Rel-Alijani

Rel-Alijani is the Orian equivalent of birthday celebrations. Thought to be derived from a celebration of the turning of the stars, its name means something akin to "Fortune of the Heavens" due to old beliefs that whatever stars someone was born under were considered lucky or a sign of their future. For the most part, rel-Alijani is celebrated only by the nobility as they are generally the ones with the education to know of the star signs and their corresponding calendar dates, though lower-class individuals may be aware of their birthdates all the same.
Celebrations generally entail staying up late into the evening until the stars are visible -- this can be done alone in quiet and solitude or with a grand festival that goes long into the night depending on the desires of the family. The individual whose rel-Alijani it is will wish upon the heavens for something in the coming year; these wishes are often done publicly and with a grand, normally-symbolic offering to the heavens. In some cases, to better incur the heavens' favor, it is considered worthwhile to declare surrendering something in the coming year and to allow the heavens themselves to decide what blessings to bestow on the person for the sacrifice.
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