The Harvest Turning

Gladerunners paint themselves various colours in symbolic solidarity with the leaves changing colours in the fall, and rather than a celebration, it is a time of great communal work where everyone pitches in to help gather and store food for the winter. It lasts about two weeks, long enough for harvest and/or the packaging and preserving of various meats and vegetables for the modern wandering tribes. At the end, everyone paints themselves white and/or black in preparation for winter until the first snowfall. (Hunters usually paint themselves black to keep some practicality to their celebration/cultural practice).