonious unions. Prayers often range from babies, a spouse, beauty, longevity, or for a good future. Families making paper lanterns with children and display them outside of their homes and the streets are filled with colorful displays, parades, dances, and vendors from all over.
Frost -
Dōngjì Dàolái: 10th of Frost. Known as the “Arrival of Winter”, it is a day of rest where shops business’s close and people spend the day with family. Making and eating tangyuan and dumplings.
Mös Naadaam: 69th to 70th of Frost. With winter at its harshest and abundant ice and snow, the people of Kalzasi have found a way to turn it into something beautiful. Artists coming together to create sculptures great and small and filled with light to illuminate it at night. Some even starting days or weeks in advance depending on the level of difficulty with a permit. Popular with children as there are snow and ice domes to sit around and stay warm while enjoying beverages, eating sweets, and sliding down ice slides. There are competitions for ice and snow sculptures that span for the duration of the Mös Naadaam.
Glade -
Day of Reverence: 15th day of Glade. Giving reverence to the patrons of the region, large paper mache dragons and their incarnations are made and displayed. Each person creating a paper lantern with a prayer inside where they go outside and lighting a candle inside, they wait for the sound of the gong to let them know to release their lanterns to the sky. It is a beautiful display as it can be seen from a fair distance like fire rising to the Heavens.
Iroai: 50th day of Glade. Some call this the “festival of spring”, “festival of colors”, “festival of love”, or “festival of unity”. It is a time differences are set aside and to come together as one where caste, race, and gender doesn’t matter. People come around noon for music, dancing, and food for the next couple of hours until around 3pm when everyone is given colored powder to throw in the air. This happen every hour till the late evening and it is suggested that one doesn’t wear their best attire to this since sometimes the clothing is stained and depending on which dye is stronger, so is the skin for a day or two.
Searing -
Lady of the Pale Grove: Celebrated on the 13th weekend for Naori for she is the epitome of freedom and expression.That even in structure, there is chaos whether seen or unseen. There is a parade to celebrate her and on a stage people can watch women dressed up as Naori perform her dance and tales are told by theater actors.
Daichin Togloom: 88th to 90th of Searing. Originally celebrated for the days when the people of Orkhan took in the Synnekar and their union. Now it has become a day of games and festivities where many men and women come to test their merits in competition usually involving horse racing, archery, mounted archery, and martial competition with both weapons and unarmed. There are other athletic games around which changes every year followed by music, food, and drinking.
Ash -
The Wild Hunt: 77th to 78th of Ash. Hunters from all walks of life and experience come test themselves on the day of the Wild Hunt. Each city has their preferences to determine what it is the Hunters are looking for on a point system and sometimes they are required to bring it back alive rather than dead to show a test of skill. It is known that those who enter the Wild Hunt can be injured and rare occasion, dead.
Harvest Ash Festival: The date varies as it usually falls on the 8th full moon in the year. It is the day of gathering, thanksgiving, and prayers and while it is dated back in history for crops, it has become more about the people. Friends and family coming together and celebrating harmonious unions. Prayers often range from babies, a spouse, beauty, longevity, or for a good future. Families making paper lanterns with children and display them outside of their homes and the streets are filled with colorful displays, parades, dances, and vendors from all over.
Frost -
Dōngjì Dàolái: 10th of Frost. Known as the “Arrival of Winter”, it is a day of rest where shops business’s close and people spend the day with family. Making and eating tangyuan and dumplings.
Mös Naadaam: 69th to 70th of Frost. With winter at its harshest and abundant ice and snow, the people of Kalzasi have found a way to turn it into something beautiful. Artists coming together to create sculptures great and small and filled with light to illuminate it at night. Some even starting days or weeks in advance depending on the level of difficulty with a permit. Popular with children as there are snow and ice domes to sit around and stay warm while enjoying beverages, eating sweets, and sliding down ice slides. There are competitions for ice and snow sculptures that span for the duration of the Mös Naadaam.