Overview
The Akilinia Seafood Festival is the biggest party and celebration of the year. It is held on the Autumn Equinox, Aki 21st. This is the main harvest festival for Akilinia since their major crop is seafood. While fishing is plentiful year round, the lobster, crab, shrimp, scallops, and various other seafood is best in the autumn and winter months when they are fatter and tastier. The Autumn Solstice comes right after the first session of big catches. The Festival itself consists of each family fixing large batches of old family recipes with their favorite catches and bringing them to the center of town. Those who don't catch seafood will bring their favorite side dishes, drinks, and desserts to round out the mid-day meal. Before the meal starts, there is a hearty prayer of thanks to Mar, Goddess of the Wilderness and Seas for the bounty of their catch. Then there is singing, dancing, and games. By sunset, the children have exhausted themselves on the food and games. Those not interested in drinking and more adult games, take the children home and put them to bed. Everyone else enjoys the wine, whiskey and beer. They dance, fuck, and fight depending on how they want their night to go. The day after the Festival is a day of peace and home. Each person gets up late, spends the day with close friends and family, and rests for the busy work of the seafood season ahead.History
The first Seafood Festival happened back when the city was settled as a small village. Akilinia was started by a handful of families that discovered how much fishing and seafood was available in the area. After hauling in a major catch in mid-Autumn, the men of the families were exhausted.
The women got together and took the catch and made a huge meal for all the families. The kids played together while the men drank in celebration of their success. The next day they rested. Then everyone got together to prepare their village to handle the influx of food. They needed a way to store everything for winter and a way to trade for things they didn't already have and couldn't produce themselves.
They found that this bountiful catch happened again and again each year, so they started a celebration in honor to thank the Gods.
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