Category:Festivals & Traditions

There are three major fêtes in Urth, celebrated across all lands, as well as many which are endemic to a particular nation or region, and virtually unknown outside of that particular area, although a large number of these are also interrelated, if not exactly the same.

Major Festivals

• Spring Awakening (at the beginning of blooming season)
• Autumn's End (during the final reaping of the fields)
• Yule (in the middle of winter; a time meant to spread cheer and joy in the bleakness of the cold)

Other Holidays

Realm-wide

• Chalice Rising

Kingdom-wide

• New Year
• Summer Solstice
• Kissing Festival
• Richael's Birthday
• The Calm

Talfore

• Turkey Calling Trials

Lithmore

• Lithmorran Wine Festival - Broaching of the wines.
• Festival of the Hunt
• Magebane

Tubor

• Spar Balancing

The Charalin Plains

• The Great Charalin Horse Races

Traditions

Lithmore

• En Passant

Farin

(See En Passant)

The Charalin Plains

• Naming Day

When Charalin youth reach the age of thirteen, they are turned out into the wild with nothing more than a knife. They to survive on their own wits for the entire span of Elliuh (approx. 31 days) to prove that they have the survival skills necessary to be an adult on the Plains.

Until Elliueh becomes full, the Charali youth may not begin to track and pursue their families. During this time, it is their task to clothe themselves, creating weapons and gain some coup or honor in pursuit of their name. As Elliueh begins to wax or wane, depending o when the cycle started, the youth may begin to make their way through the wilds towards their family. When they arrive, they are met with a greater celebration than the day they entered the world. There is no birthday, but a naming day, when the Boy or Girl gains their place in the tribe as an adult. By gaining this, they are able to speak their opinion within their clan and be counted among the warriors when battle is called.

As a rule, a Charalin's surname is often the name of their birth mother. Their Charalin name, given to them on their Naming Day, is secondary to their mother's. Charali will often have a Davite name given or taken by them as well to make their passage through the Western territory easier. When a Charalin introduces himself or herself to a westerner, they will often say, "I am (order of birth)(son or daughter) of (mother), (Davist name)." It is rare to divulge their true Charalin name to an outsider.

Sometimes the name given or taken by a Charali marks their place in society.