On the day of the Vernal equinox (March 21), many northern Gorean cities, including Ar, celebrate the Gorean New Year. Typically upon this day a celebration takes place, doors are painted green, and a city wide festival is held, lasting for two full Gorean hands (ten days). Every fourth year the New Year is celebrated on the extra day which occurs between the Waiting Hand and the day of the equinox.

The Gorean equivalent of the World's Fair on Earth, these are four huge trade fairs which are held quarterly in the shadow of the Sardar Mountain Range. Each young person of Gor is expected to make a pilgrimage to the foot of the Sardar Mountains before he or she reaches their 25th birthday. They typically last ten full days (plus at least that long for set up and break down) and are scheduled to coincide with the solstices and equinoxes. Therefore, the four annual Fairs are:
The Fair of En`Kara: (March 21st to March 30th)
The Fair of En`Var: (June 19th to June 28th)
The Fair of Se`Kara: (september 22nd to October 1st)
The Fair of Se`Var: (December 21st to December 30th)

A complex feast celebrated by most Gorean cities early during the growing season, and believed by many to ensure a plentiful harvest for the year ahead. Numerous rituals are performed during the three days of the feast (April 16th to 18th) by members of the caste of Initiates, and members of each of the five high castes perform their own part of the ceremony during that three day period. Most of these rituals consist of sacrifices or prayers to the Priest Kings conducted in the presence of the city Home Stone. On the final eve of the feast, the Home Stone is placed beneath the sky, typically atop the tallest cylinder in the city, and sprinkled with sa-tarna grain and ka-la-na by a dignitary of the city, often the Administrator, Ubar, or a member of the ruling family.

The last day of the Second Hand of En`Kara (March 30th) is traditionally the day which marks the beginning of The Season of Little Grass for the Wagon Peoples, and shortly thereafter they begin the long trek from their winter pastures back to Turia.

The Wagon Peoples compete against the Warriors of Turia on the Plain of Stakes during the Second Passage Hand (May 15th to 19th) in mid spring, participating in various challenges and ceremonial combats in order to exchange freewoman for slaves.

Every tenth year, dating from 10,119 CA (1969AD), is considered by the Wagon Peoples to be an "Omen Year." Therefore, in 10,129 CA (1979 AD,)10,139 CA (1989 AD),and in 10,149 CA (1999 AD) the Wagon Peoples halted their annual trek past Turia and various Omens were divined by ther haruspexes regarding the future of the tribes and the safety of the bosk. This ceremony typically occurs in late spring, sometime during the month of Camerius. The next such Omen Year will be 10,159 CA (2009 AD).

The peoples of Turia and certain other southern regions officially celebrate their own new year on the day of the Summer Solstice (june 21st). A ten day period of revelry follows, similar to the New Years celebrations in northern cities.

"The Festival of Slaves", it is held in most Gorean cities (except Port Kar, where it is not celebrated at all) on the last day of the Twelfth Passage Hand (March 15th). In Ar, it is celebrated on the last day of the fifth month (August 12th), the day which precedes the Love Feast. Upon this day, slaves may take liberties which are otherwise not permitted them during the year,including the drinking of wine and liquor, the freedom to roam at will (provided of course the do not attempt to escape from their owners permanently), the freedom to choose their own sexual partners and to couch with slaves of the opposite sex whom they find attractive, temporary suspension of all work and duties, and even the opportunity to play (minor) tricks and practical jokes upon freepersons. After the twentieth ahn, however, they are expected to be back in their respective kennels and slave quarters to resume the services required by their imbonded status; slaves who "go renegade" furing Kajuralia are typically punished severely if recaptured, and are often executed for such an offense.

Five day celebration within Ar, held during the Fifth Passage Hand (August 13th to17th). It is a time wherein many slaves are sold; the fourth day of the Love Feast (August 16th) is typically considered the climax of the festival in regard to the sale of slaves. The fifth day (August 17th) is normally reserved for great contests and spectacles in the Stadium of Blades, grand races in the Stadium of Tarns, great Kaissa championships and general celebratory feasting.

The herds of the Wagon peoples traditionally pass closet to the city of Turia pn or around the Second Hand of Se`Kara (September 22nd to 26th).

An annual Festival held in Port Kar to celebrate their great naval victory over the combined fleets of Cos and Tyros (October 11th).

An annual celebration held in Torvaldsland, during which all of the shieldmen of the various Great Jarls travel to the Hall of their particular leader, submit their weaponary for inspection, and formally repledge thier oaths of loyality. The Thing usually occupies a span of from three to five days, and occurs sometime during the middle of the ninth Forean month (mid November), varying according to such factors as weather and the current political situation.

The nomadic herds of the Wagon peoples typically occupy their winter pastures during the period from the middle of the ninth Gorean month (late November) through the Second hand of En`Kara(late

NEW YEAR (WAGON PEOPLES):

The day of the Winter Solstice (December 21st) is celebrated by the Wagon Peoples as the first day of the new year, and marks the beginning of The Season of Snows. In additionm the women of the Wagon Peoples keep a calendar of their own, based upon the phases of the largest of the three Gorean moons. It consists of fifteen separate divisions, eachnamed after one of the fifteen different kinds of bosk, for instance: "The Moon of the Brown Bosk", "The Moon of the spotted Bosk", etc.

Anniversary of the founding of the Silk & Steel Tavern (February 21st).

Held in many southern cities, notably Port Kar, during the five days of the Twelfth Passage Hand (March 11th to 15th). During this celebration it is often customary to garb oneself in outlandish costumes or masks and attend various masquerade fetes and feasts.

This is a five day period (March 16th to 20th) during which doors are painted white, little food is eaten, little is drunk and there is no singing or public rejoicing in the city. Walls and doors are adorned with sprigs and branches from the brak bush to ward off ill luck in the coming year. On the day of the Vernal equinox, the Ubar or Administrator of the city performs a ritual "greeting of the sun," after which doors are repainted and the brak foliage is removed, beginning a ten day period of general revelry.