Pilgrimage to Mount Nanahuk
Kamnak adi Kahanuk Munt
Mount Nahanuk (Nahanukmuntu) is the Fengati name for Mount Elbruz. The Sayri call it Meyunhi Tawm and the Katillians call it Nahan Tani.
The Ktheeb of Contemplation, which is one of the most important sacred texts in Tahanism, advocates going at least once to Anuraktuvitl in a lifetime. This is the city from which huge stairways can be taken until the space between the Elbruz's two peaks is reached. There is a holy site and a monastery there. Both were founded in the 125th century. Pilgrimage has to be done entirely by foot but the aim is not to harm oneself to expiate sins, contrary to the Precursor Catholic pilgrimage of Camino de Santiago. In the case of Nahanukamukamun (pilgrimage to Nahanuk), the main aim is to contemplate the beauty of the landscape and to visit many cities people might otherwise never see in their lifetime. The travel must be made by people with politic majority, often in large groups or with the family, departing the day after the Fengati new year (1st of March). During pilgrimage, people usually sleep in simple sleeping bags or under light tents, or in hotels.
Access to Mount Nahanuk is constantly under strict surveillance and pilgrims have to be searched, even if terrorism isn't much of a problem in the Empire since the Sayri independence, but the destruction and pillaging of the monastery by the Toropean airforce during the Brioche War was a traumatic event for the whole country. Strangers and children are not allowed to go to the holy site, but Anuraktuvitl is a famous touristic destination. No transportation means go there and the only way is by foot, but anyone is allowed to come and go freely. In the year 13565, the record of 4,4 million yearly visitors in Anuraktuvitl was beaten the day after the first traditional new year that took place in the Empire right after the Toropean Empire capitulated (after the assassination of Emperor Tatadhaghakan and the invasion of Nurdolia by the United States of Africa). The record was 6,2 million visitors in Anuraktuvitl, about 94% of which were pilgrims, because there were not many tourists.
There is a traditional costume worn by pilgrims called kankamukazbi. It is a type of kazb that is completely white. It is worn with a white veil that covers the shoulders and the head completely. When they start walking to the holy site of Mount Nahanuk, pilgrims put on wooden goggles similar to Inuit snow goggles. These, together with the kankamukazbi, protect the pilgrim's skin and eyes from the snow's reverberation of sunlight, which can cause temporary blindness and severe sunburns.
An interesting fact is that these pilgrim goggles, which are called heynlulenitz in Fengati, are very similar to Ilgaak snow goggles developped by Arctic human cultures (Yupik, Inuit, Eskimos...) about 15 millenia earlier, and serve the exact same purpose.
The Ktheeb of Contemplation, which is one of the most important sacred texts in Tahanism, advocates going at least once to Anuraktuvitl in a lifetime. This is the city from which huge stairways can be taken until the space between the Elbruz's two peaks is reached. There is a holy site and a monastery there. Both were founded in the 125th century. Pilgrimage has to be done entirely by foot but the aim is not to harm oneself to expiate sins, contrary to the Precursor Catholic pilgrimage of Camino de Santiago. In the case of Nahanukamukamun (pilgrimage to Nahanuk), the main aim is to contemplate the beauty of the landscape and to visit many cities people might otherwise never see in their lifetime. The travel must be made by people with politic majority, often in large groups or with the family, departing the day after the Fengati new year (1st of March). During pilgrimage, people usually sleep in simple sleeping bags or under light tents, or in hotels.
Access to Mount Nahanuk is constantly under strict surveillance and pilgrims have to be searched, even if terrorism isn't much of a problem in the Empire since the Sayri independence, but the destruction and pillaging of the monastery by the Toropean airforce during the Brioche War was a traumatic event for the whole country. Strangers and children are not allowed to go to the holy site, but Anuraktuvitl is a famous touristic destination. No transportation means go there and the only way is by foot, but anyone is allowed to come and go freely. In the year 13565, the record of 4,4 million yearly visitors in Anuraktuvitl was beaten the day after the first traditional new year that took place in the Empire right after the Toropean Empire capitulated (after the assassination of Emperor Tatadhaghakan and the invasion of Nurdolia by the United States of Africa). The record was 6,2 million visitors in Anuraktuvitl, about 94% of which were pilgrims, because there were not many tourists.
There is a traditional costume worn by pilgrims called kankamukazbi. It is a type of kazb that is completely white. It is worn with a white veil that covers the shoulders and the head completely. When they start walking to the holy site of Mount Nahanuk, pilgrims put on wooden goggles similar to Inuit snow goggles. These, together with the kankamukazbi, protect the pilgrim's skin and eyes from the snow's reverberation of sunlight, which can cause temporary blindness and severe sunburns.
An interesting fact is that these pilgrim goggles, which are called heynlulenitz in Fengati, are very similar to Ilgaak snow goggles developped by Arctic human cultures (Yupik, Inuit, Eskimos...) about 15 millenia earlier, and serve the exact same purpose.
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