Winter Festivities
The Festivities of Winter vary wildly from nation to nation and even within regions. Of a common theme, all of these festivities focus on feasting, family, and surviving the winter.
Anton: The Antoni all celebrate the Winter, however, there is a clear divide between the northern Fanish tradition and the southern Buharayati Tradition. Northern Antoni tends to follow the tradition of the Oppius Straight, celebrating the winter defeat of the great serpent. Meanwhile, in southern Anton celebrations surround the worship of Hawa, the god of the skies.
Tanbor: Tanbori winter tradition is extremely important to international trade. Traditionally, this nation is rarely hospitable to outsiders with the exception of during the winter season when outsiders are welcomed to see the nation as a gesture of goodwill worshiping their God King known as "The Traveler".
Reine: The Reinese tradition dictates that all celebrate the same holiday. However, it varies a lot with three major traditions tied to Southern, Middle, and Northern Reine. This Holiday called the "Twin Moons Festival" celebrates the twin moons of Saxum, which is extremely important to the largely nocturnal society of Reine. In southern Riene the celebration also includes the consumption of Medini Eels like most societies near the Oppius Straight. In Middle Reine, the population focuses on a gift-giving tradition tied to a character called "Mother Moon" who would supposedly visit on the first full moon of that month. The population in the frigid Northern Reine is extremely small where there are festivities tied to when the Two moons align over the Frist Statue.
Gardune: Within Gardune's highly diverse agrarian and pastoral nation, winter tradition generally follows two major traditions. The Jor people of Gardune's winter tradition involves their movement from their northern home to their southern homes which they call, "The Long Song." The movement of the several thousand Jor is accompanied by their voices all being raised in song, which is not ended until the people have gotten to their homes. This is about a 5-day journey with each having its own unique song. Each day also has its own unique feasts and dances which are performed each night when they settle again. However, the modern-day Jor people are under the leadership of Rentar, although this has so far changed little for their traditions. To the settled people of Gardune, the celebrations are centered around celebrating the King, whose birthday is always ceremonially on the first day of the new year.
Rentar: Within Rentar winter celebrations are standardized. The celebration, known as "Revolution Day" celebrates the overthrow and death of the last king of Rentar, and the beginning of the new pentarchy of generals. Additionally, the Medini Eel festivities align with this time and are consumed both for the ceremonial reasons of the defeat of the great serpent and due to the tradition that the eels were the only food left for the people of Rentar to eat during the great famine leading up to the revolution.
Ganeslan: Ganeslanders come from a raiding nation, their magically enhanced fleet was once known for being almost unbeatable. Until a storm came in the winter hundreds of years ago that decimated their power. Today, Ganesland never regained its former glory, and now the Ganeslanders focus on having a festival to keep away the storm that almost destroyed their nation. One important aspect of the lore of this great storm is that the ancient Ganeslanders survived by supporting each other and to this day that tradition is honored.
Northland: The Northlanders celebrate their coming-of-age ceremony known as "The Long Walk" where children compete in a grueling trial to try and earn their names. Many children do not survive the long walk, but nevertheless, the festival is considered a time of merriment.
Pwan'Tui: The Pwan'Tui's festivities are defined by more of their characteristic laid-back lifestyle with sudden moments of activity. Their holiday celebration is started with five days of feasting and celebration, complete with traditional dance and festivals. On the sixth day the celebration culminates with a mass exodus to Mount Pwan'Tui where the people cast incense, silks, and other gifts into the volcano so as to appease the land maker for another year.
Yura: The Yura celebrate a variety of celebrations between the different tribes of the nation, however, one of the most important during the winter season is the festival of Kaesal: a large festival where marriages are arranged and created all within one week. During this time prospective suitors compete in a variety of tasks to show their worthiness to be married.
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