Vol'erron Festival

This festival is celebrated on the last Peaceday of Denta (the 29th), mainly by those who worship Gozreh, as well as druids, elves, sailors, children, and farmers. It is celebrated mostly in Mer-Rein and western Duthgar. Originally, this festival was meant as a celebration of the joy experienced by traveling across the world and through the natural world, purely as an act of worship for Gozreh. However, this has morphed into a bit more of just a fun day for all and a day to express thankfulness for the beauty of nature.
In the weeks leading up to the festival. people make tiny boats out leaves and twigs, as well as little effigies of themselves. They write messages on the effigies and place them in the boats. At midday of the festival, they release their boats onto a river. If the boats make it far enough down the river, they say that Gozreh will take the boats and read the messages, granting the wishes and hopes of those who wrote them. Often the messages are asking for favour on farms, protection for people at sea, or general prosperity of the land and people. 
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