Dryfeet day

A marking and commemoration of tadpoles coming out of their safe pond into dry land

The grippli hold special significance to the first time a group of young gripplis, also known as tadpoles, emerge from their safe pond. Every subsequent year, this special occasion is celebrated. This celebration is planned by everyone else in the clan, and those being celebrated can enjoy the day and do nothing but enjoy each other's company. This means that throughout the year, each clan will hold as many dryfeet days as generations they have.

It is traditional to start and finish a dryfeet day with a swim in the water with all the siblings who shared the first year of their lives.

The rest of the day, each celebrating grippli may do as they please, though it most often involves eating and spending time with friends.

A grippli's first day outside of the water

After a year in the pond growing up, the grown tadpoles are ready to come out of the water, at least for some time. The grippli clan prepares for this day, as from that moment onward, the tadpoles become the whole clan's responsibility, not just those gripplis that participated in the spawning.

In this day, each tadpole, who by now have four limbs, but still a tail, will come out of the pond to receive their name. Providing a name for each tadpole that survived is the last responsibility of the adult grippli who participated in the spawning.

After a feast, with all of the new members of society, the tadpoles go back to the pond, as they are still too young to survive outside of the water for long periods of time. It will take them about another year before their tails are completely gone and they are comfortable outside of the water.

Grippli Reproduction

The grippli like to reproduce communally.
Typically once a year, those gripplis who wish to participate in the mating event will all create a pond in a safe location within their area.
During a clan-wide celebration, those participating in the spawning will all get in the pond and revel in each other's company. After 39 days, the grippli eggs will hatch from the pond.
For the following year, the tadpoles will be taken care of exclusively by those who participated in the spawning.