Spring Wind Festival
Burm celebration of changing seasons.
Resgriar was offering his first item to the ritual fire. This was his fourth year and in the previous ones, his parents had made the offering for him. This time around, they didn't even give him any advice on what to bring. So, he brought his wooden bowl. He didn't have anything else except the clothes he was wearing and a few toys. And he definitely wasn't going to burn the toys.
A Celebration as Old as the Wind
It is not known when the Burm - rather, the people who inhabit the area that would become the nation of Burim - began to celebrate the shifting winds that bring the new season. The season of winter is lethal and almost every community loses a number of members to each one. This makes the coming of spring - a season of life - an important event to those who did survive. The celebration is not a time of mourning for those that were lost but a time of hope for the rest.
Rope and Fire
When the dominant winds begin to change it does not happen all at once but begins a period in which the two winds intermingle. During the Spring Wind festival, this is represented by the Struggle of the Winds activity. For this, each person in attendance is sorted into one of two groups - the Winter Wind or the Spring Wind. Then each group grabs one end of a long rope and at the indication of the Spring Master - the same person who sorted the attendees - they pull. Whichever side is pulled over has to serve food and drink to the winners before they can enjoy it themselves. The last event of the ceremony is a large bonfire to scare away the last of the cold. The fire is made of whatever wood or other objects are offered by the community. In some areas, every person must offer at least one small thing for the fire. In some of the more urbanized environments, the firewood is provided by the wealthy or the local authority. This fire is also accompanied by food, drink, dance, and song.Stub Article
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