Festival of Mela

Time: Annual, 14th day of Resplendent Air.

Location: Realm-wide

Host: Immaculate Order

Invitations: Public

Theme and Activity: At the beginning of the month of Resplendent Air, the monks at temples devoted to Mela, the Immaculate of Air, begin to spend their days in prayer, while writing sutras over immense sheets of paper. These sheets are then shaped into items such as umbrellas, fans, paper lanterns and the like, and then distributed amongst the populace in the morning of Mela’s feast day, as the monks parade through their towns and cities.

It has become customary for local Dynasts to sponsor the Festival of Mela by donating paper, ink and brushes to the monks… in some communities these donations can be a source of competition between Dynastic political rivals.