Tall Sky Festival

The Tall Sky Festival takes place on Ekfol 15 (April 13). During this festival, everyone goes the capital city of their current continent of residence. Many speeches are given by top-ranking officials in the city. After this speech giving session, the children are allowed to go up and speak about anything they would like. After this, a big feast is held on ten long tables. These tables are filled with all delicacies of the Great Estain, including Eggalifon. There is much drinking (underage persons are given non-alcoholic rill-water) and celebration. After the refreshement period, all the people gather outside the city and prey to Letora (similar to the Christian God of Earth) in thanks for allowing them to live on "this great planet." These prayers usually last for a few hours and give each individual person to thank Letora for anything they wish, and talk about things they would not talk about with anyone else.

Government Intervention
No "tall sky" is ever mentioned officially during the festival. Government officials have raised many questions as to why the festival was called the "Tall Sky Festival" in the first place. In fact, several voting sessions have taken place to change the name of the festival from "Tall Sky Festival" to "Great World Festival." Despite these many attempts, the sessions always ruled against changing the name, saying "it is a tradition that must be upheld." One senator, Grevan, even stated at one point that "when we think of Ekfol 15, we do not think of 'Great World', we think of 'Tall Sky.' It was named so on purpose. Just because the purpose is lost to us does not mean we should give it a new purpose." This comment raised much contention among the people of the Azrais Empire, but the majority of Azrais citizens have pleaded with the government to not change the name.