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Holidays of Krynn
https://youtu.be/HrOElAEv1gg
Holidays can be a time of family, warmth and love, or commercial, stress induced purchasing frenzies. Let’s see if Krynn’s holidays are as disparate as our own.
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Transcript
Dates are converted to our Roman calendar for ease of reference. These descriptions are greatly condensed for time.
Intro
Welcome to another DragonLance Saga episode. My name is Adam and today we are going to talk about the holidays of Krynn. I would like to take a moment and thank the members of this channel, and invite you to consider becoming a member by visiting the link in the description below. You can even pick up Dragonlance gaming materials using my affiliate link. I am referencing The History of Dragonlance - Being the Notes, Journals, and Memorabilia of Krynn for this information. If you know of any holidays celebrated that are not mentioned, please leave a comment below.
Discussion
Year Day or Mark –Year is not actually seen as a day of the week at all, but rather a day out of sync with time. Many nations will take the opportunity to stop working and share gifts to celebrate the past and renew promises of the future. Dwarves will melt down a spoonful of lead and blindly drizzle it on a plate. Then interpret the plate's prediction of the coming year based on the shape the lead cooled into.
Dark Day on January third is the anniversary of the Cataclysm. It is a day of reflection for the people of Krynn. Many will don black clothing on this day. The city of Tarsis celebrates by fashioning mock boats on wheels, then races them in their dried up harbors regatta-style!
Harnkeggerfest is from February ninth to the thirteenth. There is a ceremonial position of the harnkegger, a dwarf who has worked conspicuously hard from Yule to now. They don heavy boots, a garter belt and a red tunic. They are the officiator of sorts and get to tap and sample the first barrel of late summer ale. Aside from drinking, celebrants consume twisted hardbreads called frawlen, after a dwarven female's braids. On the fifth day, the votes are tallied and awards distributed.
Kith-Kanandras on March fourteenth is a celebration of the life and accomplishments of Kith-Kanan, the grandson of Silvanos, who led the western elves to their new homeland of Qualinesti. Disparate races are invited by friends to honor tolerance, and are presented with good conversation, rare elven spirits, and elven delights. It ends at midnight when the hosts reluctantly delay the guests departure till the hour is struck, then ceremoniously thrown out.
Silvanosdras the following day on March fifteenth is observed as the birth date of the heroic elf who united the first elven tribes and led them to their homeland of Silvanesti, four millennia before the Cataclysm. The Silvanesti bath statues in the likeness of Silvanos and decorate their homes with white stars and fast through the day, renewing their vows to democracy on hillsides.
March twenty-first is Spring Dawning. The vernal equinox is celebrated by all. In Solace there is a large festival where they sell crafts. The Knights of Solamnia and Northern Ergoth perform a contest of battle to determine spring's end.
April fourth is called the Harrowing.
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https://youtu.be/HrOElAEv1gg
Holidays can be a time of family, warmth and love, or commercial, stress induced purchasing frenzies. Let’s see if Krynn’s holidays are as disparate as our own.
Buy The History of Dragonlance: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/197643/The-History-of-Dragonlance-2e?affiliate_id=50797
Transcript
Dates are converted to our Roman calendar for ease of reference. These descriptions are greatly condensed for time.
Intro
Welcome to another DragonLance Saga episode. My name is Adam and today we are going to talk about the holidays of Krynn. I would like to take a moment and thank the members of this channel, and invite you to consider becoming a member by visiting the link in the description below. You can even pick up Dragonlance gaming materials using my affiliate link. I am referencing The History of Dragonlance - Being the Notes, Journals, and Memorabilia of Krynn for this information. If you know of any holidays celebrated that are not mentioned, please leave a comment below.
Discussion
Year Day or Mark –Year is not actually seen as a day of the week at all, but rather a day out of sync with time. Many nations will take the opportunity to stop working and share gifts to celebrate the past and renew promises of the future. Dwarves will melt down a spoonful of lead and blindly drizzle it on a plate. Then interpret the plate's prediction of the coming year based on the shape the lead cooled into.
Dark Day on January third is the anniversary of the Cataclysm. It is a day of reflection for the people of Krynn. Many will don black clothing on this day. The city of Tarsis celebrates by fashioning mock boats on wheels, then races them in their dried up harbors regatta-style!
Harnkeggerfest is from February ninth to the thirteenth. There is a ceremonial position of the harnkegger, a dwarf who has worked conspicuously hard from Yule to now. They don heavy boots, a garter belt and a red tunic. They are the officiator of sorts and get to tap and sample the first barrel of late summer ale. Aside from drinking, celebrants consume twisted hardbreads called frawlen, after a dwarven female's braids. On the fifth day, the votes are tallied and awards distributed.
Kith-Kanandras on March fourteenth is a celebration of the life and accomplishments of Kith-Kanan, the grandson of Silvanos, who led the western elves to their new homeland of Qualinesti. Disparate races are invited by friends to honor tolerance, and are presented with good conversation, rare elven spirits, and elven delights. It ends at midnight when the hosts reluctantly delay the guests departure till the hour is struck, then ceremoniously thrown out.
Silvanosdras the following day on March fifteenth is observed as the birth date of the heroic elf who united the first elven tribes and led them to their homeland of Silvanesti, four millennia before the Cataclysm. The Silvanesti bath statues in the likeness of Silvanos and decorate their homes with white stars and fast through the day, renewing their vows to democracy on hillsides.
March twenty-first is Spring Dawning. The vernal equinox is celebrated by all. In Solace there is a large festival where they sell crafts. The Knights of Solamnia and Northern Ergoth perform a contest of battle to determine spring's end.
April fourth is called the Harrowing.