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| ==Symbols and rituals== | | ==Symbols and rituals== |
| Ngronaism uses symbols, allegories, myths and rituals copiously, many of them of syncretistic origin; however, it emphasizes that these are allegories and myth, designed for absorption by the limited human mind. | | Ngronaism uses symbols, allegories, myths and rituals copiously, many of them of syncretistic origin; however, it emphasizes that these are allegories and myth, designed for absorption by the limited human mind. |
| ===Holidays===
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| ====Spring Equinox====
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| Traditionally, the Spring Equinox holiday was celebrated in Talman paganism in order to bring good harvest for the year.
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| For the Spring Equinox holiday, there are foods that use lightly-flavored mushrooms, along with other spring herbs and other "bright"/tart-flavored ingredients.
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| ====''Bleesi''====
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| Bleesi has its origins in the Tigol "festival of horns".
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| ====''Sdahnsa''====
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| Sdahnsa (Windermere: ''Stansa'', from [[Tigol]] ''Sdannasa'' 'gathering') is the celebration of the harvest.
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| *Ripe autumn fruits
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| ====''Xiðaf''====
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| Xiðaf (Windermere" ''Șidaf''), meaning "remembrance [of the dead]", is the fasting period in Ngronaism, especially Mărotłism. A more restrictive diet is followed for the month of Çatxiðaf until Vinwr 1, which is Bwrjadraig or Winter Solstice. The fasting is explained as mental preparation for scarcity of winter and remembering the loved ones who died.
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| ====''Bwrjadraig''====
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| Falling on Vinwr 1, ''Bwrjadraig'' ([[Eevo]]; 'winter solstice') is a holiday which emphasizes resolve to survive and live, remembrance of those who have died, as well as hope for a future better than now.
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| ===Life cycle events=== | | ===Life cycle events=== |
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