Holiday

Holidays are reoccurring seasonal events that certain cultures of Auria practice during specific times of the year, usually held on a specific date or period of a year. Such holidays are many and serve to bring out the best in a given culture as well as to bring together the people of said culture together for shared celebrations. Many bigger known holidays are incorporated in lesser form by other nations of Auria, such as the Festivities of Winterdusk.

Lovemoon
Date: 14th Vebrus
Planet of Origin: Imperia
Culture of Origin: Pella
Lovemoon is a day that symbolises unity between two opposing Pella tribes and the love of the first Matriarch Valefur and the first Patriarch Paschan. It is a day that celebrates friendship and romance.

It is a day to remember the Gods of Love Ada and Evan.

Greenday
Date: 25th Marus
Planet of Origin: Imperia
Culture of Origin: Pella, Enkhulu, Sark, Elf
Greenday is a lesser holiday that celebrates fertility of crop and intimacy. It is often associated with the beginning of the cycle of life and death aka Rebirth.

Festivities of Winterdusk
Date: 20th-25th Festivos
Planet of Origin: Wyrmeron (Origin), All (Lesser Form)
Culture of Origin: Urson
Taking place on the last week of the year, the Festivities of Winterdusk is a great event held by the Urson in order to remember and send off the passing year with a bang. A grand feast spanning the diagonal width of Glacirenn city is hosted by the bearfolk during this week long period which invites all to come and enjoy the food, drink, stories and giftgiving that comes along with it.

The popularity of Winterdusk has made it a staple in lesser forms in other cultures of Auria, making the year end a grand time across all of Auria.