There are 10 days to the week, 28 days to the month and 13 months to the
year.
Taisham, Jumara, Saban, Aine, Adar, Saven, Amadaine, Tammaz, Maigdhal,
Choren, Saldine, Nesan, and Danu.
| Holiday/Festival |
Celebration Geography |
Date of Celebration |
Description |
| Feast of Lights and
Firstday |
10 Nations |
sometime in the Autumn, on the shortest day of the year (Winter),
which marks the end of the year. |
Feast of Lights is a two-day celebration starting on the shortest
day of the year, which marks the end of the year. (VI: 653) The
Feast of Lights occurs in Autumn? (VI: 497)
All lights are lit for the duration of the Feast, which is also
celebrated with dancing and other festivities that vary locally.
(VI: 654)
Attacks by criminals and footpads are unusual during the Feast. (VI:
656)
No one begins to travel soon before or during the Feast of Lights.
(VI: 670) People give alms to the poor on Firstday, which is long past in
Summer/ Fall. (V: 560)
Reference to the First Day. (I: 341) Time to give charitably. |
| Namedays |
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People celebrate their namedays. (IV: 286) |
| Bel Tine and Winternight |
Westlands |
In the Spring. Earlier in southern climates, later in the
northern. Day determined locally according to weather. |
Celebrates end of Winter, first sprouting of crops, the birth of the
first lambs. Bel Tine is celebrated throughout the
Westlands. It does not come at a fixed time; rather, it comes later
in northern climates and earlier in southern climates.
On Winternight, gifts are given. |
| Day of Reflection aka High Chasaline |
|
12th day of year |
In remembrance of all good things. Dwell on sins and faults.
Not a big celebration in Cairhien. Called High Chasaline in
Cairhien. |
| Day of Repentance |
Cairhien |
At the half moon. Of every month?? |
|
| Feast of Abram |
10 Nations Tarabon, Amadicia, Ghealdan, Andor, Altara, Murandy,
Illian, Tear and Cairhien |
9th day of Jumara |
Prizes baked into honeycakes. Not sure reason of festival. |
| Feast of All Souls Salvation aka Feast of All Souls |
|
once every ten years at the autumn equinox |
|
| Festival of Birds |
Ebou Dar |
Check timeline of book. Mat is in Ebou Dar when this starts. |
revelers wear bird feathers and little else |
| Feast of Embers |
Ebou Dar |
two days after the Festival of Birds two days before Maddin's Day |
|
| Maddin's Day |
Ebou Dar |
|
Celebrates the founder of Altara. |
| Feast of the Half Moon |
Ebou Dar |
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| Feast of Sefan or Teven |
Illian |
Spring |
Contest for best telling of the Great Hunt for the Horn. Feast
of Sefan blends into Feast of Teven. Not the same festivals
though. |
| Feast of Thanksgiving |
|
Once every four years at the Spring equinox. |
|
| Feast of Fools Festival of Fools (Kandor)
Festival of Unreason (Saldaea)
Foolday (Two Rivers, Baerlon) |
10 Nations
Borderlands |
Tammaz (Arad Doman and Borderlands) Seven (everywhere else) |
Masks are worn. All order is inverted. The high perform low
tasks. The low do no work and give orders. In many towns,
one person is named Lord/Lady of Unreason/Misrule/Chaos or the
King/Queen of Fools. For that day, all have to obey that person's
orders no matter how foolish.
In Tear, Illian and the southern half of Altara, the time between The
Feast of Abram and the this day is considered the best to be married. |
| Sunday |
|
Longest day of the year (summer) |
|
| Sunday |
Ebou Dar |
See books. Mat and Tylin celebrate. |
Pine boughs for decorations, evergreen sprigs in hair. Dancing
and music. Festivals following. |
| Lamma Sor aka: Day of Remembrance |
Borderlands |
day after the first quarter moon |
People fast with just bread and water, salt, and oil. Prayer
for those who have fallen in the Blight and for those that will fall. |
| Tirish Adar |
|
from the rise of the first full moon in Adar to the rise of the next
moon. |
In most northern countries no one sleeps more than a few hours a
day. |
| Feast of Neman |
Andor, Cairhien, Tear, the Borderlands |
The 9th day of Adar |
|
| The Feast of Freia |
Illian, Arad Doman, Ghealdan, Tarabon, parts of Altara and Murnady |
21st day of Adar |
|
| Dahan |
10 nations
Borderlands |
9th day of Saven |
Celebrates the victory of the Trollic Wars |
| Asadine |
Borderlands
Cairhien |
10 days before Sunday |
Fasting from sunrise to sunset. In the Borderlands, the day
after is considered a good time to marry |
| The Feast of Maia |
Andor, Ghealdan, Altara, Murandy, Illian |
6th day of Amadaine |
|
| Bailene |
Arad Doman, Tarabon, Amadicia, Tear |
9th day of Amadaine |
|
| Genshai |
Tear, Illian, Amadicia, Tarabon, southern Altara and Murandy |
3rd day of Tammaz |
Ribbons of bright colors worn by men and women |
| Mabriam's Day |
All nations |
18th day of Tammaz |
Labor is avoided. Food is cooked the day before but some may
prepare food and work before sunrise. Young women play tricks on young
men. It is done in secret, in groups but supposed to indicate a
woman's interest in a man. Forfeits if a man guesses is a kiss
from the woman or a kiss from the group. |
| Tandar |
All nations? |
9th day of Maighdal |
All grudges are discharged. |
| Low Chasaline |
All nations? |
18th day of Maighdal. |
Day of fasting |
| The Festival of Lanterns |
Arad Doman, Tarabon, Amadicia, Ghealdan, Altara, Murandy, Illian |
1st day of Choren |
Paper lanterns hung everywhere. In windows, trees, etc.
Very colorful. |
| Bel Arvina |
All nations? |
1st day of Autumn day determined locally |
|
| Amaetheon |
10 nations |
6th day of Shaldine |
Remembering the dead, joyously. |
| Shaoman |
|
12th day of Shaldine |
Oriented towards the children. In many places, children go
from house to house, sing, and are given gifts. Children are
pampered, praised, and give gifts by family and friends. |
| Danshu |
|
Last day of Nesan |
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| King's Day |
Tarabon |
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| Panarch's Day |
Tarabon |
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| Harvest Week Festival |
Farming locals |
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| Blessings of the Nets |
Fishing locals |
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