This month is always looked forward to after months of snow, especially in the north. The major holiday is the Spring's Return (detailed earlier) but there is a lesser known holiday known as Nature's Friend Day.
Nature's Friend Day is meant to celebrate Iktomi and Wesa, the two immortals who love nature. Mostly celebrated by druids and woodsman, this day is when the priests of these Gods and those who wish to find favor with them leave small gifts of food at make do shrines in wild places. Nothing more is asked of the Gods other then to protect them as they make their ways through wild places. Merchants sometimes leave offerings in hopes to make good runs through those dark and wild places without encountering Wesa's children.
Every once and awhile the holiday will become popular in the city and people will run around in animal masks, leave good offerings at the temples of Iktomi and Wesa and have grand balls in wild themes. Villages will use the day as an excuse for a good get together but often leave small offerings for the wild animals which might threaten them during the spring.
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