Midsummer's Day
Day 1:
The festival begins as many visitors taken up lodging in Alderrdeen. Vistors and vedors set up in the streets and town square, enjoying in merry celebration.
Day 2:
A stage is set up in the town square for bards, minstrals, and performers to set up delightful shows. Many farmers meet in the fields to discuss this year's harvest and exchange tips of the trade for the next year.
Day 3:
Visitors indulge in a day of wine and mead from the vineyards in another celebration of harvest.
Day 4 & 5:
Not much of note occurs during these two days of the festival. Many visitors who cannot afford to take an entire week for the festival (along with travel time) wait until these final days to join celebration. Much of the merriment, networking, and trade from the earlier days continue.
Day 6:
The merriment settles as the final days of the festival are solely for prayer and worship. The church fills with patrons, causing many to worship directly under the sun. Some chant in prayer from dusk until dawn for their harvests.
Day 7:
The festival ends with a bonfire lit in Pelor's favor. Many throw in words of worship or items of sacrifice into the fire as a gift to Pelor.
History
As many farmers ventured to the northern point of Osnein in search of rich lands ripe for agriculture, many believed the soul to be directly blessed by Pelor, the God of agrilculture and light. The land, now known as the town of Alderrdeen, attracted many farmers who ventured to Alderrdeen in prayer and worship for their own harvests.
A week long festival began annually in Alderrdeen during the beginning of the 8th month of the year just as the crop season was beginning to slow until the next season of growth. Many prayed for their crops to preservere through the harsh months and to bloom early during the Green Grass. Many followers of Pelor believed their prayers to ring true as those who traveled for Midsummer's Day claim to have plentiful harvest for the next year.
Execution
The festival is a week long festival with some long standing traditions and some suggested by the church of Pelor and the current lord of the land.
One ceremony that holds true every year is the bonfire at the seventh night.
Participants
Lord of Alderrdeen: THe Lord of Alderrdeen is in charge of organizing visitors during this time and the more political and financial elements of the holy day.
Church of Pelor: The church and Alderrdeen's high cleric are responsibile for the holy elements of the holy day.
Observance
The holy day takes place in the first week of the 8th month of the year annually.
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