Dragon’s Day is the traditional Day that children of thirteen or older may undergo the initiation and testing to become applicants on the Path of the Warrior. The holiday marks the moment that First Hero made their deal with the Great Serpent and transformed from a scavenger folk child into First Hero. In addition to the initiation, the celebration includes reenactments of the deeds of First Hero. An important point of the reenactments is that, unlike First Mother, First Hero is not depicted as exclusively one gender. First Hero is depicted as male and female in stories, as cisgendered and transgendered and non-binary. And in the reenactments, Boys portray female First Hero. Girls Portray male First Hero. Anyone may portray Non-Binary First Hero. Non-Binary and Trans children may portray any version of First Hero.
General celebrations include face painting, fire juggling, fire walking, and fire breathing. The Fire walking, walking on hot coals, is performed both as a part of the initiation of new applicants, and as a show of courage for other participants. Additionally, kite Flying and lantern floating festivals on the the water are performed during the celebrations.
Traditional symbolic foods of the holiday include early greens such as lovage, asparagus, and rhubarb. The greens are served as cold and warm salads, traditionally with sweet vinegar sauces. Eggs are also a traditional element of the food symbolism, both as food and as a decorations. Quiches are a traditional part of Dragon’s Day feasts, typically with greens and mushrooms included in the quiche. Eggs are also decorated in a similar manner to spring fertility celebrations. Although here the decorations are typically dragon scale designs and dragons drawn wrapping around the surface of the eggs. The eggs are pierced on the top and bottom and, after being decorated, they are strung up like garlands as decoration.
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