Pasavr

“Ever been to a Dreggan birthday party?”

“Yeah, got invited to Cal Chori’s last year. It was an absolute riot - honestly, once the actual partying got started, there was no stopping ‘em.”

To outsiders, the Pasavr seems like the perfect party. Hours, if not days, of drinking and dancing whilst surrounded by dozens of people all celebrating the same thing. But for the Dreggan, the Pasavr means a lot more than just a reason to get inebriated.

Pasavr means ‘a year of change’. To celebrate that, one must acknowledge both their achievements and downfalls, because without knowing both of these one can never hope to learn and change.

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Hey buddy! How’s it been?

My Pasavr is coming up and, well, you’ve done a lot for me these past few months. Patched me up. Saved my ass more times than I can count. I’d like for you to be there - but if you can’t make it, that’s fine! Completely understand!

Sidenote: If you don’t know what a Pasavr is (do your research!) it’s pretty much just a big party. Alcohol. Dancing. Getting intimate with the ladies (if you know what I mean - what Ley? I can put that down, they’ll laugh about it).

Another Sidenote: A couple friends of mine - childhood friends - might ask you about a challenge. Don’t agree to anything you’re not comfortable with! But if you do accept whatever they ask you about… well… guess I’m honoured to have made a friend like you.

Acknowledging the Past Year

In order to acknowledge what a Dreggan has (or has not) accomplished in their year of change, they undergo a series of challenges during the morning and afternoon of their Pasavr. These challenges vary greatly between Dreggan, from mental tasks to physical ones. Each task is designed around an achievement or a downfall.

Where challenges are built around an achievement, they serve as a reminder for what the Dreggan actually achieved. So if they were to come first in a race, for example, then one of their challenges could include the Dreggan racing against others in their community. They don’t necessarily need to win (this is a particularly important lesson for children to learn), they just need to complete the challenge laid out before them.

Where challenges are built around downfalls, they serve as a second chance at completing or overcoming whatever obstacle was in their way in the first place. Again, the Dreggan does not need to successfully complete the challenge; most are happy simply learning from their mistakes. These types of challenges can also be carried over onto the next Pasavr. The idea behind this is that, if you cannot complete the challenge this year, continue to grow and try again. It is designed to encourage Dreggan to grow and change in order to become the best version of themselves.

Each challenge varies in difficulty. Children are often given easier tasks (and fewer to avoid getting sidetracked from the meaning behind each task) and more often than not their tasks are designed to celebrate achievements rather than overcome downfalls. As Dreggan grow older, more of their tasks will become about overcoming a previous obstacle and what has been learnt during the last year.

Post Challenge Celebrations

In the evening of their Pasavr, entire communities will come together to celebrate a single Dreggan. Post challenge celebrations are essentially one giant party. They can last for hours or days depending on who’s Pasavr it is; for children, the celebrations typically last for four or five hours, but for adult Dreggan the celebrations tend to last a lot longer.

Everyone in a community will attend, from family and friends to neighbours or people a Dreggan has only met in passing. For most Dreggan, this means travelling back to their childhood home so that they can reconnect with their old community and introduce them to any new friends or family they have made on their journeys. Celebrations can include alcoholic beverages, singing, dancing, dramatic performances and a feast large enough to feed a hundred, if not more.