Celebrations From Various Cultures
It should be noted that in order to catalog every nuance of every celebration, festival, religious observance, or yearly event across the world, an entire book would be needed. An undertaking that I may embark upon someday, but for now I have noted the key points of some of the celebrations that caught my attention during my travels.
Yearly celebrations are found in most cultures across Omath, though their way, and frequency, can vary greatly. For example, the tieflings of Garakas have a festival that celebrates each of the Sovereign Host, leading to a festival nearly every month. Meanwhile, the dwarves of Tholgon only have one day a year during which they remember their ancestors.
-Gwennis Alborough, Writings on the Cultures of Omath
Yearly celebrations are found in most cultures across Omath, though their way, and frequency, can vary greatly. For example, the tieflings of Garakas have a festival that celebrates each of the Sovereign Host, leading to a festival nearly every month. Meanwhile, the dwarves of Tholgon only have one day a year during which they remember their ancestors.
The Eight Festivals for the Gods
After the tieflings were relieved from the control of the Dark Six, guilt plagued many of them and so they threw themselves into worship of the Sovereign Host. As a result of this, a festival was created in honor of each of the Host, each focused on one or more of their respective domains. These range in extravagance, from the simple (such as Dol Arrah's Honor, a short festival that remembers those that have given their lives to protect their people) to the opulent (a ten day long festival during which artisans and artists of all calibers put forth their very best work).Sun's Peak and Moon's Peak
The only widely spread celebrations, it originated among the elves long before they separated. Despite the vast difference in ideology, neither the Esari or the Afelnas elves stopped celebrating it, likely due to the fact that it is an observance of nature rather than of an idea. After the humans and halflings broke their slavery, they continued to celebrate the two Peak holidays as they tended to be that days they enjoyed the most every year. Sun's Peak and Moon's Peak observe the longest and shortest day of the year respectively.Sovereign's Day
For those who actively worship the Sovereign Host, it is generally understood that you always worship them and as such there is only one religious holiday related to worship of the Host specifically. Sovereign's Day is a day of solemn and quiet contemplation, during which practitioner's spend the day in thought. Some merely take this opportunity to relax from daily life, while others spend the entire day in a temple. It should be noted that during the age of slavery, this was the busiest day of the year for the slaves, and as such it is very rare to find even the most devout follower in Bromery observing Sovereign's Day.Tabaxi Rituals
The Tabaxi of the Deep Forest are one of the races on Omath that do not celebrate yearly on specific days. Instead they have celebrations that relate to events happening within their tribe, such as a baby being born, or a young Tabaxi being apprenticed to an older one. Most important to them, and the only ritual involving an outside force, is the Naming Ritual. During this, the eldest tribe member calls on the spirit for a glimpse of a newborn's future, and based on that vision they choose a name. Much of the young Tabaxi's future is determined by this moment.Remove these ads. Join the Worldbuilders Guild
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