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Holidays Celebrated Across Imarel - by T.A. Saunders ©2010 v1.2

The following is a list of holidays celebrated across Imarel; some are only celebrated in certain nations, others are celebrated across the world. Notations for such will be marked with each holiday and holidays will be separated by the Terran and Imarelian month they take place on. Since the Asyndi were the first to make many of these holidays, they are noted in their language. Some are Elvish holidays Humans have adopted and still others are exclusively holidays celebrated by certain races.

Tiri (January)

Tiri 1, The New Year (Imarel-Wide)

The celebration of the New Year is as it is in many cultures with wild celebrations and festivals. Many pubs and taverns will give free drinks on this night and it is customary to gather at the city's square, regardless of the weather to sing and dance the New Year in. In Sundown, the Coliseum is opened at night for special games and war reenactments to celebrate years gone by. The Asyndi never celebrated the coming of a new year; this custom was started with the Humans, who picked up the tradition from the Kaal`Kor Dwarves of Ishaela.

Tiri 21, Ghanos D`Shael (Tal`Rah and Zoda)

Ghanos D`Shael, or Festival of Lost Spirits is an Asyndi holiday other races have adopted, to remember friends and loved ones lost during times of war. It is a holiday that black and silver are used and special sweet cakes made from orashoo fruit and honey are made. While a sober occasion, there is a measure of celebration on this holiday, where drinks are shared and tales of those lost are told in fond memory of their lives and deeds.