Common Holidays and Festivals
Below is the list of popular holidays and festivals celebrated in Eoran.
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[hide]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.
Midwinter
Celebrated on the last day of Hollow
Midwinter is a winter solstice festival usually. Celebrations include exchanging of gifts. This holiday has special spiritual significance in Druidic circles.
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.
Gallows Day
Celebrated on third Chainday of Dust
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.
