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Notes on a Gnome Princess' Naming Day
Another example of the egalitarian tendencies
of the gnomes may be seen in the observation
of their customs and rituals. Of particular note
is the naming ceremony, where even the royal
family is expected to spend a wet, sometimes
cold, spring day foraging for muir root and
blush berry alongside all manner of gnomes.
And when the young adult to be named is high
born, she will still stand upon the reed tower
like any other. A gnome princess waits with as
much trepidation as a candlemaker's daughter
would for the procession, for as each subject
visits, the mud buckets empty, there's one
handful less of musk straw, and the girl first
becomes a statue of wet earth before she
emerges a named adult in the eyes of the
village and the kingdom.
Not a trace of the girl's naming day dress
or even the peak of her finest cap will be
visible by the close of the festival, not until
the children form their bucket relay and
douse her clean. On colder days the water
comes from barrels kept indoors, but no
matter the weather, the last few are always
dyed bright with berry.
Despite all the mud and the cold, there
is music and dance throughout and many,
princesses and commoners alike, dance
and sing with the townspeople from the
first bucket until the last.
Another example of the egalitarian tendencies
of the gnomes may be seen in the observation
of their customs and rituals. Of particular note
is the naming ceremony, where even the royal
family is expected to spend a wet, sometimes
cold, spring day foraging for muir root and
blush berry alongside all manner of gnomes.
And when the young adult to be named is high
born, she will still stand upon the reed tower
like any other. A gnome princess waits with as
much trepidation as a candlemaker's daughter
would for the procession, for as each subject
visits, the mud buckets empty, there's one
handful less of musk straw, and the girl first
becomes a statue of wet earth before she
emerges a named adult in the eyes of the
village and the kingdom.
Not a trace of the girl's naming day dress
or even the peak of her finest cap will be
visible by the close of the festival, not until
the children form their bucket relay and
douse her clean. On colder days the water
comes from barrels kept indoors, but no
matter the weather, the last few are always
dyed bright with berry.
Despite all the mud and the cold, there
is music and dance throughout and many,
princesses and commoners alike, dance
and sing with the townspeople from the
first bucket until the last.
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Beautiful concept and detail.