The Sabzeruz Festival is a festival in Sumeru that commemorates the birth of Lesser Lord Kusanali.[1] The festival is named after the deceased Goddess of Flowers,[2][Note 1] who had initially conceived of the celebration to celebrate the birthday of her friend, the previous Dendro Archon Greater Lord Rukkhadevata. After Greater Lord Rukkhadevata's death, the festival became a celebration of Lesser Lord Kusanali's birthday, which is considered to be the day that the sages found her.[3]
The Traveler experiences a Sabzeruz Festival during Archon Quest Chapter III: Act II - The Morn a Thousand Roses Brings.
The Sabzeruz Festival takes place in Version 5.1 in celebration of Lesser Lord Kusanali's birthday in Chromatic Ode of Candies and Roses event.
Overview[]
According to legend, a celebratory banquet was once thrown for Greater Lord Rukkhadevata's birthday by her friends. Some of the gods at the banquet got drunk, King Deshret started playing music,[4] and Rukkhadevata started singing. In response, the Goddess of Flowers began to dance, with Padisarahs blooming wherever she stepped. This banquet is said to be the origin of the Sabzeruz Festival.[3]
Another legend claims that for the first Sabzeruz Festival, King Deshret and Nabu Malikata had planned to celebrate Greater Lord Rukkhadevata's birthday secretly. They invited her to the banquet with a trail of candies, and upon her arrival, King Deshret was plucking the strings of an instrument while Lady Malikata performed a beautiful dance to greet her. For the gifts, Rukkhadevata received the Khvarena from Lady Malikata and the Wedjat Eye from King Deshret.[4][Note 2]
The Sabzeruz Festival has many traditions associated with it, including the Haft-Mewa Feast, where people set their tables with seven different foods, and Farris, the Knight of Flowers, a figure popular among children that an actor plays during the festival. The most important part of the festival is the Dance of Sabzeruz, which is based on the Goddess of Flowers' dance.[5]
Since the death of Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, the higher-ups at Sumeru Akademiya have stopped organizing the festival,[6] which Dunyarzad speculates to be because they see Lesser Lord Kusanali's birth as a symbol of Greater Lord Rukkhadevata's death. The Akademiya heavily marginalizes the festival, refusing to fund it and treating it almost as if it doesn't exist.[3] In recent times they have been willing to shut down the performance of the Dance of Sabzeruz, the festival's most important event, altogether.[5]
After the rescue of Lesser Lord Kusanali and her reestablishment as Sumeru's Archon, the Sabzeruz Festival restores its prestige and support. The Akademiya are also willing to make a grand birthday celebration for the goddess, perhaps to make amend to their past behavior.[7]
Sabzeruz Festival Events[]
There is 1 Flagship Event that has corresponded with the Sabzeruz Festival.
| Image | Name | Start | End | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Chromatic Ode of Candies and Roses | October 23, 2024 | November 7, 2024 | 5.1 |
Trivia[]
- Sabzeruz appears to be inspired by the Iranian New Year of Nowruz which begins on the spring equinox. It is celebrated worldwide by various ethno-linguistic groups and falls on or around March 21 of the Gregorian calendar.
- Haft-mewa has a real-world equivalent of the same name, which is a compote of seven types of dried fruits and nuts traditionally eaten by the Afghan people during Nowruz. The seven components each represent one of the seven elements of life, which are fire, earth, water, air, plants, animals, and people.
- The Persian equivalent is Haft-sin, an arrangement of seven symbolic items, each of which represents a traditional value.
Etymology[]
- "Sabzeruz" (Persian: سبزه روز) is derived from the Persian words sabze (سبزه "grass, greens") and ruz (روز "day"), together meaning "Day of Grass," an appropriate name for the Dendro region of Sumeru.
- Sabze is one of the seven items of the Haft-sin prepared for Nowruz, and is said to symbolize rebirth and growth.
- In Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, the festival is called "Birthday (Festival) of the Goddess of Flowers."
Gallery[]
Notes[]
- ↑ The Sabzeruz Festival is only clearly named after the Goddess of Flowers in the Chinese and Japanese versions of the game, where it is called the "Birthday Festival of the Goddess of Flowers." The Goddess of Flowers' true name is Nabu Malikata, which has no correspondence to the word "Sabzeruz."
- ↑ Sethos refers to Lesser Lord Kusanali, but it is because Greater Lord Rukkhadevata's memory has been erased in the Irminsul and Kusanali was replacing her in the new chronology.
Other Languages[]
| Language | Official Name | Literal Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| English | Sabzeruz Festival | — |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 花神诞日 / 花神诞祭 Huāshén Dànrì / Huāshén Dànjì | Birthday of the Goddess of Flowers / Birthday Festival of the Goddess of Flowers |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 花神誕日 / 花神誕祭 Huāshén Dànrì / Huāshén Dànjì | |
| Japanese | 花神祭り / 花神誕祭 Kashin Matsuri / Kashin Dansai[5] | Festival of the Goddess of Flowers / Birthday Festival of the Goddess of Flowers |
| Korean | 화신화신 탄신일탄신일 Hwasin Tansinil | Birthday of the Goddess of Flowers |
| Spanish | Festival Sabzeruz | Sabzeruz Festival |
| French | Festival Sabzeruz | Sabzeruz Festival |
| Russian | Праздник Сабзеруз Prazdnik Sabzeruz | Sabzeruz Festival |
| Thai | เทศกาล Sabzeruz Thetsakan Sabzeruz | Sabzeruz Festival |
| Vietnamese | Lễ HộiLễ Hội Sabzeruz | Sabzeruz Festival |
| German | Sabzeruz-Fest | Sabzeruz Festival |
| Indonesian | Festival Sabzeruz | Sabzeruz Festival |
| Portuguese | Festival Sabzeruz | Sabzeruz Festival |
| Turkish | Sabzeruz Festivali | |
| Italian | Festival del Sabzeruz |
Change History[]
References[]
- ↑ Event Invitation of Windblume World Quest: Windblume Research Report
- ↑ NPC Dialogue: Philby
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Archon Quest, Chapter III, Act I - Through Mists of Smoke and Forests Dark, Part 5: The Trail of the God of Wisdom
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Event Chromatic Ode of Candies and Roses Quest, Part 3: Give Her Memories
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Archon Quest, Chapter III, Act II - The Morn a Thousand Roses Brings, Part 1: The Coming of the Sabzeruz Festival
- ↑ NPC Dialogue: Nizam
- ↑ Event Chromatic Ode of Candies and Roses Quest, Part 1: Give Her Surprises
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