Holidays Around the World

Holidays; an overview.
Obligatory link to The Calendar.
==January== 
*January 1
*Second half of Maoudi's festival of lights.
**Joseon: Seollal (lunar new year)
*2nd Sunday of January,
**Liotain: Father's Day
*January 14
:*(L'acqua) Foundation day. The celebration of the first government of the shelter islands.
*January 16
**Union day, the SPQR
==February==
*Febuary 1
**Joseon: Meoseumnal (festival for servants, coming of age, etc)
*February 2nd
** UKEP: Coinnlearan
*February 4
**The birthday of Otmar Angilberct Spellmeyer, Kaiser & Konig of Drakenstaat.
*February 16
**Elder's Renewal, Mon Cal: This day is when it is announced whether the current elders will retain their posts for another term. 
*February 19
**Aukustia - King's Day; Celebration of the birth of King Gabrijel II Rakočević.
==March==
*March 3
**Joseon: Samninnal (celebrate coming spring)
*March 7
**Liotain, Syrellia, Eirenn(UKEP), Celtica: Resurrection Day (religious)
*March 11
**Liotain, Monarch's Birthday (Queen Kotryna's Birthday)
*March Equinox North (March 19-21)
*March 20: 
**Fèis an Earraich: UKEP
==April==
*April 6
**Liotain: Diena du Atgailos (Day of Repentance)
*3rd Monday through following Sunday
**Svyturys Carnival
==May==
*May 1
**Latha Cèitean (first day of summer): UKEP
*May 5
**Joseon: Dano (celebration of spring)
*May 19
**Sahir Freedom Day: Celebrates the end of the Maoudshi Civil war.
**The Kingdom of Maoudi Day of the Bleak: A rare somber holiday for the Maoudi, it memorialized all those who died in the civil war and the Jabari still held in Sahir.
*May 24 
**Proclamation Day (anniversary of the [[UKEP|United Kingdom)
*31 May
**Liotain: Remembrance Day (remembrance of those who have fallen in wars, held on the anniversary of the Battle of Rudeksna.
==June==
*June 9
**Drakenstaat's Independence Day: Typically celebrated with enormous display of fireworks that are prioritized for their visibility over distances, preferably being visible from Celtica.
**Southern Winter Solstice (June 20-22)
*Northern Summer Solstice (June 20-22) 
:* Summers bounty
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*Northern Summer Solstice (June 20-22) 
==July==
*July 15 
**Feast of Saint Iona (UKEP)
*July 30
**Liotain: Saint Jurate's Feast (religious)
==August==
*2nd Sunday of August
**Liotain: Mother's Day
*August 15
**Joseon: Chuseok (mid-Autumn festival)
==September==
*September 1
**Liotain: National Equestrian Day
* September 9
**Konig's Day the birthday of the founder of Modern Drakenstaat. The late Kaiser & Konig Niko Harald Spellmeyer Von Draken
*September Equinox (21-24)
:*Bounty of Preparations made (L'acqua)
:*september 27th
:*Maoudi's remembrance day
December+9=September a celebration of new beginnings. The Day after is considered L'acquan New year.
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==October==
*October 3
**Joseon: Gaecheonjeol (National Foundation Day)
*October 18
**(Liotain, Syrellia, Eirenn, UKEP): Diena du Ira (Day of Wrath)
*21st
**Maneuvers Day, Masr, Drakenstaat, The Shield States; The start of the Annual Sword Pact fleet exercise at Masr. Most years the "at sea" component is just a cruiser or two per side maybe a squad of destroyers. With some officers doing wargaming on shore. but on special occasions we bring out whole squadrons or even fleets.
**31st
**Halloween: Maoudi, Sahir, Saku, Jabaristan
**Fèis an Dàmhair: UKEP
==November==
*Joseon: Dongji (winter solstice)
==December==
*December 5
**Liotain: Constitution Day
*December 7
**Sowan's Night (UKEP)
*December 8
**(Liotain, Syrellia, Eirenn UKEP): Feast of the Martyrs (religious)
**Joseon: Seongtanjeol (basically same as above but different)
*December 12
**Aukustia - Victory Day; Day of the signing of the Treaty of Bukhta, which ended the Moshka War. 
*Northern Winter Solstice December 22-23
**Festival of Winter's Laying (L'acqua)
	This festival happens around the Winter Solstice, and is one of the most joyous occasions in the L’acquan calendar. The name and event mark the around when the largest concentrations of Judgement Maws reach their spawning grounds, far in the north, hidden among ice flows. As these massive squid are considered divine instruments a celebration in preparation for the coming of a new generation was considered to be appropriate by those who originally spoke as the voices of the Goddesses. 
	What said deities think of the celebration is unknown, no speaker has ever received an answer, though few have raised the question. The exact date fluctuates around when The Sapphire Moon is in full for the longest, which is when most of the Maws that have not made it to the shelter of the coves are consumed by the mass of other sea dwellers drawn to the migration. Marking the definitive end of the years migrations. This interaction is the source of the ongoing schism as to whether or not ספיר הגשר השמימי, The Sapphire Moon, is a son of the Sea , or just the Sun like her Brother ארטמיס לורד האנט, Arterium the Silver Moon. The debate is unlikely to be settled anytime soon and ספיר הגשר השמימי’s continued depection with an aquatic tail has only fanned it, but it is a harmless debate, at least as religious disagreements go.
	The exact nature of the celebration has changed over the years but one of the hallmarks has been the consolidation of households, initially this was done to save fuel for the fires but in modern times it is rarer for individuals to share the whole week with just their own family, instead gathering with many friends to share in the feasting and stories. In the past it was also a popular time for weddings and conceptions but again in the modern day the rigidity of necessity is no longer as present thought the tradition remains. Other changes are occuring in the modern age, one of the most obvious is the inclusion of the movie in the traditional telling of stories. One tradition that is resisting change is the hour of silence where in gratitude for the rediscovery of Saddia no one is to speak for an hour, the tradition has endured since it was decreed though some have question it continuing relevance. Though after the Gap debate has lowered subtansaly.
	Also marking the occasion is a pilgrimage under take by prospective speakers to the spawning grounds themselves. This dangerous journey is even today fraught with peril but more speakers are chosen during these pilgrimages than the entire rest of the year (barring the Summer Rest) combined. These journeys set out from Portalontano and have ensured its place a center of L’aquan Religion. The city becomes a hub of light as lanterns and balloons are lit and set aloft to help guide prospects through their visions.
	Foreigners who have witnessed the celebration usually remark on the change in the L’acquan around this time of celebration. Always generous with what they possess the change centers around the joy that is embodied a hope for a new dawn and a better world that is somewhat at odds with the often grim stoicism they usually exhibit. Indeed it has become something of tourists season. The festive spirit combined with a deeper dormancy for some of the more dangerous Fauna making it one of the best ways to experience the Shelter Islands, if something of a chilly one. 
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*December 31
**Joseon: Sinjeong (New Years Day)
**First half of Maoudi's festival of lights
**Hoguinane UKEP
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