Twelve Days 12/12 (G)
Title: Twelve Days
Fandom: SGA
Rating: G
Characters: Teyla and other Athosians
Summary: Twelve stories of the Athosians based on the Twelve Days of Christmas
Disclaimer: Not mine
At the beginning of every year, regardless of what planet they were on, the Athosians would gather together for a great celebration. Lanterns would burn everywhere and there would be a large bonfire at the centre of the village. The tents would be decorated with coloured flags and every home would be cleaned from top to bottom. During the day the women would prepare a large feast and the men would repair and maintain the tools, tents and machines, everything that had been used in the previous year, so that it was ready for the new one.
It was primarily a celebration of the new year, a promise to each other that they would try to make the coming year the best year possible. They would remember those that they had lost during the previous year, and once again welcome the newest Athosians, but the focus was the future. Dreaming of those who would be born and maintaining hope for the new year.
For each celebration, twelve men would be selected to be drummers, one to represent each month of the coming year. The village elders would select the men, based on who they believed would make the biggest contribution to the Athosian people in the coming year. It was considered a great honour to be chosen, not only because of the chance to participate in the ceremony but because it meant that the village elders had recognised your potential.
Once the sun had set on the last day of the old year, the twelve drummers would gather around the bonfire, maintaining the beat throughout the formalities of the evening, before the real celebration began
Fandom: SGA
Rating: G
Characters: Teyla and other Athosians
Summary: Twelve stories of the Athosians based on the Twelve Days of Christmas
Disclaimer: Not mine
At the beginning of every year, regardless of what planet they were on, the Athosians would gather together for a great celebration. Lanterns would burn everywhere and there would be a large bonfire at the centre of the village. The tents would be decorated with coloured flags and every home would be cleaned from top to bottom. During the day the women would prepare a large feast and the men would repair and maintain the tools, tents and machines, everything that had been used in the previous year, so that it was ready for the new one.
It was primarily a celebration of the new year, a promise to each other that they would try to make the coming year the best year possible. They would remember those that they had lost during the previous year, and once again welcome the newest Athosians, but the focus was the future. Dreaming of those who would be born and maintaining hope for the new year.
For each celebration, twelve men would be selected to be drummers, one to represent each month of the coming year. The village elders would select the men, based on who they believed would make the biggest contribution to the Athosian people in the coming year. It was considered a great honour to be chosen, not only because of the chance to participate in the ceremony but because it meant that the village elders had recognised your potential.
Once the sun had set on the last day of the old year, the twelve drummers would gather around the bonfire, maintaining the beat throughout the formalities of the evening, before the real celebration began