> I seem to recall that not everyone uses the "5 seasons + Sacred Time"
> calendar, so I suspect that the idea of a sacred time is not universal.=
> But, I'd like to be wrong ... ;)
Heroes Magazine V1 #6 (Hon-Eel's Wane) had an article on the Lunar New Year Ritual (reprinted in the Megacorp's "Rough Guide to Glamour", coming=
out again next year in a much-improved form), including this:
: Throughout all Glorantha the Rebirth ceremony of the Sacred Time is : of utmost importance. During the week-long ceremony most god-worship- : ping peoples act out their most sacred myths of death and rebirth. : Across the whole world everyone summons their spirits and gods, and : the physical plane trembles with their presences. Even the cynicism : of the God Learners never tainted these critically important rites.
The Sacred Time centres on the Spring Equinox, an obviously world-wide phenomenon. (Just as the almost universal harvest festivals of Fertility Week in Earth Season centre on the Autumnal Equinox). So it's more likely=
than not that "most" Gloranthans celebrate some kind of festival then, whether or not they recognise it as "the *most* Sacred time of year".
Even non-"god-worshipping" people celebrate Significant Days: while the Sacred Time / Spring Equinox celebrations may be less important (or even frowned upon) in Malkioni lands, there's still likely to be rejoicing and=
egg festivals and maypole dancing and the like out on the village greens,=
except in hard-line Rokari areas under the nose of the Inquisition ("Paga=
n
Devil-Worship!"). Compare pagan folk survivals in the Real World.
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Nick
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