Black Dance Festival

The Black Dance festival takes place on Griad 8 (August 3). The festival lasts 9 hours (from 2200 hours to 0600 hours in the morning.) Only persons 18 years and up are allowed to attend the festival. At the festival there is much folk dancing including: Shakesta Roll, Azrais Pillar, and the Griad Waltz. There is no food or beverage except for the Black Roll, which resembles a cinnamon roll on Earth. However, the Black Roll is much more heavily spiced than the cinnamon roll. At the end of the Black Dance Festival, all the people lie down to look up at the stars and point out constellations they see (Griad 8 has a record of the clearest skies for stargazing). At the end of this stargazing, everyone kisses someone of the opposite gender on the cheek before going back home. Most young people look forward to this festival--only the Day of Fascination comes first in their eyes.