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== Holy Days and Festivals ==

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=== Ersonalia ===

In the Summer Ersonalia is celebrated marking the Solarian festival of Creation. It is believed that the Universe was created in the days of the warm Summer. The festival is held on 21st June, the day of the Summer Solstice, as this is believed the day that Erses created humanity at the Kiln, over the next six days festivals and celebrations continue. Solarians celebrate the event with prayer, attendance at church and with large feasts held outside during the early afternoon into mid-day, and parties into the night alongside a ritual where the head of the house of Cestar prays at the feet of the Kiln itself, kissing the bowl which holds the Flame. Solarians often decorate their towns with bunting and with candles (or bowls of fire), holding events, especially games and other fun activities late into the night, and especially staying awake the whole night of the 20th, watching the Sun rise on the 21st as the holiest of days.

=== Brumalia ===

[[File:Brumalia.png|thumb|A traditional Brumarbor with golden leaves.]]

In the Winter Brumalia (also known as Bruma) is celebrated with great festive cheer, marking the triumph of Erses over the Devorator and Degradatus, the banishing of Winter, which will disappear over the next two months. The holiday is based upon both silent reflection of life by Solarians in church, and by festive celebration at home and in public. Each household holds a personal celebration called the “Last Hunt”, as many Humans believed that the cold and snow of the first Winter would kill them all off. The holiday season lasts throughout the entirety of December, but the main festival day is held on the 21st December, the Winter Solstice, as the day Erses banished the Degradatus and Devorator. Solarian houses and public spaces are decorated with a Brumarbor (Bruma tree) - a birch sometimes with the leaves painted gold to imitate a Arborluxorem - and decorated to commemorate the attempt to destroy nature on Terra, and the inevitable victory of Erses, and His impartment of Commandments on the bark of the Arborluxorem.