Holidays and Festivals

Throughout the world of Game of Thrones, many cultures hold celebrations to mark a significant point in their history or to commemorate important events.

Braavos
The Unmasking is a celebration held every year in the city of Braavos to commemorate the founding of the city. It consists of ten days of feasting and revelry, and where participants where elaborate masks. At midnight on the tenth day, the Titan of Braavos is made to roar and all the celebrates remove their masks together.

Volantis
Volantis was the first colony founded by the Valyrian Freehold in western Essos. The Black Walls are an immense fortification that surrounds the oldest section of the city, and every year a group of six chariots, each drawn by four horses, race around the Walls in celebration of the city's founding.

Dothraki
The Khalar vezhven is a gathering held in the Dothraki city of Vaes Dothrak. All khalasars attend this gathering, during which the Khals discuss what territories they will raid and make other important decisions.

Slaver's Bay
The Great Games are a series of dramatic combat contests held in the Great Pit of Daznak in the city of Meereen. The Graces, priestesses of the local Ghiscari religion, give their blessings to these Games.