Loa Luni-Ecdysial Calendar: Difference between revisions

Celebrated on the 12th of April, or 3/1 ecdysial, of the Gregorian Calendar, Toua-sekkin is the holiday celebrating the birth of the Second Incarnate whose name has been lost to time. She was by far the most influential Incarnate of the Order of Natano, helping to bring it into the developing movement of the Kapuhenasa and to establish Natano as a national deity rather than as a local harvest god. Her discourses provided the basis for a Book of Ecdysis, and so traditionally this book is recited in temples. Further, the national loudspeaker system, used to declare the call to prayer across the nation for both Muslims and Loa, is used to recite the national epic that was composed during the reign of the Fourth Incarnate. Lotus root is also eaten in extensive quantities, both in prepared dishes and by itself, due to the myth that she fell into seizure and coma after eating a lotus root stolen from the sacred pond dedicated to Natano. When she awoke, she was possessed by the god. As such, national temples cultivate sacred lotus ponds and prepare food using the root to confer blessings to the believers and to celebrate the life of the Incarnate. This is a relatively popular holiday, with families often times waiting overnight outside a temple to be able to get a meal of lotus root before they run out.