Lavender Day

== Overview ==
Lavender Day was a Yavsheni cultural celebration - the most important of its kind. It celebrated the consolidation of Bǎohùist power following the retreat of Nagsing at the conclusion of the Charges of Nagsing in 143 AG. Celebrated on the 4th of October, the date at which the militant Bǎohù faction officially overthrew the monarchical government they had themselves served in for three years, the day saw events taking place in every city in Yavshen. By 301 AG, the cultural celebration was ubiquitous across society, with particular emphasis added to the need for families to celebrate together by following so-called special directives set by Supreme Premier, Dao Duleng, and dispatched by Director of Cohesion, Chek Feng. Despite the inclusive and jovial sphere built around the celebrations, these special directives often included draconian dictates to route out purportedly unfriendly elements of Yavsheni society - dissidents and even those not observing Lavender Day to its fullest extent and in its precise detail. As such, Lavender Day increasingly grew to be a day of paradoxically happy mass imprisonments and murder set by these special directives, with its citizenry being indoctrinated to hunt down and defeat the aforementioned unfriendly elements to society. Though originally somewhat more transparent in its aims, the celebration therefore was predominantly a means by which the Supreme Premier might tighten their ability to arbitrate matters of culture and society according to their terms.
Category:Culture