Ramaxian Holidays

The femmar have set days on which normal civic and vocational activities are suspended to mark historical events or caste-specific traditions. These holidays can be solemn, celebratory, or recreational.

The largest number of multi-caste holidays takes place in Gurtad (May) when Femarctic vitality reaches its pinnacle following the post-hibernation period of Yulitat to Yuli (Dec to April). After roughly 25 days of peakness in Gurtad, Femarctic metabolism begins a slow decline during the short pre-hibernation period of Yubol to Jixak (June to August).

Holidays Observed In Ramaxia

  • 12/15 Collective Day of Thanks (All Castes)
    • The 15th of Yulitat is when citizens show their appreciation for Femtrux and the Collective by visiting a Paxul`max and leaving their thoughts and thanks with the residing paxum.
  • 12/22 Subaxir Remembrance Day (Subaki and Zaxiri)
    • Zaxiri and Subak throughout Ramaxia attend a ceremony at the Tox Island Makatil Museum. Afterward, the journey to the Toskulak Caves where those who’ve lost Subaki donations, or Zaxiri loved ones to a production year, mourn by tossing a vial of ceremonial blood at the ramxkul swimming there. At nightfall, Subaki and Zaxiri then travel to the Ortosk Plain cave where the original breeding subjects remained until the end of the Lonely Time.
  • 1/1 Awakening Festival (All Castes – No Business Operates)
    • On the first day of the new year, celebrations mark the awakening of the original subjects. Most common customs involve nude (to semi-nude) gatherings on the surface, where citizens dance, eat, drink alcohol, and come as an ancestral or a well-liked original subject. Subaki would often celebrate below the surface (with friends and loved ones), until the advent of surface-sickness inoculation.
  • 1/15 Assessment Day (Hizaki and those involved with them)
    • On the fifteenth day of the new year, every Hizak takes off from work to privately evaluate their vocational, social, financial, and emotional standing. After a day of solitary meditative reflection, the night is spent with peers or pods at a meal. Here, one declares resolutions for the coming year, sets expectations, or gives thanks (or apologies) to those in their life.
  • 2/10 Naming Day (All Castes)
    • Marks the anniversary of the day the original subjects chose to call themselves ‘Femmar.’ It is celebrated with night-fall ceremonies and drinking.
  • 2/15-17 Zaxiri Festival (Subaki and Zaxiri)
    • Two weekending days are set aside so Subaki can celebrate Zaxiri. It is the only time Zaxiri are allowed admittance to Garden Clubs, or places where Subaki intimately socialize; the festival often leads to Subaki behaving in ways most would find salacious. This festival is highly scrutinized by Bizaki, Hizaki, and Marixi, all of whom are barred from taking part.
  • 3/10 Subaki Appreciation Day (Subaki and those involved with them)
    • The Tenth of Ixax (March) is when Subaki are celebrated by their families and friends, and given paid-time off from work. Its Second Gen founders celebrated by accepting gifts and praise; Tenth and Eleventh-Gen Subaki have come to use this day to organize marches and protests.
  • 3/15-16 Cultivation Festival (Bizaki)
  • 4/2 Myanu’s Day, Pekada’s Day, Veldag’s Day (Hizaki, Subaki, Bizaki – separately)
    • The second day of Yuli (April) marks three distinct holidays.
      • Hizaki travel to Mynu for a communal midday meal to acknowledge its founder, original subject Myanu.
      • The death of Pekada, the first original Bizak, is remembered in a somber surface gathering attended by Bizaki.
      • Subaki set aside this day to engage in one-time sexual activity with strangers or citizen they don’t love. In emulating original subject Veldag’s sojourn into the arms of Femitokon, citbluz across Ramaxia receive rare day-rise patronage by Subaki; Orta also sees its highest number of liberty requests.
  • 4/15-18 Annual Snow Endurance Trials (Marixi)
    • Organized by Marixi for Marixi, it involves top Marixi athletes from multiple generations forming into packs and representing their birth-domes in a week-long contest of various trials. The SnoEnd has been broadcast since the era of the Sixth Gen and is watched by a large number of Bizaki and Hizaki.
  • 5/1 Age of Expansion Festival (All Castes – No Business Operates)
    • Celebrated with communal dining and drinking, femmar honor the Artery coming full circle after tunneling a path that led to eventual expansion throughout the continent.
  • 5/15 Colonial Day (All Castes – No Business Operates)
    • On this day, all citizens living in space and between the poles, are furloughed from duty so that they can connect to loved ones back home via live holographic interaction. Parties are given to host these interactions throughout the domes.
  • 5/20 Dome Founding Celebration (All Castes – No Business Operates)
    • Every year, on the 20th day of Gurtad, each prime dome celebrates its first day as a city with all day street-fairs, and day-fall light shows for its residents, those residing in the minor domes, and its returning natives.
  • 5/25 Night of Generational Mourning (All Castes – No Business Operates)
    • Citizen’s throughout Ramaxia honor those gens that have voluntarily recycled (and those terminated by the Femakixirpaxul) by visiting the crest of the mighty Powix Falls and tossing glowing crystals into the water. Many Tenth Gen (and now Eleventh) also make a sojourn to the glacial burial grounds on the surface to honor those lives lost during the Sister Suicides.
  • 6/1 Prime Citizen Pageant (All Castes)
    • The final round of the Prime Citizen Pageant is broadcast throughout Ramaxia, and every citizen is expected to log-in and vote for a winner.
  • 6/25 Technology Festival (All Castes)
    • On the last day of Yubol, thousands gather in Vanda’s immense Innovator’s Circle park where technological pioneers are honored, and companies and inventors can show off new technology. This highly anticipated event has seen the debut of the BK-Glide, the Wram Processor, Filmarks, the Bivel, and many other Femarctic advancements. 
  • 7/15 Bizakax Day (Bizaki)
    • This day is set aside to recognize the first organization of labor unions by Bizaki. It is celebrated throughout Bizaki majority workplaces with parties and food.
  • 7/20-24 Exiles Week (Zaxiri and Marixi)
    • To mark the exile of the original Zaxiri to the surface, Orta allows every Zaxiri in Ramaxia unfettered access to its fleet barracks. Marixi stationed at sea are permitted to dock at bases with Zaxiri residents so that they too can socialize sexually.
  • 8/10 Bondship Day (Bonded Citizens)

    • Retail and fine-dining holiday that celebrates bonded citizens. It is also a time when many renewing their Tav`zikoltil vowels in front of friends and family.
  • 10/1-10/20 Prime Hibernation
    • From Subiz 1 to Hizaxir 20, a majority of Subaki and Bizaki (and select Marixi) hibernate. The majority of Hizaki and Zaxiri go down for their 40 days on Hizaxir 1, leaving all of Ramaxia in the hands of the Collective for 20 days.