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HolidaysThe Valgarin are a very hearty people who live a hard life. The holidays they celibrate reflect that. Each holiday is known as a festival and usually revolves around contests, food and drinking. Ravn - Festival of the Raven/YrsaValgarins do not celibrate the beginning of the year at the same time as
others due to the hard winters. They wait instead to celibrate life as the
beginning of the year. During this time as all creatures begin to reproduce to
increase the numbers lost from the many foodless months. (This is accorded to the Celtic Holiday of Imbolg which is held on February 2nd.) Corran - Festival of Tears:Summers can become harsh, wilting the crops that the farmers worked so hard to plant. Rain may also be scarce causing many plants to wilt and die. This festival is an attempt to make Yrsa cry for her people, hopefully give the crops the blessings of her tears. A sheep of the whitest wool is bred especially for this, and is sacrificed to Yrsa on Corran the 9th, calling attention to all three of her characterized personalities at the same time. This sheep is not to have it's wool worn by any person, nor it's meat eaten. Instead all in Valgard drink bitter herbed bread and drink a bitter herbed drink to show their fealty to Yrsa. (This is accorded to the Celtic Holiday of Midsummer which is held on the summer solstice which is within a day or two of June 21st.) Hyrde - Festival of the HarvestHarvesting of the crops that Yrsa has blessed with her tears, bringing them in for storage in preperation for the hard winter...this is all much work, but also much joy. Once the reserves are filled for the winter, food is set aside to have a great feast in recognition to Yrsa for her compassion to her people. There are contests of all sorts, and a trade show in Valgard during this time. The doors of the Kingdom open, calling all from other kingdoms in to rejoice with the Valgarin'. This festival is on the very last day of Hyrde. (This accorded to the Celtic Holiday of Lammas which is on July 3rd.) Al-Sargas - Festival of the AncientsValgarin are very superstitious people. They believe that the spirits of
their ancestors are very much alive and can interact with them, but also that
the spirits of evil roam through the land during the dark winter months of Al-Sargas.
To ward off the spirits of evil and bring the ancestors in for otherworldly
guidance, the Druids of Valgard light 3 large fires on 3 hills at the druid
hedge. The people of Valgard come to the hedge looking to speak to these
ancients through the druids for guidance on various happenings in their life;
anything from why the cow is not milking right to the date that a marriage
should be consummated. Sometimes it is known for the ancient to actually appear
to the person with the question and answer themselves. It is also known to see
the evil spirits circle the triangle the campfires make, desiring entrance, but
never gaining access. At the last hour of this night everyone in the ring of
fire shouts at the top of their lungs scaring the evil spirits back to the
otherworld, and calling the ancients of that specific clan into their home to
rest for a while. (This is the Celtic Holiday of Samhain which is held on October 31st.) Druids and the HolidaysAl-Sargas is not the only time people may come to the druids for guidance,
just the most prominent time. If the member of any clan wishes guidance, they
only need bring an offering of their hard work, which can be anything from a
tinkered item to a barn animal. This is layed on a stone and within a day the
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