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| 1 | 80 | At dawn on the day of the vernal equinox a ceremonial greeting of the sun View more quotes about takes">takes place, conducted usually by the ubar or administrator of the city. |
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| 1 | 77 | In the houses there is little conversation and no song. |
| 1 | 78 | It is a time, in general, of mourning, meditation and fasting. |
| 1 | 79 | All this changes, of course, with the arrival of the vernal equinox, which, in most Gorean cities, marks the New Year. |
| 1 | 80 | At dawn on the day of the vernal equinox a ceremonial greeting of the sun takes place, conducted usually by the ubar or administrator of the city. |
| 1 | 81 | This, in effect, welcomes the New Year to the city. |
| 1 | 82 | In Port Kar this honor fell to Samos, first captain in the Council of Captains, and the council's executive officers. |
| 1 | 83 | The completion of this greeting is signified by, and celebrated by, a ringing of the great bars suspended about the city. |