Welcome festive readers. Thanks for being here.
The Kushan Yam Festival is in full swing. Entries for the cooking contests are being prepared and sports teams are making final plans for their contests. Literary contest entrants are being read and evaluated. Party goers are doing what party goers do . . . partying.
Yes, Harappa City is a party town, especially during the Festivals, the Yam Festival being the biggest. All the taverns and saloons are operating on expanded hours and doing huge business.
The Gutterminds are playing most evenings this week at various venues. All the other bands around are playing too. There is music and wine everywhere.
Later in the week several alien species are sending representatives. Kusha gets lots of alien tourists and many of them are here already but the Bigwigs come later in the week.
The mingling of various alien species is something fairly new to Kushan festivals. The first few years that aliens came to attend there were some awkward moments as the species got to know one another. Not everyone in the Milky Way can handle alcohol like humans can. Neither the Lor nor the Fordians drink alcohol, however the Lors have a herbal libation they consume called Kallah. I’ve tried it but didn’t find it interesting in any way. It apparently does not have the same effect on humans. The Lor get quite giggly when they take this.
After a few years of alien participation we have all gotten to know one another quite well. There are no more drunken fights between alien races. There are still fights occasionally between fans of various sports teams but they seem to be mixed species fights and not one species against another.
Some of the aliens are starting to get involved in the contests. There is not yet a Loric Ball team but I understand there are teams forming on several planets and next year we may have off world entries. Not sure how the rules will have to be changed to accommodate the various attributes of the various alien species. We’ll have to see.
Never mix red wine and Oodo.
Philip Normer
Kushan Year 88
Earth Year 2480
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