Boughweaving Festival

The Boughweaving Festival is a two week celebration in the middle of Holiwend. It is upheld by virtually everyone on the continent, with food festivals and competitions of strength and performances of all sorts.
The chief purpose, and the origin, of the Boughweaving is simple. The cold winter months were a time of sadness, loss and trouble. Many civilizations realized that in order to survive such difficulties, they must set aside their differences for a time and work together. As a sign of the brief time of peace they wove crowns of branches for their neighbors, to keep the snow out of their eyes and remind them of the season. This, over time, turned into a tradition of weaving crowns for loved ones. Those who participate in this holiday spend the week leading up to the festival preparing all manner of crowns. Some are adorned with delicate flowers (for ones romantic love), some are adorned with plenty of leaves (for a family member or child, to indicate the many leaves on their family tree). Many weave simple crowns for their friends, or provide silly embelishments such as cups or loaves of bread.

Components and tools

This festival is centered around the weaving of thin tree branches into crowns which are given to those you love. This is easy enough for those cultures near some wooded areas, but for those in the sparser climes, they often use straw, or flowers instead.