Festival of Pasiap

Time: Annual, 14th day of Resplendent Earth.

Location: Realm-wide

Host: Immaculate Order

Invitations: Public

Theme and Activity: This festival is a celebration of the Immaculate Dragon of Earth, Pasiap. The inhabitants of the Realm, from Dynast to peasant, wear clothes (or, in the case of the poor, scraps of cloth tied in hair or as armbands) displaying shades of white or yellow and sometimes imagery of mountains and stones.

At dawn, a parade of Immaculate monks leaves each temple, carrying yellow lanterns and placards displaying relevant quotes from the Immaculate texts. These monks chant the hymns of Pasiap as they walk through the streets of their towns and cities. They continue this parade without rest throughout the day and long into the night, before returning to their temples with the next dawn.

The Festival of Pasiap is a festival of abstinence… most of the Realm’s inhabitants on this day will closely follow Immaculate dietary restrictions and refrain from passionate acts such as violence or sexual activity. The Dragonblooded are not held to high standards in this regard, a fact attributed to their advanced state of enlightenment.