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Midsummer is a summer solstice festival. Celebrations include grand feasts followed by libations, and dancing around bonfires.
 
Midsummer is a summer solstice festival. Celebrations include grand feasts followed by libations, and dancing around bonfires.
  
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=== Midwinter ===
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=== Harvest Festival ===
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''Celebrated on the first day of Dust''
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The holiday marks the start of the harvest season. Offerings are made to the gods to ensure successful harvest.
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=== Darkfall ===
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''Celebrated on third Burnday of Thorncrest''
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Families gather for the final feast before the lean winter season. Offerings are made to the gods to make the winter gentle, and to prevent spoiling of food supplies.
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=== New Year ===
  
 
''Celebrated on the last day of Hollow''
 
''Celebrated on the last day of Hollow''
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Marks the passing of the year.
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=== Midwinter ===
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''Celebrated on the last day of Briteborn''
  
 
Midwinter is a winter solstice festival usually. Celebrations include exchanging of gifts. This holiday has special spiritual significance in Druidic circles.
 
Midwinter is a winter solstice festival usually. Celebrations include exchanging of gifts. This holiday has special spiritual significance in Druidic circles.
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=== Spring Festival ===
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''Celebrated on the first day of Torrent''
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The celebration marks the end of winter season. It is celebration of renewal and starting over. Merchants usually provide major discounts trying to clear out their inventories and first feasts of the year are held.
  
 
=== Purge Day ===
 
=== Purge Day ===
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Holiday that commemorates the end of the [[Purge]]. It is usually a rather somber day on which people are encouraged to reflect on their fate and their place in the world. A common tradition during Purge Day is the Toiling of the Bells: throughout the day temples and city halls ring their bells starting at mid day and into the evening hours. If large bells are not available, it is customary for groups of clerics of various faiths to walk the streets with small hand bells.
 
Holiday that commemorates the end of the [[Purge]]. It is usually a rather somber day on which people are encouraged to reflect on their fate and their place in the world. A common tradition during Purge Day is the Toiling of the Bells: throughout the day temples and city halls ring their bells starting at mid day and into the evening hours. If large bells are not available, it is customary for groups of clerics of various faiths to walk the streets with small hand bells.
  
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=== Day of the Dead ===  
  
 
''Celebrated on third Chainday of Dust''
 
''Celebrated on third Chainday of Dust''
  
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A holiday that originated in [[Fynwell]] during which citizens gather in the city square to spectate public executions of high profile criminals and traitors. It is traditionally held on the third Chainday of Dust. On that day it is customary for the Prefect to issue an official pardons to seven criminals sentenced to the gallows, one from each district. Citizens of each district can put forth names of imprisoned criminals by making small donation to the local prefecture. Most of the spared criminals are usually hand-picked the Prefect from among the low-risk prisoners, but the public is made to believe their votes matter.
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A holiday that celebrates the dead and the fallen. In most regions this means grand feasts thrown in the name of famous ancestors. This is also considered to be the most opportune time to commune with the spirits of the dead or to cast resurrection spells.

Revision as of 08:30, 21 March 2017

Below is the list of popular holidays and festivals celebrated in Eoran.

Midsummer

Celebrated on the last Burnday of Cinder

Midsummer is a summer solstice festival. Celebrations include grand feasts followed by libations, and dancing around bonfires.

Harvest Festival

Celebrated on the first day of Dust

The holiday marks the start of the harvest season. Offerings are made to the gods to ensure successful harvest.

Darkfall

Celebrated on third Burnday of Thorncrest

Families gather for the final feast before the lean winter season. Offerings are made to the gods to make the winter gentle, and to prevent spoiling of food supplies.

New Year

Celebrated on the last day of Hollow

Marks the passing of the year.

Midwinter

Celebrated on the last day of Briteborn

Midwinter is a winter solstice festival usually. Celebrations include exchanging of gifts. This holiday has special spiritual significance in Druidic circles.

Spring Festival

Celebrated on the first day of Torrent

The celebration marks the end of winter season. It is celebration of renewal and starting over. Merchants usually provide major discounts trying to clear out their inventories and first feasts of the year are held.

Purge Day

Celebrated on the last day of Crispen

Holiday that commemorates the end of the Purge. It is usually a rather somber day on which people are encouraged to reflect on their fate and their place in the world. A common tradition during Purge Day is the Toiling of the Bells: throughout the day temples and city halls ring their bells starting at mid day and into the evening hours. If large bells are not available, it is customary for groups of clerics of various faiths to walk the streets with small hand bells.

Day of the Dead

Celebrated on third Chainday of Dust

A holiday that celebrates the dead and the fallen. In most regions this means grand feasts thrown in the name of famous ancestors. This is also considered to be the most opportune time to commune with the spirits of the dead or to cast resurrection spells.

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