Uman's Terminus
Known by a great variety of names, including Uman's terminus, Harvestman's feast, Rain's end, or simply the harvest festival, this is the major harvest festival celebrated across much of Mum. It originates with the Praulti, the largest cultural group on Mum, which also explains the great variety in names and executions.
Uman's terminus is a widespread harvest festival with countless names and equally countless variations on how it's celebrated. In small agricultural communities it can be a celebration by farmers, cheering their successful harvest and the (brief) end of their hard work as they attempt to bring in their hauls before the droughts come. In other communities it may be a celebration that the harvest has come, and that fresh food will come into their cities. In yet other places, large cities with little agriculture of their own, it may be a feast disconnected from its origins by all but its timing, as the rich celebrate just to celebrate.
History
As a celebration, the harvest festival dates back thousands of years, into the old days of draconic society. Little is known about it in those old days, with few caring to (reliably) record it. Only some, among the years, have shown an interest in investigating the past, and none have been able to trace back to a time when Uman's terminus wasn't a widely celebrated harvest festival. Likely it arose sometime in the early days of the Praulti culture, and spread along with it, but it's hard to say, so many years after the fact.
Observance
Always celebrated near the end of Uman, the fourth month of the Praulti calendar, and the last 'wet' month, after which the rest of the year consists of dry months. As a result, the majority of the harvesting takes place during Uman, lest the crops wither and die during the dry months. In smaller communities it's typically organized and celebrated once the community is done harvesting, but bigger communities will simply plan it, and if the farmers themselves can't make it... too bad.
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