Zhermerro
A New Year Celebration; An annual festival commemorating birth of Eight Aspects, Exaltation of Eight Sacred tribes, the end of Grievous Strife, global peace among all sistren, and the beginning of Anno Aspecti – the Age of Aspects. Celebrated on Old Year’s Last Day through New Year’s First Day by millions of Meora’s children around the world.
People of Meorenell celebrated New Year Holidays before this, but at different dates in different region, with varying traditions and reasoning, like Feets who were starting new years on first days of sowing, associating it with a cycle of reincarnation and birth of new generations, or Bosomian Fortress Cities where celebrations are extended for whole two week after the First Day, which The Realms to this day are never stingy to reward for yet another year of selfless service and perseverance, delivering biggest feasts with no delay.
In this age, start of New Years falls on last cold days of winter season in southern hemisphere, on a day which is believed to be when First Angels were begotten. It is accustomed to celebrate with all neighbors, family and friends whole night – a meaningful symbol of our united persistence to live and joy even when surrounded by cold darkness, to show dominance of Her Light inside us against Serpent’s encroaching corruption.
Many parents desire for an existence of their children to be spiritually supported by festivity spirit – a new life in a new year, thus many births or conceptions fall on around Zhermerro holidays.
Most New Year traditions are universal among all nations for a long time now, like wishing each other virtues of Aspects, or decorating houses with eight-pointed stars made of Aspect runes, to celebrate birth of each one, and adding more stars with runes of those Aspects whose blessing you wish to receive in a new year. Talking about other common decorations: traditional colors are white, gold, red and green, where white is for glory of Her Light and holy Aspects, gold – for our burning spirit and valorous hearts, red – for beauty and health of bodies we were endowed, and finally green represents surrounding goodness of nature and the existence itself; such decorations may include lanterns, either hanging alone or in group of four – one for each color; light-colored tinsel, to visualize serenity of Her Light surrounding us; big decorative ribbon bows, as it resembles Her holy symbol in a festive way; small round golden bells, to guide souls of ancestors towards feasting and intimidate the Evil.
Hallow Trees became inseparable part of celebration, for they are health and safety of Her body. As such, resembling smaller trees with white bark, their branches, or branches painted white, become part of decoration. Depending on a region and nearby Hallow Trees it is either Birch, Aspen, Alders, Sycamore, Gum, and some others. Though in much of Southern Continent, where only two Hallow Trees were blossomed, Zemerza is more popular – visually similar to Sycamore, but with dark red bark and much more tolerant to cold climate than its relatives, it keeps light-green leaves throughout whole winter and shed them right before spouting new ones.
Celebratory outfits usually comprise of red and green colors, with golden or white wool rims. Common combination is red bottom and green top, with Green Capelets being popular (of course they never red for laity).
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