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Austrus 16—711487—Hearth Celebration Holiday
Caestrus & co have finally given me the full Hearth treatment—"im-bhay-dfah", hearth or fire-warmth, is a homey term for a winter solstice tradition, to recreate the warmth of summer. The celebration centers around a lit brazier of coal.
(figure i: a spherical 'charcoal baggie' with a distinctive design on each quadrant.)
(figure ii: a simplified sketch of the baggie showing '4-leaf pattern' - as if each quadrant of the spherical baggie is a leaf, with the tips gathering at the top.)
(figure iii: a 'top exploded view' of the same 'charcoal baggie', viewed from above, shown to exhibit '4x symmetry.')
(figure iv: a 'solar symbol' comprised of an empty circle at the top, and a squared zipper-like line that zigzags down below, before trailing off to a nearly straight line at the bottom.)
(figure v: the 'solar symbol' simplified as a single circle atop a mirrored 'S,' with squared curves instead of rounded lines.)
(figure vi: 4 circles laid out in quatrefoil formation, with a cross with arms that end in empty circles overlaid.)
Instead of terran winter celebrations that venerate cold weather symptoms like hot food and snow, Pnetarits bask in the heat of sacred fires and partake of cool sweet drinks and preserved fruits.
the braziers of lit charcoal effectively warm the cramped well-insulated space to a sauna-like atmosphere—its essentially a hot summer celebration in the midst of mid-winter.
(figure vii: a sketch of a chalice-like device, a hollow hemisphere with lumps of coal piled above the equatorial line, a cup filled with burning charcoal; the cup is marked with the distinctive sun symbol, and supported by a 'quatrefoil stand' with 4 curved legs. caption: "The bronze brazier is constructed to throw distinctie [sic] shadows (on the surrounding) drapery.")
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