Companion Festival

The Companion Festival is a holiday to celebrate and show appreciation for the bonds Astorians form with their animal companions.

Traditions
Pets and farm animals alike are decorated with clouded chalk and flower chains as a show appreciation. Other similar gestures involve specially prepared meals or toys.

Pets are often lead to meet with other pets in a large social gathering, although if a pet is stressed in large social settings they their Astorian watcher will often keep them at home.

For larger animals such as cows and horses they are lead around their local community where people may give them a chalk hand print to show appreciation for their contributions to the community.

Trivia

 * Queen Rose the First created this holiday in response to the popularity of pet breeding and saw that their companionship should be appreciated.
 * King Pheon the First declared that working animals also be included in the festival as there was no formal holiday in the Sun Kingdom which made its inhabitants show their appreciation for them.