Holidays in Covtle

There are many holidays in Covlte, celebrating a wide variety of occasions. While the majority of holidays in Covtle focus on the historical exile of Baðatrepava, there are many other holidays celebrating the seasons, such as Lacanaval ad tevlor, or other events, such as Lelvledadá. Below is a list of holidays in Covtle, from the beginning of the year to the end.

Lada ad ladadera ini

Date: 0 atawiþi

Location in Covtle: Everywhere

Significance: Minor

Lada ad ladadera ini, or New Year's Day, is a minor holiday in Covtle. It is a day off across the Wiþi empire. A tradition found in northern Covtle is to go ice skating, but this is far from universal.

Lelvledadá

Date: First elvleda on or after 20 losi

Location in Covtle: Everywhere

Significance: Major

Lelvledadá, or the Day of Wednesday, is a quirky and popular celebration in Covtle. It commemorates the popular reaction to King Emtlanðo's decree eliminating elvleda (English: roughly Wednesday) from the calendar, which resulted in popular protest and Emtlanðo's abdication. It has overtones of defiance of the authority of the monarchy and others more generally.

On Levledadá it is customary for everyone, including children, to get up early in the morning, and gather at a designated meeting point, carrying signs that say "Ðo psote Lelvleda!" or "It's Wednesday!" On occasion you will see other, more modern demands, mixed in, depending on how political the particular parade is. Then the parade will set off to a government building. The oldest and largest of these parades, in Glisng, goes directly to the royal palace. At the location someone will come out, the monarch in Glisng or another figure of governmental authority in other locations, and will declare "Ðo psote cleda!" or "It's Thursday". The crowd will declare that it's elvleda, and the figure of authority will declare it to be cleda again. The crowd will repeat their declaration, and the figure of authority will repeat theirs. Then finally, the crowd will demand that it's elvleda one more time, and the figure of authority will instead throw some combination of coins and candy into the crowd, depending on the mixture of adults and children.

After this event it is customary for people to go to a park and spend the rest of the day there, picnicking and generally relaxing. This is especially common in the warmer south, but still quite prevalent in the colder north. It's common to eat filling and starchy foods such as potatoes during the picnic.

Lacanaval ad tevlor

Date: 0 vlori to 5 vlori

Location in Covtle: Mangátle

Significance: Major

Lacanaval ad tevlor (English: The Festival of Flowers) is an annual celebration of the unique culture of Mangátle. Rather than consisting of a single organised event, it consists of a number of separate events on the week of 0 vlori. Some events include a week-long art and flower market in Lacaþblom ad laheave, a comedic and lighthearted theatre festival, and a free community-based banquet served in Lolovgri Admangátle. Lacanaval ad tevlor is considered to be the biggest celebration of the year in Mangátle, in contrast to other regions of Covtle such as Glisng, where the largest celebration of the year is Baðatrepava's birthday.

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