River Swell is aptly named. Rivers swell and travel upon the rivers become very hard to travel inland. No one wants to celebrate the inconvenience, but they do like to celebrate the flowers and new plants brought on by the excess water.
Flowers of Spring is not celebrated by everyone, though some of the more innocent Gods' temples celebrate these days with gusto, (such as Aiyana, Tinaka, Iktomi). The gist is to celebrate nature's beauty and bounty. Some places will leave baskets of flowers and fruits on peoples' door steps, others will decorate themselves in flowers and yet others will make living sculptures out of the flowers and plants themselves, (some use magic, others just use lots of flowers to make the sculptures). Sometimes there are contests to see who can put the most baskets of flowers on peoples' doorsteps. This can occur between priests in a certain temple, or even between temples.
Children like to run around putting their version of baskets of flowers on doorsteps and this often earns them little treats from adults that just can't help themselves.
On the flip side, the Temple of Furere celebrates this time of year with the Celebration of Storms. They bring gifts to the temple and pray for a windy, blustery spring for the God of Storms and Wind always brings such things in the spring in great abundance. A feast is usually held at each temple and those who wish to seek favor with Furere so they do not fall afoul of his "gifts" bring gold and trade goods to the temple along with their prayers. The feast is usually chaotic and sometimes degrade into other "group activities". (If you have young players in your campaign this would NOT be an appropriate celebration for them to attend.)
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