Fairs

THE SARDAR FAIRS

The fairs happen four times per year, one at each of the vernal and autumnal equinox and one each at the summer and winter solstice. Each fair is named for the month in which it is held. For example, the Fair of En'Kara, the Fair of Se'Var, etc.

KAJURALIA

Kajuralia (the Holiday of Slaves, the Festival of Slaves) occurs once a year in most northern Gorean cities. It is a day when the slaves play pranks on the Masters and Mistresses or when the slaves have a FreeMan or FreeWoman serve them. Some cities observe it on the last day of the twelfth Passage Hand, others on the last day of the fifth month.

Note: this Holiday is not celebrated in some online Gor sites.

LOVE FEAST

The five days of the fifth passage hand. It is a time of feasts and races and games. It is also a very big time in the sale of slaves from the Curulean in Ar.

THE LOVE WAR

Takes place annually between the Wagon Peoples and Turians. Up to 1000 Free Women each from the Wagon Peoples and Turia stand bound to a stake. A warrior from each side stands as her champion. The winning warrior takes the woman from the opposite side as slave. (Ex. If the Wagon Peoples warrior wins, the Turian woman then becomes a slave of that warrior). The Love War started in ancient times and give the warriors of both sides a chance to show their prowess to the other....the fights are generally to the death.

THE OMEN YEAR

Occurs once every ten years among the Wagon Peoples. All four tribes of the Peoples; Tuchuks, Paravaci, Kataii, and Kassars gather for the Omen takings; to see if there will be an Ubar-San (the One Ubar), who would lead all of the Wagon Peoples.

THE PROCESSION TO THE SEA

The Procession to the Sea is a unique Port Kar holiday which celebrates both the labors of the men of Port Kar in the great arsenal of the city and their love of the sea, gleaming Thassa.

In this Procession, the various castes and guilds of the arsenal of Port Kar: the shipwrights, sailmakers, ropemakers, carpenters, etc... march in a great Procession from the arsenal to the sea. Accompanying the men of the arsenal are many of the ships of Port Kar, decorated especially for the occassion with long strings of beads, flowers and prow girls at the bows of the ship. The Captains and men of Port Kar, along with favorite slaves and servants, line the Procession, usually tossing trinkets and coins to the men of the arsenal. It is not uncommon for Procession to be interspersed by beautiful dancing slaves from the paga taverns of the city, who strain eagerly to please the men of Port Kar. Musicians, poets and players also are found in abundance, and the entire event is used as an excuse for the greatest annual feasts of the year, when the men of Port Kar celebrate another successful year of raiding and commerce on Thassa.

VERNAL EQUINOX (NEW YEAR) and THE WAITING HAND

During the Waiting Hand (the week before the New Year begins), many Goreans observe the passing of the old year by eating little, no singing or rejoicing, and painting their door white and attaching the branches of the Brak Bush to discourage the entry of bad luck into the house in the coming year. Then, on the vernal equinox, there is much rejoicing and celebrating.